Polygamist leader gets life in prison for assaults

[The Straight Story]

Polygamist leader gets life in prison for assaults



SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) -- Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting two underage followers he took as brides in what his church deemed "spiritual marriages."

The head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints stood quietly as the decision of the Texas jury was read Tuesday. He received the maximum sentence on both counts

The jury deliberated less than half an hour.

The 55-year-old Jeffs was convicted Thursday. During the trial, prosecutors used DNA evidence to show Jeffs fathered a child with a 15-year-old and played an audio recording of what they said was him sexually assaulting a 12-year-old.

Jeffs is the eighth FLDS man convicted since a raid of a ranch run by the church, which believes polygamy brings exaltation in heaven.



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[in_cog_ni_to]

1. YES!

:thumbsup:

[Avalux]

2. They also need to cut off his contact with his cult.

Isolation for the rest of his life. His cult has actually constructed a "jail cell" complete with a cardboard cutout of him that they're using for worship.

SICK.

[Hepburn]

7. At the compound...Yearning for Zion Ranch...

...the followers built a replica of his jail cell...COMPLETE WITH A LIFE SIZED CUT OUT OF HIM!!!!

Listening to TRU that is carrying live commentary on the trial and sentencing (no cameras in the courtroom), some who had infiltrated the YfZ Ranch said that they have been informed that Jeffs martyred himself for them and that the reason that he was convicted ~~ the fault of his followers.

What POS...:puke:

[Worried senior]

3. Good

Now I hope they go after the rest of these people.

[Hubert Flottz]

6. Me too...

I hate it that the taxpayers are going to pay for the bastard's food, clothing and shelter though. They should sell off his "church's" property to pay for his incarceration.

[Fresh_Start]

4. Another news story said he rewarded the men

who turned over their daughters to him by giving them child brides, too.
An entire cult of pedophiles...

[ejpoeta]

5. I hope he has fun in prison. From my understanding, those who prey on children

are lower than dirt there. From someone who called the shots to someone who can't take a piss without someone else's say so.... he deserves it.