ST. GEORGE — A judge dismissed rape charges against Fundamentalist LDS Church leader Warren Jeffs Wednesday, following a motion filed by prosecutors.
“Based on the circumstances of the case, Mr. Jeffs’ sentence he received in the state of Texas and after discussing with the victims and others involved in the case, we deemed it was not in the interest of justice to retry the case,” said senior deputy Washington County attorney Brian Filter.
via Utah Charges Dismissed Against Warren Jeffs / Deseret News
Posted in: FLDS, USA Arizona-Utah, USA Texas, Uncategorized, Warren Jeffs, child brides.
If you read Jon Krakauer’s 2003 book Under the Banner of Heaven, and followed the trial of Warren Jeffs — notorious leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Christ of Latter-Day Saints, now in jail for life for sexual assault (after a stint on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List) — you’ll dig Sam Brower’s Prophet’s Prey (Bloomsbury, 336 pgs., $27).
via Far From Heaven: Sam Brower Takes Aim at the FLDS Church / San Francisco Bay Guardian
Posted in: Books-TV-Films, FLDS, USA Arizona-Utah, USA Texas, Warren Jeffs.
Oct 28th, 2011
by brilew.
(CNN) — It’s not often that the issue of polygamy makes it to the top of the political agenda. But in the past week it’s become a litmus test for the course of the Arab spring, and part of the debate about the compatibility of Islam and democracy.
Declaring that Libya was liberated, interim Prime Minister Mustafa Abdul-Jalil said last Sunday that laws restricting polygamy would be nullified. Islamic Shariah law would be the basic source of legislation, he said, and new banks would comply with Islam’s prohibition of interest and speculation.
Via After the Arab Spring: Islam, Democracy, Polygamy and Bikinis / CNN
Posted in: Africa, Islam, Middle East, Uncategorized, child brides.
Oct 28th, 2011
by brilew.
A private detective who lives in Cedar City, Sam Brower pushed the investigation into Warren Jeffs. His book includes writings from Jeffs’ personal journal.
Via Author of book about Warren Jeffs will speak, sign / Salt Lake Tribune
Posted in: FLDS, USA Arizona-Utah, USA Texas, Uncategorized, Warren Jeffs, child brides.
Oct 28th, 2011
by brilew.
Former polygamous sect leader Wendell Nielsen, 70, on Tuesday pleaded no contest to bigamy and was sentenced to serve 10 years of probation.
As part of the agreement with prosecutors, Nielsen also will not file an appeal and drop his challenge to Texas’s bigamy statute, said his attorney, David Botsford.
Via Former FLDS Leader Pleads No Contest to Bigamy in Texas / Salt Lake Tribune
Posted in: FLDS, Legality, USA Arizona-Utah, USA Texas, Uncategorized, Warren Jeffs, child brides.
Sep 27th, 2011
by brilew.
Connie Reece review’s Sam Brower’s “Prophet’s Pray: My Seven-Year Investigation into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints.”
via The “big picture” behind the Warren Jeffs trial and FLDS abuse and fraud / Amazon.com
Posted in: FLDS, USA Arizona-Utah, USA Texas, Warren Jeffs, child brides.
Sep 27th, 2011
by brilew.
There is a broad range of topics covered in “Breaking Their Will” yet the common theme is maltreatment, what constitutes it, and when and how it goes from parental and religious authority to criminal behavior.
via Barbara Quirk: An insightful look at maltreatment of children / Madison.com
Posted in: FLDS, USA Arizona-Utah, USA Texas, Warren Jeffs, child brides.
Sep 22nd, 2011
by brilew.
Despite the recent well-publicized and deeply disturbing child molestation trial of self-proclaimed polygamist prophet Warren Jeffs, TV reality show polygamist Kody Brown and his trendy wives and family seem to be everywhere these days.
Via Is ‘Sister Wives’ Hiding The Disturbing Truth About Polygamy? / The Huffington Post
Posted in: FLDS, USA Arizona-Utah, Warren Jeffs, child brides.
Sep 22nd, 2011
by brilew.
A woman who was forced into marriage at the age of 14 while under the control of paedophile Mormon polygamist Warren Jeffs’s cult has recounted her harrowing ordeal.
The woman, Elissa Wall, revealed how her own mother resorted to holding her daughter’s hand at the altar in a bid to calm her down as she was forced to marry her 19-year-old cousin, whom she despised.
Posted in: FLDS, USA Arizona-Utah, Warren Jeffs, child brides.
Aug 30th, 2011
by brilew.
HOUSTON — The condition of convicted polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was upgraded from critical to serious following his move Tuesday to a Texas prison hospital for additional treatment after he became sick while fasting, a state corrections official said.
via Jeffs moved to prison hospital; condition improved/ Forbes
Posted in: FLDS, USA Arizona-Utah, USA Texas, Uncategorized, Warren Jeffs, child brides.
