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Polygamist Held in Purgatory
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NPR Morning Edition
09-06-2006
Polygamist Held in Purgatory
Host: RENEE MONTAGNE
Time: 10:00-11:00 AM
RENEE MONTAGNE, host:
Polygamist Warren Jeffs faces his first hearing in Utah today after being extradited from Nevada. He's accused of arranging polygamist marriages involving underage girls, and he faces charges of rape as an accomplice.
NPR's Howard Berkes has reported on polygamy, among other things, from his base in Salt La...
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Warren Jeffs Timeline
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; ... cartel leaders. Investigations into Jeffs and the FLDS Church heat up. Utah's Attorney General confirms to the Deseret Morning News he has been quietly conducting an organized crime investigation into Jeffs and the polygamous church. -- May 2006 -- The court-appoint ...
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Judge rules Jeffs' traffic stop legal
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; A judge has ruled that the Nevada traffic stop of the vehicle carrying fugitive polygamous leader Warren Jeffs was legal and that evidence subsequently discovered by police can be used in Jeffs' criminal trial. Defense attorneys had challenged the traffic stop, stating that Nevada's laws require
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FLDS financial data sought from Seth Jeffs
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; After Seth Jeffs is sentenced in a Denver federal courtroom on Friday for harboring a fugitive, the FBI is expected to give him back a laptop computer and documents the agency has been keeping as evidence. But lawyers for an accountant now in charge of the Fundamentalist LDS Church's financial arm
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FLDS leader ordered to respond to lawsuit
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; ST. GEORGE -- Warren Jeffs, the reclusive leader of the nation's largest polygamous church, has been ordered by a Utah judge to respond to a civil lawsuit filed against him by one of his nephews. Third District Court Judge Stephen L. Henriod ruled in early October that attempts to serve Jeffs in
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Woman Testifies Against Polygamist Jeffs in Court Hearing
Morning Edition (NPR)
; ... host: This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Good morning, I'm Renee Montagne. STEVE ... alleged victim of rape, so NPR and other news organizations won't name her or her alleged ... calls from behind bars. Howard Berkes, NPR News, St. George, Utah. INSKEEP: You can listen ...
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Arrest nets letters, cash en route to FLDS chief
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; Seth Steed Jeffs, brother of fugitive polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, is facing felony charges that could send him to prison for up to five years. Seth Jeffs, who told authorities he is a "messenger" for the polygamous church led by his older brother, was initially arrested on charges of
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Polygamist's brother gets probation for aiding fugitive
Rocky Mountain News
; A man accused of helping his fugitive polygamist brother hide from authorities was sentenced to three years probation Friday in federal court. Seth Jeffs, 33, was arrested on a traffic stop in Pueblo last October and charged with harboring a fugitive. His older brother, Warren Jeffs, is the leader
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Jeffs Found Guilty on Accomplice to Rape Charges
NPR All Things Considered
; ... The women followers, they bowed their heads in sadness and held their husbands' hands. You could tell they were expecting bad news. And as for Warren Jeffs, he seemed shaken. His voice cracked when he was asked by the judge whether he wanted more time to prepare ...
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Prison bound: FLDS leader sentenced to 2 terms of 5 to life; he plans appeal
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; ... Arizona as soon as possible after he is sentenced," Mohave County Attorney Matt Smith said in an e-mail to the Deseret Morning News. "After that, it will just depend on how long it gets to take to get discovery completed and all the interviews done before we ...
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Two ex-members OK'd to testify at Jeffs trial
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; ST. GEORGE -- A 5th District judge on Monday ruled that limited testimony from two former members of the Fundamentalist LDS Church can be used against the sect's leader during a September trial. Richard Holm and Jethro Barlow will be allowed to testify about the authority of Warren Jeffs in matters
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