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April 11, 2012 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
Imprisoned leader Warren Jeffs appears to be shaking up his polygamous sect's power structure again with the removal of his brother, Lyle Jeffs, as a high-ranking bishop.
Though some say his purported fall is a ruse to avoid a series of lawsuit... Full Story
April 10, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Biography is taking on polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs. The show is set to air next Monday at 9 p.m. Eastern, (7 p.m. Mountain) and Tuesday at 1 a.m. Eastern, (11 p.m. Mountain).
It looks to be a survey of Jeffs' life, at least since he too... Full Story
May 16, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Barring an act of God, Warren Jeffs is set to spend the rest of his life in prison after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refused to hear his case today.
He didn't honestly seem all that interested in his own case. He let it languish in fron... Full Story
August 4, 2011 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Here's my story on the news coming out of West Texas, where Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints leader Warren Jeffs is set to go to trial in 18 days (!)
Will this late-in-the-game lawyer switch up push back the trial? Who ... Full Story
August 4, 2011 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
So I talked to Emily Detoto, Warren Jeffs' new attorney, yesterday, and it sounds like she's not yet planning to represent him at trial.
Techncially, Jeff Kearney is still his attorney of record, since Judge Barbara Walther is on vacation a... Full Story
August 4, 2011 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
A few additional notes on Day 6 of the Warren Jeffs trial (Monday Aug 1):In a day full of objections from Warren Jeffs, he seemed particularly animated when objecting to the law enforcement description of the temple - something the FLDS had wanted t... Full Story
August 23, 2011 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
With Warren Jeffs being moved to a solitary Texas prison cell today, it seems as good a time as any to launch the Jeffs trial coverage summary I've been putting together. It should be a good quick-reference guide and another step on my own (long... Full Story
January 26, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Two scholars called the "odd couple" of Mormon studies are set to discuss "The FLDS and the Outside World" at a lecture at Weber State University next Monday. It's at 7 p.m. on Sept. 19 at the Lindquist Alumni Center, and is ... Full Story
March 27, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Also today, the Attorney General's Office got a three packages of Warren Jeffs' revelations, backlogged from the holidays.
Click here to read the first one they got, dated Oct. 9, 2011 and received Dec. 27.
After that revelation, the AG&apo... Full Story
March 27, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Yet more of Warren Jeffs' apocalyptic revelations from God arrived at the Utah Attorney General's Office today.
Dated Dec. 11, 15 and 19, they again raise the specter of "mob rule" and say Cincinnati (by the way, not too far from ... Full Story
March 27, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
With the news that followers of Warren Jeffs are taking his revelations to the people in the form of quarter-page ads in newspapers (including this one) all over the country, I thought it would be a good time to launch something I've been workin... Full Story
August 9, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
It's been almost two months since Warren Jeffs had his followers sent out "revelations from God."
The last record I have of a packet received by the Utah Attorney General's Office was on June 12. Before that the revelations promis... Full Story
October 17, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
It doesn't look like I'm headed for San Angelo for trial coverage anytime soon.
Texas prosecutors officially dismissed the bigamy charge filed against Warren Jeffs, considering that his appeals are exhausted and he's set to be a cente... Full Story
November 29, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
My Warren Jeffs revelation calender has been blank for months — the last time his followers mailed a set of dire predictions for the future to government officials, it was still June.
The long dry spell ended yesterday, though, when Washington Count... Full Story
December 9, 2012 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
Colorado City, Ariz. • The day after church leaders told their father and husband to leave home and repent for unnamed sins, the Holm family listened as their bishop said: "Warren Jeffs is your father now."
Lyle Jeffs, Warren's brother, stood ne... Full Story
December 18, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Reporter Ladd Egan, at our media partner KUTV, last night filed a story on the latest Warren Jeffs apocalypse revelation.
Jeffs is predicting the world will end Sunday. Insert your joke here about how Jeffs is two days behind the Mayans.
See Egan&a... Full Story
January 2, 2013 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
You may have heard how the FLDS have been told their righteousness and faith will free their prophet, Warren Jeffs, from prison.
Attorney Roger Hoole on Wednesday showed reporter Jim Dalrymple and me a drawing that illustrates the point well. The dr... Full Story
January 31, 2011 • Staff And Wire Reports
A Texas judge on Monday pushed back sexual assault trial dates for polygamous sect leader Warren S. Jeffs after his new attorney sought more time to go through what he called an "awesome" amount of evidence.
High-profile Fort Worth attorney Jeff Kear... Full Story
February 22, 2011 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
Records seized in a raid on a polygamous sect's compound in Texas show Warren S. Jeffs allegedly took three underage Canadian girls as spiritual wives in 2004 and 2005.
The information came to light Friday as part of a case examining whether Ca... Full Story
June 13, 2011 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
Attorneys for polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs want to replace the West Texas judge set to preside over his sexual assault and bigamy trial, according to the San Angelo Standard-Times and wire reports.
In a Monday hearing, defense attorneys said 5... Full Story
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