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August 10, 2011 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
San Angelo, Texas • Mary Harris thought her job as a juror in the Warren Jeffs trial was going to be difficult. "I'm a religious person. I thought it would be difficult to convict a man of God," she said. "When it was over, I didn't think h... Full Story
August 10, 2011 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
San Angelo, Texas • During his bizarre self-representation on trial for sexual assault, Warren Jeffs protested over and over again the charges were an attack on his people and religion. Before a jury sent the 55-year-old Jeffs to prison for life Tue... Full Story
August 4, 2011 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
I expect the biggest fight from the defense in the Warren Jeffs trial to come today, when attorneys argue that all the evidence gathered in a 2008 raid on his followers' Yearning for Zion Ranch should be suppressed. They're saying the searc... Full Story
August 4, 2011 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
It's a crazy day here in San Angelo. Here's my story as of the lunch break. Jury is now sworn in, opening statements to begin. This is self-representation is likely to be the most the public has ever heard from Warren Jeffs. Just the 30 min... Full Story
August 4, 2011 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Today we have a guest post! This comes from my partner-in-crime at the Warren Jeffs trial this week, Trib reporter Nate Carlisle. San Angelo, Texas - Get him some surfer shorts and medical marijuana. Warren Jeffs was born in California. One of the mo... Full Story
August 31, 2011 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
I wrote up two stories today from two ends of the FLDS polygamy world: Warren Jeffs' attorney is facing a drug possession charge and ... Full Story
March 27, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Imprisoned polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs continues to increase the pressure on his people as the year winds down. He's set Saturday, Dec. 31, as the deadline for Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints people to be "... Full Story
March 27, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Prosecutors in Texas filed this week to delay his upcoming bigamy trial, citing his lack of an attorney and life prison sentence that would make him 100 before he became eligible for parole. Read the motion here: page 1 and page 2 Also this week, Jef... Full Story
March 27, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Well, more Warren Jeffs revelations came into the Utah Attorney General's Office today. Here they are. A few highlights: - In a handwritten revelation dated 12/26, Jeffs signs himself as president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Sai... Full Story
March 27, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
It looks like polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs is weighing in on sex education. "Let schools be purified," he writes from his Texas prison cell in the latest set of purported revelations from God, which his followers copy and mail out b... Full Story
March 27, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
It now looks like Warren Jeffs and presidential candidate Rick Santorum have something in common as well: Opposition to contraception. From Jeffs' latest purported revelations from God, written in his Texas prison cell, then copied by his follow... Full Story
June 20, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
China is becoming a consistent theme for Warren Jeffs' revelations from God. First he was concerned about China being the U.S.'s largest creditor, and now he's worried the country is making trouble with North Korea — though he also te... Full Story
July 23, 2011 • The Salt Lake Tribune
NEW LEADER , in 2002 • After years of acting as a spokesman for his aged and stroke-disabled father, Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints leader Rulon Jeffs, Warren Jeffs takes over leadership of the sect in a disputed successio... Full Story
August 1, 2011 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
San Angelo, Texas • In his biblical proclamations delivered after he insisted on representing himself, Warren Jeffs may be aiming for a larger audience than a West Texas courtroom, and week two of the sexual assault trial could bring more of the same... Full Story
August 4, 2011 • By Nate Carlisle And Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
San Angelo, Texas • A jury on Thursday convicted polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs of sexually assaulting two girls, ages 12 and 15, whom he took as plural wives. The West Texas panel of 10 women and two men deliberated about 3 1/2 hours before fi... Full Story
August 4, 2011 • By Nate Carlisle And Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
San Angelo, Texas • Soon after a jury on Thursday found polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs guilty of sexually assaulting two underage "wives," prosecutors announced they intend to seek the maximum punishment by airing 22 years of other misdeeds — f... Full Story
August 8, 2011 • By Nate Carlisle The Salt Lake Tribune
San Angelo, Texas • Someone once said if you don't write it down, it didn't happen. Warren Jeffs has shown just what can happen if you do write it down. The polygamous sect leader didn't want outsiders to know a lot of things, yet h... Full Story
August 13, 2011 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
Warren Jeffs began serving a life sentence for child rape in a Texas prison this week, but his legal saga is far from over. Following the 55-year-old Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints leader's Tuesday sentencing, his fo... Full Story
August 23, 2011 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
Polygamous sect leader and convicted child rapist Warren Jeffs will be housed in a solitary cell for his own protection, Texas prison officials said Tuesday. Jeffs, 55, was sentenced to life in prison two weeks ago after a jury found him guilty of se... Full Story
August 30, 2011 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
The health of polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs improved Tuesday as he was moved to a prison hospital after suffering unspecified medical problems while eating or drinking very little, prison officials said. Jeffs was awake and responsive when a m... Full Story
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