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Texas high court rejects Jeffs’ appeal By lindsay whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 16, 2012 05:28PM MDT The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refused Wednesday to hear the case of imprisoned polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, rejecting a brief promising biblical consequences if he isn’t freed and exhausting his appeal options there. Jeffs, 56, was convicted in August of sexually assaulting two girls, ages 12 and 15, who...  

Gary HinterlongCBS7 NewsApril 26, 2012 Former FLDS Leader Warren Jeffs has filed an appeal with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in hopes of asking the Texas Supreme Court to free him, but in an unusual move, he says Jesus Christ is speaking to the justices on his behalf. Jeffs has been convicted of sexual assault of a child after taking a 12-year-old girl and a 15-year-old girl as polygamous brides. He fathered a child...  

Critics say police in Colorado City, Arizona, ignore laws and remain loyal to jailed polygamist prophet Warren Jeffs. The Arizona Senate passed legislation that would abolish the police department there and end corruption, but it failed to pass in the House. CNN's Gary Tuchman reports.  

Jeffs appealing to Texas high court By lindsay whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 25, 2012 05:18PM MDT In the form of three so-called revelations from God, polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs has appealed his sexual assault of a child conviction to the highest criminal court in Texas. Jeffs, who is acting as his own attorney, filed a petition for discretionary review Tuesday before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. “I...  

After a deliberating for less than an hour, a Texas jury found Wendell Loy Nielsen, a lieutenant of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, guilty of three counts of bigamy. He faces up to 10 years in prison for each count. Nielsen was accused of marrying three women in 2006 when they w …  

Utah Supreme Court won’t intervene in polygamous sect debt case By lindsay whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 30, 2012 04:39PM MDT The Utah Supreme Court has refused to block a judge’s order requiring the Attorney General’s office to pay more than $5.5 million in debts associated with running a polygamous sect property trust once controlled by Warren Jeffs. That doesn’t mean the taxpayers are on the hook just yet, though...  

Jeffs said to boot brother from pulpit By lindsay whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 10, 2012 05:08PM MDT 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 lawsuits, Warren Jeffs has abruptly tossed out top lieutenants in the...  

Police in Colorado City, Arizona, ignore laws and remain loyal to convicted pedophile and polygamist prophet Warren Jeffs. CNN’s Gary Tuchman ... The Arizona Legislature took up a bill to dissolve the police department and end corruption.  

Former polygamist wife “very, very” alone testifying on Jeffs By lindsay whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 12, 2012 07:41AM MDT When Rebecca Musser set out on what would become a four-year task of testifying against polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs and his followers, it meant facing people she knew. “People I grew up with and I had a great deal of love for [were] looking at me as if I was Satan’s child,” she said...  

A Texas judge denied the appeal of fundamentalist sect leader Warren Jeffs on Thursday, the same day a jury considered testimony to determine how to sentence a key figure in his church after his own bigamy conviction. The leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jeffs is serving a life-plus-20-year term in Texas for sexual assault. He was convicted in August of the aggravated sexual assaults of a 12-year-old...  

MIDLAND A former lieutenant to polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was convicted Wednesday of illegally taking three wives besides his own, despite his attorney's argument that "celestial marriages" weren't forbidden by state law.A West Texas jury...  

Ex-FLDS member “very, very” alone in testifying against Jeffs By lindsay whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 11, 2012 10:08PM MDT When Rebecca Musser set out on what would become a four-year task of testifying against polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs and his followers, it meant facing people she knew. “People I grew up with and I had a great deal of love for [were] looking at me as if I was Satan’s child,” she said...  

Polygamous sect custody case dismissed, joined with divorce case By lindsay whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 3, 2012 06:00PM MDT A child custody case filed by Warren Jeffs’ half-brother was dismissed Monday in favor of joining it with his divorce case. “It was just a re-shuffling of the cases, not a dismissal on the merits,” said Salt Lake City attorney Roger Hoole, who represents Wallace Jeffs. Senior Utah District...  

AUSTIN, Texas — Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has filed a new appeal of his child ... “My people have endured persecution by government powers since Joseph Smith’s day on earth; and this nation is ripened for my full judgments, living ...  

The appeal of FLDS polygamist leader Warren Jeffs was denied yesterday(Friday ... although Judge Walther ordered defense attorneys Deric Walpole  and Emily Detoto to represent Jeffs during the punishment phase of the trial. Jeffs also read a letter ...  

Texas court dismisses Warren Jeffs’ appeal By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune Published Mar 29, 2012 09:22PM MDT A Texas appeals court dismissed polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs’ appeal of his conviction on sexual assault of a child charges Thursday. Jeffs is representing himself, but has done little to advance his case and missed two essential deadlines, according to a memorandum ...  

AUSTIN, Texas — A convicted polygamist leader serving life in prison for sexual assault of two girls has told another Texas court to release him.  

PALESTINE, Texas — Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs issued a revelation calling for ... April 6 is a significant date in the history of Mormonism: it is the date that Joseph Smith founded the Mormon faith. The FLDS Church is a fundamentalist ...  

AUSTIN, Texas -- A Texas court has dismissed the appeal of Warren Jeffs after the convicted polygamist sect leader made almost no progress on his case. The 3rd District Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday wrote in a two-page order that Jeffs ...  

A former lieutenant to polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was convicted Wednesday of illegally taking three wives besides his own, despite his attorney's argument that "celestial marriages" weren't forbidden by state law.  

A jaw-dropping audio tape played in Warren Jeffs' sexual assault trial Tuesday shows the church leader instructing his sister wives that they must 'work together' to please him sexually. Mr Jeffs, the head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of ...  

If Warren Jeffs -- pedophile/leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints -- had any marbles left when he was sent to prison, he just lost the rest of them.Jeffs, who'...  

"To date, Jeffs has not responded." The 10,000-member church that Jeffs heads is a breakaway Mormon sect that openly practices polygamy in the twin border towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona, as well as on its Yearning for Zion ...  

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 took over as ...  

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A convicted polygamist leader serving life in prison for sexual assault of two girls has told another Texas court to release him. The San Angelo Standard-Times reports Warren Jeffs wrote to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. The newspaper reported Thursday that the message cites divine will and instructs the justices to release Jeffs, under threat of "whirlwind judgments ...  

ST. GEORGE — A 5th District Court judge on Monday dismissed a child-custody case involving the half-brother of former polygamous church leader Warren Jeffs. Wallace Jeffs is trying to gain custody of his children after being excommunicated ...  

This about a month after the appeal of his sexual assault of a child conviction was dismissed from the Third Court of Appeals because he didn't do anything with it. In the new filing, Jeffs, who is acting as his own attorney, tells us he decided to skip ...  

A West Texas polygamist who authorities said had multiple "celestial marriages" was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison. Wendell Lloyd Nielsen, 71, was given a 10-year term on each of the three counts of bigamy for which he convicted and will ...  

MIDLAND, Texas -- A West Texas jury has found a former lieutenant to polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs guilty of bigamy. Prosecutors had accused Wendell Loy Nielsen of unlawfully marrying three women besides his legal wife.  

Or, get a 24-hour pass for $2. Already a paying subscriber? Activate your account. ST. GEORGE - A 5th District Court judge on Monday dismissed a child-custody case involving the half-brother of former polygamous church leader Warren Jeffs.  

The Texas Court of Appeals in the Third District Thursday denied the appeal of former polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who is serving a life sentence plus 20 years for sexually assaulting two of his underage brides, ages 12 and 15.  

State Attorney General Tom Horne urged lawmakers to pass the bill, saying Colorado City officers who are followers of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs flout the law. The bill would have set up a process for a local police agency to be replaced by ...  

"Without a head of the household, she cannot go to heaven," Botsford ... Ten of the men have been convicted, including church leader Warren Jeffs, who was found guilty last year of sexually assaulting two underage girls he wed as spiritual brides.  

MIDLAND, Texas (Reuters) - A jury handed a former leader of a breakaway Mormon polygamist sect a 10-year prison sentence on Friday for three counts of the rarely prosecuted crime of bigamy, though prosecutors said he had 34 wives in all. Wendell Loy Nielsen, 71, of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints led by imprisoned leader Warren Jeffs, showed little reaction when ...  

HOUSTON -- A West Texas jury has found a former associate of polygamist religious leader Warren ... marriages” did not violate state bigamy laws. The jury in San Midland, about 330 miles west of Dallas, deliberated for about an hour and ...  

A Texas judge denied the appeal of fundamentalist sect leader Warren Jeffs on Thursday, the same day a jury considered testimony to determine how to sentence a key figure in his church after his own bigamy conviction.  

SALT LAKE CITY -- A brother-in-law to Warren Jeffs says it appears the deposed polygamist leader "has lost his mind." It's in reaction to the latest legal filing in Texas from Jeffs, where three purported revelations from Jesus Christ call on Texas courts ...  

A former polygamist sect wife who played a major role in putting Fundamentalist LDS leader Warren Jeffs behind bars spoke outside of the courtroom this week for the first time. Rebecca Musser, who became one of Rulon Jeffs’ 65 wives at the age ...  

San Antonio • In the four years since Texas authorities swarmed the polygamist ranch of sect leader Warren Jeffs, state prosecutors have spent more than $4.5 million racking up swift convictions against him and 10 loyal followers on child sex ...  

APNewsBreak: Texas prosecutors spent $4.5M convicting Jeffs, polygamist ...Washington PostSAN ANTONIO — State records obtained by The Associated Press show Texas prosecutors have spent more than $4.5 million convicting polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs and 10 of his followers. Tuesday marks the four-year anniversary of the April 3, 2008, ...APNewsBreak: $4.5M spent Texas FLDS prosecutionThe Associated Pressall 130 news articles »  

SAN ANTONIO -- In the four years since Texas authorities swarmed the polygamist ranch of sect leader Warren Jeffs, state prosecutors have spent more than $4.5 million racking up swift convictions against him and 10 loyal followers on child sex ...  

Fox 13 Now - Salt Lake CityNew investigations into FLDS Church members, prosecutor saysFox 13 Now - Salt Lake CitySALT LAKE CITY — The Washington County Attorney has a series of criminal investigations under way into members of Warren Jeffs' polygamous church on the Utah-Arizona border. “Law enforcement is interested in, and is investigating allegations of ...  

MIDLAND, Texas — A former lieutenant to polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was convicted Wednesday of illegally taking three wives besides his own, despite his attorney's argument that "celestial marriages" weren't forbidden by state law.  

AUSTIN, TX -- A Texas court has dismissed the appeal of Warren Jeffs after the convicted polygamist sect leader made almost no progress on his case. The 3rd District Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday wrote in a two-page order that Jeffs has failed to ...  

MIDLAND, Texas -- A West Texas jury has found a former lieutenant to polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs guilty of bigamy. Prosecutors had accused Wendell Loy Nielsen of unlawfully marrying three women besides his legal wife. His defense ...  

A new 72-page packet of Warren Jeffs' revelations came into the Utah Attorney General's office today. They were all written prior to Feb. 10, and mostly repeats — I counted three that I hadn't seen before out of 16 total. Here they are and here's the ...  

Texas jury convicts former FLDS president of bigamy By lindsay whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune Published Mar 28, 2012 01:14PM MDT After a short deliberation, a Texas jury found a former high-ranking follower of Warren Jeffs guilty of bigamy Wednesday. Wendell Loy Nielsen, 71, who once stood second to Jeffs, showed no reaction as the verdict was read for each of three felony bigamy counts, the ...  

... lieutenant to polygamist sect prophet Warren Jeffs accuses of illegally taking multiple wives on a remote West Texas ranch raided by authorities. The Midland County jury deliberated about an hour Tuesday in the trial of Wendell Loy Nielsen ...  

A set of "expanded powers" for a Canadian special prosecutor could mean new charges against polygamists in and around the Warren Jeffs-led settlement of Bountiful. Previous polygamy charges filed against rival leaders there crashed and burned ...  

A few interesting highlights from Matthew Waller's great live blogging of the first day of the punishment phase of the trial of Warren Jeffs' former No. 2, Wendell Nielsen: — Nielsen sent Jeffs detailed letters with reports on each member of his family.  

Wendell Loy Nielsen, 71, of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints led by imprisoned leader Warren Jeffs, showed little reaction when Texas District Judge Robert Moore read the sentence.  

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A convicted polygamist leader serving life in prison for sexual assault of two girls has told another Texas court to release him.  

A West Texas jury has found a former lieutenant to polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs guilty of bigamy.  

MIDLAND, Texas — A West Texas jury has found a former lieutenant to polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs guilty of bigamy.  

Jurors resume deliberations in the trial of a former lieutenant to polygamist sect prophet Warren Jeffs accused of illegally taking multiple wives.  

A West Texas jury has found Wendell Loy Nielsen, a former lieutenant to polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs, guilty of bigamy.  

A former counselor to polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs faces up to 10 years in prison after his conviction for bigamy.  

A Texas court has dismissed the appeal of Warren Jeffs after the convicted polygamist sect leader made almost no progress on his case.  

After a short deliberation, a Texas jury found a former high-ranking follower of Warren Jeffs guilty of bigamy Wednesday.