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Yearning for Zion Ranch
The Yearning for Zion Ranch was a polygamist compound that was raided by police in March 2008.
ELDORADO, Texas — The first polygamist sect member to face criminal trial following last year's raid at the Yearning For Zion Ranch in West Texas was convicted Thursday of sexually assaulting an underage girl with whom he had a so-called "spiritual marriage."
Raymond Jessop, 38, didn't visibly react when the verdict was read after just more than two hours of jury deliberations. Free on bond during trial, he was immediately handcuffed and led...
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ELDORADO, Texas — The first polygamist sect member to face criminal trial following the raid at the Yearning For Zion Ranch in West Texas last year was convicted Thursday in the sexual assault of a child.Jurors took a little more than two hours to convict Raymond Jessop, 38, of sexually assaulting a teen with whom he had a so-called "spiritual marriage.”Jessop allegedly has nine wives.Read more on NewsOK.com
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The first polygamist sect member to face criminal trial following last year's raid at the Yearning For Zion Ranch in West Texas was convicted Thursday of sexually assaulting an underage girl with whom he had a so-called "spiritual marriage."
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From static.canadaeast.com
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ELDORADO, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors rested their case Thursday in the first criminal trial of a member of a West Texas polygamist sect after days of plodding through photos and records seized from the group's ranch.
Lawyers for 38-year-old Raymond...
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From yourwestvalley.com
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ELDORADO, Texas (AP) — After days of meticulous plodding through photos and records seized from a polygamist sect's West Texas ranch, jurors could begin deliberating the sexual assault case against one its members as early as Thursday.Texas District Judge Barbara Walther....
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From dailyreportonline.com
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(The Associated Press)
A former member of a polygamist group has taken the stand in the sexual assault trial of the first group member tried since Texas authorities raided the group's ranch last year.Rebecca Musser left the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 2002, before the church bought the...
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From charlotteobserver.com
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Raymond Jessop, 38, was convicted on charges related to his "spiritual marriage" to an underage girl. It was the first criminal trial to follow last year's raid on the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' ranch in Eldorado.
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From npr.org
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ELDORADO, Texas (AP) — The first criminal trial stemming from the raid of a polygamist sect's West Texas ranch came to abrupt halt Thursday after the child of a juror came down with a high fever and flulike symptoms.
Texas District Judge Barbara...
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From yourwestvalley.com
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A birthing center on the bottom floor of a log cabin-style building at a polygamist group's West Texas ranch was set up like a medical office with one distict difference: A portrait of jailed polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs hung over the delivery bed.
From sanmarcosrecord.com
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- Polygamist's sexual assault trial resumes (lubbockonline.com)
ELDORADO, Texas (AP) - The first of a dozen polygamist sect members charged with abuse of women is set to stand trial Monday, 18 months after agents raided the group's remote ranch and carted off more than 400 children in the largest child custody...
From kfdm.com
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- First polygamist sect criminal trial begins (www1.whdh.com)
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