The Utah Supreme Court reversed convictions on rape charges of polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs and ordered a new trial. The court ruled that “a jury received flawed instructions in considering Jeffs’ role in the 2001 marriage of a 14-year-old girl to her 19-year-old cousin,” the Associated Press reported.
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