{"id":957,"date":"2011-08-05T11:20:20","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T15:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/?p=957"},"modified":"2011-08-05T11:21:56","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T15:21:56","slug":"big-love-big-crime-warren-jeffs-convicted-for-child-brides-faces-up-to-life-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/08\/big-love-big-crime-warren-jeffs-convicted-for-child-brides-faces-up-to-life-in-prison.html","title":{"rendered":"Big Love, Big Crime: Warren Jeffs Convicted for Child Brides, Faces Up to Life in Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don’t mess with Texas, indeed: CNN reports<\/a>\u00a0that polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs has been found guilty of sexually assaulting his 12- and 15-year-old “wives.” (Remember how the Utah courts couldn’t get this done<\/a>?) The Texas jury is deliberating whether to lock him up for life.<\/p>\n

No word yet on whether Jeffs, who presides over the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (not to be confused with current Mormons), will remain head of his group, but in an odd bit of timing, he was<\/em> officially re-recognized as the corporation’s president<\/a> yesterday.<\/p>\n

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Don’t mess with Texas, indeed: CNN reports\u00a0that polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs has been found guilty of sexually assaulting his 12- and 15-year-old “wives.” (Remember how the Utah courts couldn’t get this done?) The Texas jury is deliberating whether to lock him up for life. 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