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5 indicted FLDS men appear before judge

Thank Goodness. Now let justice prevail.

Here we go. I can't wait to start reading the dozens of comments from FLDS members saying that their rights are being trampled, the warrant is unjust, the girls weren't underage at the time of their marriages, the children need their fathers to be in the home and not at court, yadda, yadda, yadda...

Let the madness ensue...

Why hasn't there been any attempt by Texas to indite Rozita Swinton? It seems to me that they have more substantial evidence of telephone fraud and false reporting, and would not need a grand jury.

Looks like it is time to do the math........Then supress the evidence.
By the time the "wives" deny having sex a few of the cases will fade away.
Geezz this will be a long movie.

Thank the Lord. I pray these men will be brought to justice and innocent lives will no longer be taken advantage of and hurt.

Wow !! 99 years in prison for an unconsummated, informal marriage/wedding!! I think we can all sleep better at night feeling clean and sanitized because we aren't polygamists and we've successfully convinced our government to persecute those who are. Pretty soon we'll be building gas chambers for them, right after we dump that silly Amendment about illegal searches.

It's time to stop the FLDS evil abuse. God doesn't command anyone to commit adultery!

Catch 22
If they get past the illegal search, tainted evidence, taking the 5th, refusal to testify against spouse then there is the issue of the 2005 law itself which was designed by a Mormon AG in Utah to entrap FLDS. The catch is, to overturn the 2005 law you have to convict someone in order to appeal to the state SC and then to appeal to the US SC. You have to convict someone to win. You would have to be crazy to hope for that.

3 women for every 1 man. Do the math. The only way to do this is: 1)get rid of men and take their wifes=excommunication 2)get rid of young boys who need to marry in the future=lost boys c)marry what is available=young girls.

I sure am glad that God is our judge and not politicians. Just remember innocent until proven guilty. I just hope they get a FAIR trial over there.

Hey Leon.........Rozita Swinton is crazy.....The book peddlers are on a crusade......Texas CPS are operating without the ability to do math.....and the AG sees five registered voters as an attempt to take over the county.
Yep.........most players in this drama are crazy.

14 million so far to arrest five guys for having a relationship with girls that wanted a relationship and some of the girls have claimed publicly that no sex has occured........crazy.

Tanks..helicopters and swat teems to save a non-existant person.....crazy.

The West Texas Jury will surely show up with a rope.....crazy!

Like I said earlier......the movie will be CRAZY.....but I won't buy the popcorn.

Just as in Warren Jeffs' first trial, the allegations will all be proven in court. The girls have babies, which DNA will prove were fathered by the indicted men. Taking the 5th won't save the men, and the girls have no right to refuse to testify, since the 5th only applies to self-incrimination. Claiming a privilege not to testify against their spouse opens up another whole can of worms because the girls will essentially be admitting that they are married to the abuser they are trying to protect.

Warren and the rest of his buddies are finally going to be held accountable for raping young girls in the name of religion.

Overturning the 2005 law is a pipedream for the FLDS. Dozens of states already have similar laws and claims by the FLDS that the law discriminates against religion will fall on deaf ears at the state and federal court level. I seriously doubt the U.S. Supreme Court will even consider the appeal, IF it gets past the Texas Supreme Court, which is extremely doubtful.

It always amazes me how some of you condone the evil of these Flds men. God help you Flds thru all your perversions, and your un-godly acts against woman. You will need to bow down someday and ask God for forgiveness for using him(God) for all your dirty work.

these men married and had sex with little girls that were unable to say "no", because they were indoctrinated to not to go against the wishes of the prophet and/or told it was God's will. Either way, they had no choice.

I think the parents of the childen should also face charges, for child endangerment. That's the law against parental stupidity.

That's what's crazy, zxcvbnm. That the parents went along with it all. You missed that one in your comment.

FLDS Criminals defend FLDS criminals. You people need to wake up and quit living in SIN!

I'm happy they are finely doing something about these perverted flds men.

Warren Jeffs is no longer a prophet...boo hoo!

Fortunately, in Texas you don't need witnesses, and you don't need the victim to press charges. You simply need compelling and convincing evidence. (Arizona and Utah differ in this respect, which is why it's so difficult to prosecute the FLDS there.)

So zxcvbnm, your 11:12am argument about wives denying sex is irrelevant as they most likely will not be called to testify. And even if they do, there's nothing like being told about perjury penalties to convince someone to tell the truth.

Additionally, they can't use the "wives needn't testify against their husbands" excuse since they aren't leaglly married, and if they try it, the "wives" will be imposing additional bigomy charges against the perpetrator. I doubt they want that.

Best they can do is plead the fifth, but since I doubt the state even will put them on the witness stand, it won't matter. The defense would be crazy (there's your favorite word again) to call on them since they could be charged with perjury, and most of these women aren't old enough nor smart enough to get around a decent cross-examination.

The evidence will be found admissible and people are going to jail. As it should be.

hey zxcvbnm - you seem to feel the state is being intrusive here, yet the FLDS have left a swath of deceit and corruption in it's wake for many years. I hear complaints about the state taking over the church corporation, yet nothing is said about Jeffs and company using state educational funds to BUY AN AIRPLANE!!

You really trust these people? Obviously Texas doesn't, nor do I. What's happening here is like finding a bag of drugs in a drug dealer's apartment. He'll deny that it's his, but are you really going to believe him? That would be somewhat naive.

We know they assign women to marriage. Is it such a stretch that they do it to underage girls, given their history and male/female ratio? No. Is it prevalent? Once is too many times. We need to kick them of the habit so it doesn't happen in the future. We need to put them on notice that it won't be tolorated.

I love the FLDS saying "the truth will prevail". That's right - it will. You just may not like the results.....

Even Brigham Young had descendants who saw the light, and learned how evil polygamy was and got the heck out. Some people have enough intelligence to know when something isn't right. Polygamy will always be wrong and abusive!