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So the guy is convicted of participating in a rape because he performed a wedding ceremony.
Who was the rapist? Has that man been charged? Is he in jail? If not, why not? How can another man be convicted of being an accomplice to something that no one else has been convicted of?
For example: I have a friend that DOESN'T steal a car, but I am charged and convicted of being an accomplice to grand theft auto. Is that insane? The friend hasn't even been convicted of stealing the car.
I'm not saying whether the crime happened or not, I'm just trying to figure out how the accomplice is convicted before the perpetrator.
Thanks!
Looks like Arizona won't use the "evidence" now but wants to leave the door open if they need it.
I am not sure that a man on the run voluntarily abandoned anything. Jeffs was in and out of YFZ and other safe houses that he controled while a fugative. Being in prison is certainly not voluntary abandonment and his denial of leadership was as the result of a mental breakdown.
Looks like the case is a bit complicated and Arizona is satisfied waiting to see how the Texas mess pans out. Besides.....Jeffs is on ice for ten to 60 more years as things stand today. Why waste money locking the guy up when he is locked up now.
If the State loses.....I bet they bring in Texas evidence.
Accomplices are often tried before the primary criminal. We have a case in which a man allegedly starved a child and his wife cooperated. She is in jail and he doesn't yet have a trial date. We have another gang rape case in which two men were convicted, one was declared innocent and another was just arrested. So, it is understandable that Jeffs could be tried first. Jeffs did quite a bit more than perform the marriage. It appears that he forced the marriage to occur. It certainly wasn't the idea of the male or the female cousin to marry each other.
The court appoints lawyers to represent minor children. They can not have attorneys hired by their parents when the case is CPS vs parents and the subject is the children. It would present a conflict of interest. If the parent hired the attorney, the attorney could be reluctant to testify in the child's best interest and against the parent.
Obviously the FLDS perpetrators know the evidence that has been seized will prove their guilt. That's why they are trying so hard to get it suppressed.
Warren Jeffs has announced publicly that he is a FRAUD. He came to power by manipulating and strong-arming his members. Now that he has been caught in his crimes, he folded up like a cheap suit.
Jeffs has admitted that he is NOT a prophet, he NEVER was a prophet and he is one of the WICKEDEST men of this dispensation. He's clearly terrified of meeting his maker and, for onece in his life, he's telling the truth.
This sure is a contrast with the way Joseph Smith conducted himself when he was wrongly accused of crimes and in prison. Joseph behaved the way a TRUE prophet would. He never faultered.
It's so sad these people are still in denial about Jeffs.
What I have seen is Utah
No thanks
Arizona doesnt have to worry about prosecuting Jeffs, Texas plans on doing it themselves.
FLDS stands for Fundamentalist [Church of] Latter-Day Saints. You're annoyed over nothing.
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