Warren Jeffs Convicted of Sexual Abuse
by Free Britney at .Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs was convicted of two counts of child sexual abuse Thursday afternoon. He faces a strong possibility of life in prison.
Jurors in the San Angelo, Texas, trial deliberated for less than four hours before announcing their verdict against Jeffs, who showed no reaction.
Prosecutors alleged Jeffs raped two girls, ages 12 and 14, and that he fathered a child with one of them. The jurors concluded he was in fact guilty.
Jeffs represented himself and said little during his closing argument.
The trial ended with a very bizarre summation in which the 55-year-old stared silently at the jury for 24 minutes, then muttered, "I am at peace."
Jeffs calls himself the prophet and leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, an offshoot banned by the Mormons.
His theology calls for men to have three wives to be admitted to heaven. The self-proclaimed "living prophet" of God will be sentenced soon.
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Comments (7 Total)
The definition of a destructive religious cult is like alcoholism-if alcohol controls you instead of the other way around you are an alcoholic. If they try to ruin your reputation and break up your family for trying to get out then they are a cult! Please examine the Jehovah's Witnesses pedophiles go door to door and come on our property. Many court documents and news events prove that Jehovah's Witnesses suppress evidence when a child comes forward with allegations of molestation within the congregation.Whenever you surrender your logic and reason to anyone who asks you to trust them because they know better it's possibly a cult. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck.... - Danny Haszard abuse victim -dannyhaszard(dot)com
This man is really sick. The Bible in no way speaks about having 3 wives rather it says that a man should commit himself to his ONLY wife. When you do your vows it says til death do us part, not til my second or third minor wives do us part. Wtf man he deserve to be jailed til death. XOXO
i hope he gets butt raped by a big black man!!
i hope he gets butt raped in prison!
He is going to be really confuzed when he gets to hell. Good luck in jail Mr. Jeffs, just know that no amount of human justice will save you from being judged by the God you claimed to represent. Sick F!!!!