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(CBS/AP) SAN ANGELO, Texas - The child sexual assault case against polygamist leader Warren Jeffs went to the jury Thursday, after Jeffs stood mostly mute for his closing argument. The 55-year-old ...

Closing arguments expected to wrap up today in the polygamy leader's trial. Sept. 21, 2007 — -- Defense attorneys in the Warren Jeffs trial are expected to finish their closing arguments today.

A federal judge has awarded $152 million in damages to ex-members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) over abuses they suffered while in the Utah-based polygamous ...

PHOENIX — An attorney for polygamous-sect leader Warren Jeffs says he wants to get his client in Arizona as soon as possible to get the fair trial he didn’t get in Utah. Mike Piccarreta, speaking from ...

Rebecca Musser in 'Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey' ; Warren Jeffs during his extradition hearing on August 31, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Warren Jeffs called himself a prophet, but he was, in reality, a ...

Plea deal lets Warren Jeffs follower Allen Steed escape with 30 days in jail. Feb. 20, 2011— -- A follower of Warren Jeffs who admitted during the trial of the polygamist sect leader that he had ...

Warren Jeffs called himself a prophet, but he was, in reality, a polygamist cult leader and a perpetrator of sexual abuse. ABC News reported in The Doomsday Prophet: Truth and Lies that as many as 24 ...

In the Utah Supreme Court today, polygamist leader Warren Jeffs won an important legal victory, NPR's Howard Berkes reports. In a unanimous decision, the court said trial judge James L. Shumate ...

PHOENIX - An attorney for polygamous-sect leader Warren Jeffs says he wants to get his client in Arizona as soon as possible to get the fair trial he didn't get in Utah. Mike Piccarreta, speaking from ...