Warren Jeffs Moved to Texas to Face Trial
 
By Megan Fox
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Warren Jeffs

Warren Jeffs, a radical leader of a Mormon Church sect has been extradited to Texas to face charges of felony bigamy, sexual assault and assault. The self-proclaimed profit is facing the array of charges stemming from his teachings about maintaining several wives, arranged marriages and sex with underage girls. The case against Jeffs has gained national attention as the problems of religious freedom will certainly come into question.

The federal authorities have been investigating Jeffs for several years. He runs a radical sect of the Latter Day Saints church. The Mormon church has largely disavowed multiple marriages but there are still several outside groups that practice the arranged marriages and bigamy that was once a massive part of the religion. Jeffs runs the largest of those groups in the state of Utah.

However, the case against Jeffs will be extremely difficult to prove. His lawyers are already planning for a defense that includes religious freedom and the separation of church and state. Furthermore, witnesses are hard to come by. Jeffs literally has thousands of followers who are all planning to be in attendance for his trial to show support for their leader.

It is likely, according to legal experts, that the charges of bigamy will be dropped at some point. The prosecution is likely to stick to the charges of sexual assault and also the arranged marriages of underage girls. These are the most damning of all the charges that have been brought against the religious leader.
 
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Originally published Wednesday, December 1, 2010
 
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