Polygamist leader Jeffs convicted in rape case
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ST. GEORGE, Utah  - Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs, whose word was considered God's will to his fundamentalist church of breakaway Mormons, was convicted on Tuesday of being an accomplice to rape by forcing a 14-year-old girl to marry her first cousin.
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By Ben Winslow Deseret Morning News  Now that Fundamentalist LDS Church leader Warren Jeffs is in custody, people trapped in abusive situations within the isolated polygamous sect may have a chance to break free.
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Defrocked priest Paul Shanley, whose crimes shook the Roman Catholic Church, was sentenced to 12 to 15 years in prison on child rape charges Tuesday to a burst of applause from some of the many who accused him of molesting them.
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MANILA -- A young US Marine was sentenced to 40 years in prison after being convicted yesterday of rape in a landmark case that has become a symbol for women's rights and national sovereignty in the Philippines.
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RENO, Nev., June 29 -- The husband of  Nevada state controller Kathy Augustine was convicted Friday of first-degree murder in her death.
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BEAVER DAM, Ariz. -- Mohave County sheriff's deputies say they have arrested one of the brothers of captured polygamist leader Warren Jeffs.  On Friday, deputies responded to a call about an 11-year-old boy locked inside a house in Beaver Dam. Outside the house, the officers found John B.
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By JENNIFER DOBNER  SALT LAKE CITY - Saying he was kicked out of his home and his fundamentalist church, an 18-year-old man sued Tuesday to force polygamist leader Warren Jeffs to help him reconnect with his family.
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THE mayor of remote Pitcairn and his son were among five men convicted yesterday of raping and sexually assaulting young girls over 40 years.
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A US polygamist sect leader is convicted by a court in the state of Utah for forcing a 14-year-old girl into marriage.
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SYDNEY, Australia - Six men have been convicted of charges ranging from rape to indecent assault following trials that exposed a culture of sexual abuse on their small Pacific island.
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Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs warned a teenage girl forced into a "spiritual marriage" to submit to sex with her husband or face "losing your salvation," Utah authorities claimed in an affidavit.
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Polygamist sect leader Warren   Jeffs, who was arrested last week after two years on the run,   made his first Utah court appearance on Wednesday by   closed-circuit TV and told a judge he understood the charges   against him.
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Members of the polygamous sect led by self-proclaimed prophet Warren Jeffs never wanted the spotlight. As a jury decides if Jeffs is guilty of being an accomplice to rape, some are leaving town, some are living behind closed doors. And the mayor of one tiny community admits: "The reason I'm talking to you is because I've run into you and I don't really have a choice."
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Even some of polygamist Warren Jeffs's critics are worried that his conviction is the start of a legal campaign against 'plural marriage.'
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ST. GEORGE, Utah  - Attorneys for polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, on trial as an accomplice to rape, said on Friday "religion was on trial" and the state had overstepped its bounds in bringing the case.
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The jury in the murder trial of Scott Peterson has decided that he is guilty of first degree murder in the killing of his wife Laci.
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A British man wanted for allegedly raping women in England more than 12 years ago has been convicted of attacking two women in Portland &#151; thanks in part to authorities and alleged victims who traveled across the Atlantic to testify.