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• FLDS TRIAL: All eyes still on Jessop, for now

  
  Texas Tech Today — Authority: 444
  Raymond Merril Jessop has been the only man on trial the past two weeks in Schleicher County. Even the eyeball-torturing lighting in the 51st Judicial District Courtroom couldn’t trick anyone into seeing 11 other shadows cast behind his as he sat quietly at the defense table. Jessop is the first to be tried among ...
  9 hours ago

• An Interesting Tidbit on Sentencing from Bill

  
  Modern Pharisee — Authority: 129
  I did not know this, and hope its true: Free the FLDS Children - "As you recall, almost no jurors said they would consider probation for Raymond if he was convicted. OOPS! Since on Voir dire they stated that they would not consider probation, the Defense can ask for a mistrial, and a new Jury HAS to be chosen for ...
  14 hours ago

• Open Mouth Insert Foot

  
  Psychicgeek — Authority: 401
  Most everybody in my hometown had nicknames, crazy nicknames like Cardboard, and Neva Nabber. They meant something in particular to the originator, but whether you knew the origin or not, the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  1 day ago

• Raymond Jessop of the FLDS Convicted of Assaulting an Underage Girl

  
  Shadowscope — Authority: 486
  Last year I wrote several posts on the FLDS and how Texas authorities took away 400 children from their families, all of which were later returned after the Texas Supreme Court ruled that they didnt have sufficient reason to think that abuse was happening. Raymond Jessop was one of the people from the Yearning ...
  2 days ago

• CSPD Internal Affairs concludes its investigation.

  
  Modern Pharisee — Authority: 129
  It lacks specifics and I have never been given the "receipt number" for the investigation: November 2, 2009 Hugh McBryde P.O. Box **** Montpelier, VT 05601 Dear Mr. McBryde This letter is in response to the suspicions you raised in your complaint on 09-24-09 regarding employees of the Colorado Springs Police ...
  2 days ago

• Walther Tries to Sentence Raymond Jessop on the sly

  
  Modern Pharisee — Authority: 129
  Except for a tip, no one would have known. The Plural Life - "Surprise, surprise. The court decided to hold a hearing today after all. I got there in the nick of time, thanks to a certain unnamed tipster. Thank you! Last night when we left, Judge Barbara Walther told everyone court would resume at 10 a.m. on ...
  3 days ago

• The FLDS Splinter Sect Is Back In The News With A Child Abuse Suit... Time For Another Rant From Snooty

  
  Snooty Primadona's Sparkling Outlook On Life... Or Not — Authority: 122
  Of course, we knew it would happen again, eventually. A 38 year old male sect member. Raymond Jessop, of the splinter FLDS group here in West Texas is on trial for child sexual abuse (married to a 15 year old girl who bore his child). That, my friends, spells child abuse. Furthermore, it was learned in court recently ...
  3 days ago

• First FLDS Trial Ends In Guilty Finding

  
  The Common Room — Authority: 517
  Raymond Merril Jessop (now 38) was polygamously wed to 16 year old girl in 2004 (she is now 21). She gave birth to a daughter in August of 2005. DNA evidence indicates Raymond is the father of the pre-schooler, and records found at the ranch gave the details of the marriage (and others, although oddly, the state ...
  3 days ago

• Heard on the Radio, Reflections on the Verdict

  
  Modern Pharisee — Authority: 129
  With the Fort Hood tragedy dominating the news, the Raymond Jessop verdict sorta slid beneath the waves. I was on my way to the bank this morning, and overheard on the news , as the last story (paraphrased of course) was this: "Raymond Jessop is facing 20 years in jail as a result of being convicted yesterday in ...
  3 days ago

• BARBIE’S POGROM ROLLS ON, RAYMOND’S HEAD IS HELD HIGH.

  
  Free the FLDS Children - AKA The Freedom Liberty Defenders Society — Authority: 423
  None of the past 20 month’s is new to the Mormons on the Ranch, they have been battling persecution and bigotry all their lives. Today’s verdict was not unexpected, it’s very difficult to do battle with ignorant individuals who assume everything their government tells them is true. Those who dare to not ...
  4 days ago

• That didnt take long.

  
  Modern Pharisee — Authority: 129
  Guilty, but you probably know that already. Lone Star Texas News - "Raymond Jessop has been found guilty of sexual assault of a child in connection with charges he married an underage girl. Jessop was a member of the FLDS Church and live on the compound near Eldorado that was raided by the state last year. ...
  4 days ago

• Mark Stevens moves for an "Instructed Verdict"

  
  Modern Pharisee — Authority: 129
  Denied of course: The Salt Lake Tribune - "One document, a marriage record, showed Jessop married the then 16-year-old on Aug. 12, 2004, for time and eternity, at Jeffs home at the Yearning for Zion Ranch, where about 600 members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints reside. Jeffs ...
  4 days ago

• Whats the Message here?

  
  Modern Pharisee — Authority: 129
  Judge Walther has made this trial an unpleasant experience for all, keeping long hours and holding jurors into the night. Now she tells them they cant go home until they give her a verdict: The San Angelo Standard-Times - "(Texas Judge Barbara) Walther told the seven-man, five-woman jury Wednesday evening that she ...
  4 days ago

• Trial to go to Jury this afternoon

  
  Modern Pharisee — Authority: 129
  They said Stalin (at least) made the trains run on time. The Deseret News - "Texas District Judge Barbara Walther told jurors in the trial of 38-year-old Raymond Jessop that attorneys hoped to offer closing arguments by midday. And Judge Walther apparently read his book.
  4 days ago

• Jeffs Told Girl "Be Fruitful And Multiply" [Big Love]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 824
  On Tuesday, polygamist leader Warren Jeffs lawyers asked the Utah Supreme Court to overturn his accomplice to rape conviction , arguing that he didnt know the 14-year-old girl he married to her 19-year-old cousin would be forced to have sex. [ UPI ]
  4 days ago

• BARBIE TELLS JURY TO PACK THEIR BAGS, THEY’VE HEARD ENOUGH.

  
  Free the FLDS Children - AKA The Freedom Liberty Defenders Society — Authority: 423
  Barbie has decided there’s enough evidence against Raymond to convict and the jury needs to bring in their toothbrushes this morning in case they can’t find him guilty before bedtime tonight. I guess she figures that the State can’t better it’s position anymore than it’s already done, and why waste time ...
  4 days ago

• She escaped the FLDS, but her daughter wanted to return

  
  Anderson Cooper 360 — Authority: 675
  Editors Note: Today a former member of a polygamist group has taken the stand in the sexual assault trial of the first group member tried since Texas authorities raided the groups ranch last year. The former member testified that jailed leader Warren Jeffs kept detailed notes on his interactions with church members ...
  5 days ago

• BARBIE TELLS THE LAWYERS THAT JANET COULDN’T BE MARRIED TO RAYMOND BECAUSE SHE WAS ALREADY MARRIED.

  
  Free the FLDS Children - AKA The Freedom Liberty Defenders Society — Authority: 423
  I guess she intends to prosecute Janet for Bigamy? Is Bigamy a crime in Texas, or one of those “Laws” like Adultery and Voter Fraud that Texas rarely prosecutes (Unless you’re from the wrong party). It is good to see that barbie recognizes the legal marriage of Janet to Raymond’s brother, but curious to ...
  5 days ago

• Two Critical Trial Observations, from Yesterday

  
  Modern Pharisee — Authority: 129
  There is some obscurity in the statute from before 2005. Granted, the law was changed, but before it was changed, the state may have to deem the "Victim" to be "married." The Plural Life - "Judge Barbara Walther observed that that would also show that the alleged victim could not legally have married Raymond ...
  5 days ago

• Abuse workshop leader in Layton says children in polygamist sects trapped in ‘no-win’ situation

  
  News — Authority: 143
  LAYTON — The polygamy culture is never going be eradicated from the U.S., one presenter at a child abuse conference said Tuesday. read more
  5 days ago

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