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• "True Believers..."

  
  Modern Pharisee — Authority: 131
  Found at the Wasatch Intercept. " All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and he disregards the rest - The Boxer, Paul Simon." An apt lead in: "What I see in play is some kind of morbid curiosity. For some reason, that eludes me, some people in this country are eager, desperate even, to believe ...
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• Walther Juggernaut Rolls On, Keate trial on December 7th.

  
  Modern Pharisee — Authority: 131
  One of the most complex series of prosecutions in US History continues with Allen Keate being tried on Pearl Harbor Day this year. The San Angelo Standard-Times - "Authorities decided Thursday afternoon to hold the jury trial in Eldorado, according to district clerk administrators. District Clerk Peggy Williams ...
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• The Tribune Finally Owns Up

  
  Modern Pharisee — Authority: 131
  As if we didnt know already. The Salt Lake Tribune has alternately sat on stories or not investigated them from the beginning. Theyre not the only ones. From about fall of last year, if you hadnt caught on to what was being said between the lines, you werent reading. Now they just say it: The Salt Lake Tribune ...
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• Polygamist Gets 10 Years [Crime And Punishment]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 815
  Raymond Jessop , the first FLDS member to go on trial, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his marriage to an underage girl. "This is a case about the flesh and blood of a victim," argued prosecutors. [ UPI ]
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• El Paso County Responds, Rozita to be tried NEXT YEAR.

  
  Modern Pharisee — Authority: 131
  I called, and I emailed Frederick Stein, Senior Deputy District Attorney for El Paso County Colorado. This is my letter, to him: "Mr. Stein, I have several questions with regard to the Rozita Swinton case, that continues to be delayed. From where I stand this seems to be the oldest misdemeanor case in El Paso ...
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• THIS COMES FROM A VERY WISE AND DEAR FRIEND.

  
  Free the FLDS Children - AKA The Freedom Liberty Defenders Society — Authority: 470
  Dear Heavenly Father, Please forgive me for my weaknesses and impatience (and dry wit). Please bless me to be as faithful to my religion as the FLDS are to theirs. Please bless our country at this time when the Constitution hangs by a thread (and Barack Hussein Obama is fixin’ to snip it). Please bless all the ...
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• And Rozitas Trial? YOU GUESSED IT (called off)

  
  Modern Pharisee — Authority: 131
  Will Rozita EVER go to trial before a case in the YFZ matter is finished? Its beginning to look as if the answer is "NEVER." CallOffs for Tuesday November 10, 2009 CaseNumber AppearanceDate DefLastName DefFirstName Division D021 2009CR 003517 ...
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• Raymond Jessops sentencing seems to spark more life out of his defense team

  
  Modern Pharisee — Authority: 131
  Again, Brooke Adams is there, and is providing reliable updates through her " Twitter " account. It would seem things are going to spill over into tomorrow, maybe longer? There is more at the San Angelo Standard-Times : "While 51st District Judge Barbara Walther surveyed the prosecution’s evidence about the ...
  6 days ago

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

  
  Texas Tech Today — Authority: 148
  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 ...
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• An Interesting Tidbit on Sentencing from Bill

  
  Modern Pharisee — Authority: 131
  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 ...
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• Open Mouth Insert Foot

  
  Psychicgeek — Authority: 400
  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! ]]
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• Raymond Jessop of the FLDS Convicted of Assaulting an Underage Girl

  
  Shadowscope — Authority: 438
  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 ...
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• CSPD Internal Affairs concludes its investigation.

  
  Modern Pharisee — Authority: 131
  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 ...
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• Walther Tries to Sentence Raymond Jessop on the sly

  
  Modern Pharisee — Authority: 131
  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 ...
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• 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: 125
  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 ...
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• First FLDS Trial Ends In Guilty Finding

  
  The Common Room — Authority: 516
  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 ...
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• Heard on the Radio, Reflections on the Verdict

  
  Modern Pharisee — Authority: 131
  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 ...
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• BARBIE’S POGROM ROLLS ON, RAYMOND’S HEAD IS HELD HIGH.

  
  Free the FLDS Children - AKA The Freedom Liberty Defenders Society — Authority: 470
  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 ...
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• That didnt take long.

  
  Modern Pharisee — Authority: 131
  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. ...
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• Mark Stevens moves for an "Instructed Verdict"

  
  Modern Pharisee — Authority: 131
  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 ...
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