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	<title>Legal News &#187; Eldorado</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Texas court sentences polygamist to 33 years for sexual assault of a child</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
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Texas polygamist gets 33 years for child sex abuse

ELDORADO, Texas — The Texas attorney general&#8217;s office says a 57-year-old member of a polygamist group has been sentenced to 33 years in prison for the sexual assault of a child.
The office says in a statement that a jury decided Thursday on the punishment for Allan Eugene .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/law/2009/12/18/texas-court-sentences-polygamist-to-33-years-for-sexual-assault-of-a-child-18957/">Original article &nbsp;: Texas court sentences polygamist to 33 years for sexual assault of a child</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Texas polygamist sect member sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexual assault of a child</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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10 years for polygamist sect member in sex assault

ELDORADO, Texas — The first polygamist sect member to face criminal trial following the raid of a West Texas ranch was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday for sexually assaulting an underage girl with whom he had a so-called &#8220;spiritual marriage.&#8221;
Jurors who last week convicted Raymond ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/law/2009/11/10/texas-polygamist-sect-member-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison-for-sexual-assault-of-a-child-16497/">Read : Texas polygamist sect member sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexual assault of a child</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Texas jury convicts 38-year-old polygamist sect member of sexual assault of a child</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/law/2009/11/05/texas-jury-convicts-38-year-old-polygamist-sect-member-of-sexual-assault-of-a-child-16052/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Roberts</dc:creator>
		
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Texas polygamist sect member guilty of sex assault

ELDORADO, Texas — The first polygamist sect member to face criminal trial following last year&#8217;s raid at the Yearning For Zion Ranch in West Texas was convicted Thursday of sexually assaulting an underage girl with whom he had a so-called &#8220;spiritual marriage.&#8221;
Raymond Jessop, 38, didn&#8217;t visibly react when ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/law/2009/11/05/texas-jury-convicts-38-year-old-polygamist-sect-member-of-sexual-assault-of-a-child-16052/">Texas jury convicts 38-year-old polygamist sect member of sexual assault of a child</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecution rests case against polygamist sect man; jurors could begin deliberating Thursday</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
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Prosecution rests case against polygamist sect man

ELDORADO, Texas — Prosecutors rested their case Thursday in the first criminal trial of a member of a West Texas polygamist sect after days of plodding through photos and records seized from the group&#8217;s ranch.
Lawyers for 38-year-old Raymond Jessop, charged with child sexual abuse, have not indicated whether they .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/law/2009/11/05/prosecution-rests-case-against-polygamist-sect-man-jurors-could-begin-deliberating-thursday-16042/">Original article &nbsp;: Prosecution rests case against polygamist sect man; jurors could begin deliberating Thursday</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Judge says jurors in Texas polygamist sect trial could hear closing arguments Thursday</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Judge says Texas polygamist sect trial nearing end

ELDORADO, Texas — After days of meticulous plodding through photos and records seized from a polygamist sect&#8217;s West Texas ranch, jurors could begin deliberating the sexual assault case against one of its members as early as Thursday.
Texas District Judge Barbara Walther told jurors in the trial of 38-year-old .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/law/2009/11/05/judge-says-jurors-in-texas-polygamist-sect-trial-could-hear-closing-arguments-thursday-15993/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-FLDS member says men directed every aspect of life at polygamist sect&#8217;s West Texas compound</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Roberts</dc:creator>
		
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Witness: FLDS men lead all aspects of sect life

ELDORADO, Texas — Women in a polygamist sect were taught that their fathers or husbands and the sect&#8217;s prophet had the right to direct every aspect of their lives, a former member testified Wednesday in the child sexual abuse trial of a current sect member.
&#8220;As a woman  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/law/2009/11/04/ex-flds-member-says-men-directed-every-aspect-of-life-at-polygamist-sects-west-texas-compound-15952/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-FLDS member: Jailed sect leader kept detailed notes about interactions with church members</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
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Ex-FLDS member takes stand in polygamist trial

ELDORADO, Texas — 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 group&#8217;s ranch last year.
Rebecca Musser left the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 2002, before ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/law/2009/11/04/ex-flds-member-jailed-sect-leader-kept-detailed-notes-about-interactions-with-church-members-15943/">Ex-FLDS member: Jailed sect leader kept detailed notes about interactions with church members</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Jurors in Texas polygamist sect trial won&#8217;t hear about multiple wives pregnant and nursing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Roberts</dc:creator>
		
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Judge orders redaction of polygamist documents

ELDORADO, Texas — A Texas judge ordered Tuesday that a document showing a member of a polygamist sect had at least four wives who were pregnant or nursing at the same time should be excluded from his trial on charges of child sexual abuse.
In a hearing without the jury in ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/law/2009/11/03/jurors-in-texas-polygamist-sect-trial-wont-hear-about-multiple-wives-pregnant-and-nursing-15853/">Jurors in Texas polygamist sect trial won&#8217;t hear about multiple wives pregnant and nursing</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutor accuses polygamist sect man of assaulting girl; defense denies charge</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
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Prosecutor: Polygamist sect man assaulted teen

ELDORADO, Texas — A 38-year-old man from a polygamist sect sexually assaulted a teenager less than half his age at the Yearning For Zion Ranch, a prosecutor charged Wednesday to open the first criminal trial since the ranch was raided.
An attorney for defendant Raymond Jessop disputed the allegation, telling jurors .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/law/2009/10/28/prosecutor-accuses-polygamist-sect-man-of-assaulting-girl-defense-denies-charge-15515/">Prosecutor accuses polygamist sect man of assaulting girl; defense denies charge</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>8 men, 4 women selected for jury in trial of man from polygamist sect in Texas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
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Jury seated in Texas polygamist raid trial

ELDORADO, Texas — Eight men and four women were selected Wednesday for the jury that will decide the first criminal case stemming from the raid of a polygamist group&#8217;s ranch in West Texas last year.
Court officials called 300 jurors to get 12 jurors and two alternates in tiny Schleicher .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/law/2009/10/28/8-men-4-women-selected-for-jury-in-trial-of-man-from-polygamist-sect-in-texas-15476/">8 men, 4 women selected for jury in trial of man from polygamist sect in Texas</a>.]]></description>
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