http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Warren_JeffsFind stories, videos, and photos about Warren Jeffs from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:37:10 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Warren_Jeffs14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Warren Jeffs from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/03/texas.polygamy.raid/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/03/texas.polygamy.raid/index.html#cnnSTCTextA polygamist sect is planning an event today to mark the first anniversary of a raid in which more than 400 children were removed from its Texas ranch.Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/03/texas.polygamy.jeffs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/03/texas.polygamy.jeffs/index.html#cnnSTCTextTexas child protection officials are dropping a custody case involving the 17-year-old daughter of jailed polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs, a spokesman said Tuesday.Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:23:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/22/texas.polygamy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/22/texas.polygamy/index.html#cnnSTCTextA top member of a Texas polygamist sect and the group's spokesman have been subpoenaed and are scheduled for court depositions Friday and Monday, according to court officials.Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:45:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/09/texas.polygamy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/09/texas.polygamy/index.html#cnnSTCTextCourt proceedings will be held in September to determine whether a 14-year-old girl believed to have married polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs should permanently remain in state custody.Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:51:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/12/jeffs.indictment.texas/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/12/jeffs.indictment.texas/index.html#cnnSTCTextA grand jury has indicted polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs on a second sexual assault charge in connection with a probe of his Texas compound, prosecutors said Wednesday.Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:31:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/09/23/polygamy.indictments/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/09/23/polygamy.indictments/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree more members of a polygamous sect led by Warren Jeffs are facing sexual assault charges, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said Tuesday.Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/21/texas.polygamy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/21/texas.polygamy/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Texas grand jury indicted three more members of a polygamist sect that was raided in April, a Schleicher County official told CNN on Thursday.Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/19/polygamy.foster.care/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/19/polygamy.foster.care/index.html#cnnSTCTextA 14-year-old girl believed to have married jailed polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs was ordered to foster care by a Texas judge on Tuesday.Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/28/polygamy.indictment/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/28/polygamy.indictment/index.html#cnnSTCTextFive members of a polygamous sect who were indicted alongside leader Warren Jeffs last week turned themselves in Monday to face sexual assault charges, Texas authorities said.Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:34:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1826371,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1826371,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA new felony sexual charge against Warren Jeffs and four associates ratchets up the pressure against the renegade Mormon sectThu, 24 Jul 2008 22:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/24/polygamy.hearing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/24/polygamy.hearing/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolygamous sects that have spread throughout the United States and beyond are "a form of organized crime," largely unchecked by law enforcement, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday.Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/22/jeffs.indictment/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/22/jeffs.indictment/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Texas grand jury indicted polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs on sexual assault charges, and five of his followers also face a variety of charges, state Attorney General Greg Abbott said.Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:18:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1823656,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1823656,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWarren Jeffs is in jail, possibly ill and on tape "recanting" his leadership. Who are the men angling to succeed him?Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/09/jeffs.hospitalized/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/09/jeffs.hospitalized/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was released from a hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada on Wednesday, a source close to the case told CNN.Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:15:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1821448,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1821448,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsPolygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was taken from jail in Arizona to a Las Vegas hospital after he was found weak, feverish and "convulsive" in his cell, a jail official said WednesdayThu, 10 Jul 2008 00:30:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1811931,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1811931,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAn Arizona judge dropped four of eight charges against polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs, even as authorities in Texas looked into whether pedophelia allegations thereThu, 05 Jun 2008 14:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/04/texas.polygamist/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/04/texas.polygamist/index.html#cnnSTCTextA teenage girl removed from a polygamist sect's compound can be released to her guardian, a judge ruled, as long as she's kept away from a person accused of abusing her, and from her father, sect leader Warren Jeffs.Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/30/texas.polygamists/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/30/texas.polygamists/index.html#cnnSTCTextTexas authorities say they collected DNA swabs from jailed polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs in connection with a criminal investigation involving "spiritual marriages" to four girls ages 12 to 15.Fri, 30 May 2008 23:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/28/jeffs.kissing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/28/jeffs.kissing/index.html#cnnSTCTextPictures showing the leader of a polygamist sect kissing a girl who appears to be a minor have been introduced into evidence in the legal battle over the seizure of more than 400 children from the sect's Texas ranch.Wed, 28 May 2008 23:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/23/flds.appeals/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/23/flds.appeals/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt sounds like legal mumbo-jumbo. Fri, 23 May 2008 16:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/21/polygamist.ranch/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/21/polygamist.ranch/index.html#cnnSTCTextTexas Child Protective Services workers were turned back from a polygamist sect's ranch Wednesday when they tried to investigate reports that some children remained at the compound, a lawyer for the sect said.Wed, 21 May 2008 21:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/19/polygamist.retreat/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/19/polygamist.retreat/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo children of jailed "prophet" Warren Steed Jeffs are among the hundreds of children removed from a polygamist ranch by child welfare authorities, court officials said Monday. Mon, 19 May 2008 23:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/05/polygamist.families/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/05/polygamist.families/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn the secretive, illegal world of American polygamy, life has been good to 67-year-old Wendell Loy Nielsen of Eldorado, Texas.Tue, 06 May 2008 11:13:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1735760,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1735760,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsMore than half the teen girls taken from a polygamist compound in west Texas have children or are pregnant, state officials said MondayTue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/17/polygamy.pentagon/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/17/polygamy.pentagon/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. government paid more than $1.7 million in defense contracts over the last decade to companies owned by leaders of Warren Jeffs' polygamous sect, with tens of thousands allegedly winding its way back to Jeffs and his church.Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/17/polygamy.custody/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/17/polygamy.custody/index.html#cnnSTCTextA custody hearing scheduled to begin Thursday morning will decide the fate of more than 400 children taken from a polygamist sect's ranch in central Texas amid allegations of abuse.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/07/texas.ranch/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/07/texas.ranch/index.html#cnnSTCTextAuthorities said Monday they have taken legal custody of 401 children who lived on an isolated West Texas polygamist retreat built by imprisoned "prophet" Warren Jeffs.Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/05/texas.ranch/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/05/texas.ranch/index.html#cnnSTCTextAmbulances rolled into a Texas ranch that's home to members of a polygamist sect, as authorities continued their search Saturday night for possible victims of physical and sexual abuse.Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/04/texas.ranch/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/04/texas.ranch/index.html#cnnSTCTextTexas authorities are investigating "the safety of children" at a ranch occupied by about 400 followers of polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs, officials said Friday.Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/11/20/jeffs.sentence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/11/20/jeffs.sentence/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Utah judge Tuesday sentenced polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs to two consecutive prison terms of five years to life for his conviction on two counts of being an accomplice to rape, a court spokeswoman said. Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:43:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1684828,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1684828,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA man whose ceremonial marriage to a 14-year-old was the focus of a polygamous sect leader's trial asked a judge to dismiss a rape charge against himFri, 16 Nov 2007 13:50:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/11/07/jeffs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/11/07/jeffs/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs tried to hang himself earlier this year while he was in jail awaiting trial, according to court documents unsealed by a Utah judge on Tuesday.Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:21:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/26/flds.rape/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/26/flds.rape/index.html#cnnSTCTextA young man whose arranged marriage to a young cousin led to the conviction of polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was charged Wednesday with her rape.Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/24/polygamist.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/24/polygamist.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolygamist sect leader Warren Steed Jeffs was found guilty Tuesday of being an accomplice to rape for using his religious authority to push a 14-year-old girl into a marriage she did not want. Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:19:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1665547,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1665547,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe polygamist "prophet" is found guilty of accessory to rape, a victory for a novel legal tactic focusing on child abuse Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/25/jeffs.deadlock/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/25/jeffs.deadlock/index.html#cnnSTCTextJurors in the trial of polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs started deliberating all over again Tuesday with a new panelist after signaling earlier that they were close to a verdict. Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/21/polyg.media/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/21/polyg.media/index.html#cnnSTCTextMembers of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a polygamous sect, moved to this remote part of the desert to get out of the spotlight. But the harsh glare of public scrutiny is all they've been getting lately.Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/21/jeffs.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/21/jeffs.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextA prosecutor urged jurors Friday to find polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs guilty of being an accomplice to rape, saying "No means no." Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/20/jeffs.engels/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/20/jeffs.engels/index.html#cnnSTCTextPinning down a prophet is lonely work. Just ask Mohave County, Arizona, investigator Gary Engels. Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/19/jeffs.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/19/jeffs.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe spurned husband whose arranged marriage is at the center of the rape-accomplice charges against polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs took the witness stand to defend his prophet on Wednesday. Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/18/jeffs.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/18/jeffs.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextFollowers of polygamist "prophet" Warren Jeffs began testifying in his defense Tuesday after prosecutors rested their case in the sect leader's rape-accomplice trial. Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/14/jeffs.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/14/jeffs.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextA reluctant child bride told a Utah jury Friday that she was trying to preserve her "eternal salvation" when she obeyed a command by polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs to marry her cousin at age 14.Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:33:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1661960,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1661960,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA former follower of a polygamous sect leader claims she was acting to preserve her eternal salvation when she obeyed his command and married her cousin at age 14Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/11/fleeing.polygamy.hammon/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/11/fleeing.polygamy.hammon/index.html#cnnSTCTextSara Hammon saw some of her sisters pulled out of school to be married to men they didn't know. She dreaded a similar fate. And so, she ran away from home before she was old enough to drive legally.Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/13/jeffs.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/13/jeffs.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was flown by helicopter to the Utah courthouse where his trial on rape-accomplice charges begins Thursday with lawyers laying out their cases for the jury.Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/12/jeffs.walkup/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/12/jeffs.walkup/index.html#cnnSTCTextAfter 115 days on the FBI's most-wanted list and a year in solitary confinement in a jail called Purgatory, the leader of the nation's largest polygamist sect is going on trial in St. George, Utah.Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/07/lost.boys/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/07/lost.boys/index.html#cnnSTCTextFranky admits he's conflicted about the life of polygamy he has left behind along with the nearly three dozen brothers and sisters he's banished from seeing.Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:13:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1659939,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1659939,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsImpaneling a jury to hear the highly publicized rape case against a polygamous sect leader could prove difficult, some observers and legal experts sayFri, 07 Sep 2007 13:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/05/jeffs.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/05/jeffs.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextAfter 115 days on the FBI's most wanted list and a year in solitary confinement in a jail called Purgatory, the leader of the nation's largest polygamist sect is going on trial in St. George, Utah.Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/31/fleeing.polygamy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/31/fleeing.polygamy/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhen polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs appeared in a Las Vegas courtroom last August, Kathy Jo Nicholson, a former member of Jeffs' sect, felt fearful even though she was only watching him on television.Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/01/01/cofffey.list/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/01/01/cofffey.list/index.htmlMiami lawyer Kendall Coffey, a former U.S. attorney and frequent CNN guest analyst, takes a wry look at the best and worst the legal world had to offer in 2006.Mon, 01 Jan 2007 13:44:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/21/polygamist.hearing/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/21/polygamist.hearing/index.htmlWarren Jeffs, the polygamist sect leader who held a place on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list earlier this year, is set to appear in court Tuesday to learn what evidence prosecutors have connecting him to the alleged rape of a teenage girl.Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:16:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/09/08/jeffs.strategy/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/09/08/jeffs.strategy/index.htmlWhen he appeared before a Utah judge via a video link from the county jail this week, the polygamist "Prophet" Warren Jeffs took the first step toward what could be among the most closely followed trials in state history.Fri, 08 Sep 2006 20:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/09/06/jeffs.utah/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/09/06/jeffs.utah/index.html#cnnSTCTextFederal authorities are prepared to file charges against polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs if a judge grants bond, a Utah prosecutor said Wednesday.Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/09/02/jeffs.document/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/09/02/jeffs.document/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhen he was captured, fugitive polygamist leader Warren Jeffs was carrying a list of safe houses and a written decree banning members of his flock from disclosing his whereabouts, according to a Utah prosecutor.Sat, 02 Sep 2006 15:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/08/31/jeffs.affidavit/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/08/31/jeffs.affidavit/index.htmlPolygamist 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 said in an affidavit.Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/08/30/jeffs.arrest/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/08/30/jeffs.arrest/index.htmlA paper license tag, a salad and stories that didn't make sense pricked the suspicions of a state trooper who stopped the car of a wanted fugitive polygamist in Las Vegas.Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/08/29/jeffs.arrest/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/08/29/jeffs.arrest/index.htmlNevada state troopers found one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, along with wigs, cell phones, laptop computers and more than $54,000 in cash, on a highway north of Las Vegas, authorities said Monday.Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/25/schuster.column/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/25/schuster.column/index.html#cnnSTCTextI am out west in Utah, Nevada and Arizona looking for the other fundamentalist polygamist on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. The one whose name isn't Osama bin Laden. It's Warren Jeffs.Thu, 25 May 2006 15:11:00 EDT