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more about #fdls TildeMarks: Each time a member of the FLDS is brought to trial on criminal charges against children or women, it is a moment to define history and begin to save ... more » formergr: Just an FYI, I believe it's FLDS, not FDLS (Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints). #fdls more » ellesbelles: in this country, we have a constitutional right to a trial by our peers. while i am in no way defending the practice of child abuse and child marriage... more » Clare116: I'm always surprised by the weirdness that FLDS engenders -- reading the article, the specific charge involves a 16-year-old who was in labor for DAYS... more » lalie (apologetic mess): The moralist in me is totally behind this. The anthropologist in me is very conflicted, mostly in regards to the polygamy charges. If it is financi... more » PaintedTrollop: This trial should be moved out of the county - preferably out of the state. In fact, they should have it here in NH. I guarantee a far different outco... more » -
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Polygamist Sect Members On Trial
The first of a dozen FDLS members accused of the sexual abuse will go on trial today. Raymond Jessop faces up to 20 years for his "marriage" to an underage girl. [MSNBC]
