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Polygamist Warren Jeffs’ rape conviction overturned

Image via Wikipedia In case you’ve been following the prosecution of polygamist prophet Warren Jeffs, here’s the latest: his rape conviction has been overturned due to erroneous jury instructions. This doesn’t necessarily mean that Jeffs’ legal troubles are over–far from it.  The Utah Supreme Court, which handed down its ruling unanimously, ordered a new trial. […]

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It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do. (Edmund Burke, 1775)