Jul 23rd, 2008 · A grand jury in Texas has indicted Warren Jeffs and some of his followers on charges of felony sexual assault of a child. Why did the sect begin marrying off young women to older men in the first place?
Jul 23rd, 2008 · A grand jury in El Dorado, Texas, has indicted polygamist leader Warren Jeffs and a group of his followers on charges of sexual assault of a child. They're members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The group's ranch was raided earlier this year.
Jul 10th, 2008 · FLDS leader Warren Jeffs was transferred from prison to a medical facility on Tuesday after appearing "lethargic." On Wednesday, Jeffs was escorted from the hospital and taken to an airport.
Jul 9th, 2008 · Officials are providing scant information about why FLDS leader Warren Jeffs was transferred Tuesday from jail in Mohave County, Ariz., to a Las Vegas hospital.
Sep 29th, 2007 · An encounter with an FLDS member at the Warren Jeffs trial leads to an unexpected exchange between two groups who rarely communicated with each other.
Sep 26th, 2007 · Jurors convict Warren Jeffs on charges of accomplice to rape. The leader of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints forced a 14-year-old follower to marry her 19-year-old cousin.
Sep 25th, 2007 · A jury has found polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs guilty of two felony counts of being an accomplice to rape for performing a wedding between a young man and a 14-year-old girl. Jeffs, who leads the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, will be sentenced at a later date. Melissa Block talks with NPR's Wade Goodwyn.
Sep 20th, 2007 · The defense rests at the trial of Warren Jeffs, leader of the nation's largest polygamous sect. The last witness was the 19-year-old groom in the arranged marriage of first cousins that lies at the center of the charges.