Posted on 11/20/2007 2:03:38 PM PST by SpaceBar
Just heard on the radio, Warren Jeffs was sentenced to two consecutive life terms. Nothing further.
Maybe he can hook up some lonely inmates.
A life sentence for rape? Did he actually rape the girl or did she follow his “commands”?
I thought it was a boy, but maybe I’m thinking of another fanatic with a Jesus complex.
granted I don’t believe with anything related to Jeffs, but really, 2 consecutive life terms...RIDICULOUS...murderers don’t even get life sentences anymore....
Does seem a bit harsh for the particular offense. He should have just stolen documents from the National Archives and received a slap on the wrist.
Sic semper tyrannis
They should sentence him to life with his wives...
If he was just a run of the mill pedophile..... he would be out in less than 10 years.
But if we add religion into the mix. Even bad religion..... 2 life sentences.
And who says our judicial wack-jobs don’t discriminate against religion?
“....sentenced to two consecutive life terms.”
Looks good to me.
Remember, with freaks like him, one must flush twice.
^^^^^^ Listen to this man.
The sentence was handed down this afternoon here in 5th District Court by Judge James Shumate.
Jeffs is expected to next go to the Utah State Prison, where state corrections officials said he will undergo a five-week orientation course that determines where he will be placed at Point of the Mountain. Prison officials have told the Deseret Morning News they believe Jeffs will ultimately end up in the maximum security unit for his own protection.
The Utah Board of Pardons and Parole will ultimately determine how long Jeffs spends in prison. He will automatically be given a parole hearing in 2010, but that does not mean he will be immediately released.
Jeffs, 51, was convicted in September of two counts of first-degree felony rape as an accomplice, stemming from a marriage he performed between a 14-year-old girl and her 19-year-old cousin at a Nevada motel room back in 2001.
The victim, Elissa Wall, objected to the union but was told by Jeffs to go back and give herself "mind, body and soul" to her husband. Wall eventually left the marriage when she became pregnant with another man's child. She has also filed a multimillion dollar civil lawsuit against Jeffs and the FLDS Church.
My thoughts:
The sick bas___rd authorized, aided, abetted, and directed the serial rape of underage girls within his ‘communities’. What do you consider an appropriate sentance?
People forget the girls were underage too.
Sucks to be our pedophile friend. Maybe his Bubba will learn from his teachings?
ding ding ding.
Where are the charges against the girl's PARENTS who endorsed and encouraged the "rape"?
That's right they don't exist because the "rape" doesn't exist either.
Now thats more typical.
5 years for pedophilia.
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