The difference we are talking about is due process. It is a violation of due process to hold a 27 year old woman with official identification as a minor.
The judge in this case has evidently allowed a photo of Jeffs' to get into circulation. If I understand correctly, the photo shows Jeffs kissing the girl who was a victim of rape and for which crime Jeffs is serving time.
One can only wonder, where are the other photos of the other many brides? If those existed, wouldn't they be more illustrative of the law-breaking that has been described? Or do you expect to see more people charged with the rape for which Jeffs was convicted?
Prosecutors & the CPS are going to save photo evidence pertaining to others; they're not going to "show their hand" for a witness who has no pertinent testimony pertaining to those other folks.
The difference we are talking about is due process. It is a violation of due process to hold a 27 year old woman with official identification as a minor.
As I've said on other threads, it's not all that unusual, for example, for even a juvenile to be temporarily held in an adult custody facility when the arrested person has no ID. This can happen, for example, when several illegal aliens are picked up.
Upon discovery, the error is fixed. (And I don't see posters like you screaming about the plight of such folks at risk)
The photos of Jeffs kissing the young girl are of one of his own “wives”, named Loretta. He was convicted in Utah of being an accomplice to rape for forcing a 14 year old girl named Elissa Wall to marry her 19 year old cousin. He is currently on trial in Arizona for several other charges relating to sex with minor girls.
The photos being introduced into evidence were quite relevant to the specific family into whose case they were introduced. The father identified the girl as his own 12 year old sister, and the mother told the court that Warren Jeffs “is perfect in my eyes”. This tells us all we need to know about these parents views regarding allowing adolescent girls to be raped in the name of religion. The father knew his 12 year old sister was being raped and didn’t report it to authorities, and the mother knows Warren Jeffs raped a 12 year old and still thinks he is “perfect”. They are clearly not fit to parent children at this time. Hopefully, they’ll get their heads fixed and eventually be fit to parent their children.