Posted on 05/24/2008 5:23:27 PM PDT by MizSterious
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Saturday, May 24, 2008
The state's decision to put hundreds of children from a polygamist sect into foster care bogged down in legal maneuvers this week, but authorities said Friday a criminal investigation into sexual-abuse allegations at the sect's West Texas ranch is moving ahead unimpaired.
However, it's unlikely that any charges will be filed soon, officials said.
"The Rangers and the DPS are methodically going through all the evidence," said Tela Mange, a spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Public Safety, which is heading the criminal probe.
"We're going to take as much time as it takes to make a case that the D.A. and the attorney general's office can prosecute."
Jerry Strickland, a spokesman for Attorney General Greg Abbott, whose office has been named special prosecutor in the case, echoed the sentiment: "We'll continue to work with local, state and federal law enforcement in reviewing the items seized and continue to investigate the case."
Mange said the criminal case is separate from the child-abuse investigation by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services that triggered an April 3 raid at the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint's nearly 1,700-acre ranch near Eldorado.
(Excerpt) Read more at statesman.com ...
FYI ping. Interesting details in the body of the article, well worth the click.
The government has virtually unlimited resources vs. the little guy (you and me, for example). So if the government becomes fascist or socialist, as we are, or already have become, we will have the thought police, organizations such as EPA, CPS, and other government agencies telling us what we can think, or say, or do. Even the filthy rich can be brought down by the government. It would be nice if the State would focus its considerable resources on borders, language, and culture instead of assisting people with a baseless, hate-based agenda, or with no real oversight, IMO. But, instead, now the government has to prove that what it did, or be embarrassed by its utter failure. The State has the resources to look until it finds something on somebody that it can use to justify its position. This is a colossal waste of resources.
Such slow pokes. These people just do not move fast enough for freepers:’)
Details about the criminal investigation of the sect have been tightly guarded since the raid, as investigators have quietly continued work and in several instances had documents sealed by court order to prevent details from becoming public.
Apparently, there's a lot going on that all the "experts" on these threads aren't aware of. Imagine, no one consulted with them first!
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Apparently, there's a lot going on that all the "experts" on these threads aren't aware of. Imagine, no one consulted with them first!
Were you a die-hard supporter of Nifong when he tried to railroad the Duke lacrosse players? The Texans are pulling the same crap and you believe them.
No, I wasn’t. I could tell the Duke thing was a frame job. I can tell this one isn’t.
No consulting with Freepers and hourly reports? Who do these people think they are? The Texas Rangers?
So they got in on this hoax too. Wonder how many other agencies managed to get into that compound under cover of this lie?
I'm not saying it will happen, but I see the possibility that a lot if not all of this evidence will be considered tainted because of the hoax and thrown out.
“Were you a die-hard supporter of Nifong when he tried to railroad the Duke lacrosse players? The Texans are pulling the same crap and you believe”
No! We Texans prefer that Utah keep all of its polygamists with old geezers “marrying” 13 and 14 year olds.
My advise to non Texans: do not let your suspicion's of CPS personnel trump common sense and/or common decency
In the Lacrosse frame Crystal Mangum told a different story every day, and most reasonable people took that as evidence that she was lying.
In this case the FLDS adults have told story after story and now you are insisting that the State must be the one lying.
In the Lacrosse case the boys were eager to get the DNA evidence to prove their innocence.
In this case most of the males have scattered to who knows where and the lawyers for the accused are trying their damnedest to make sure DNA evidence is never produced.
but you are so insistent that that just goes to prove there doesn’t need to be an investigation.
I don’t think you are doing a very good job of producing parallels that support your position, and I don’t expect the Texas supreme court to throw this thing out
BTTT
Interestingly, *the government* is not some monolithic all agreeing *thing*. Witness the disagreement between courts in this very case.
susie
Apparently, there’s a lot going on that all the “experts” on these threads aren’t aware of. Imagine, no one consulted with them first!
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OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
However will this case be completed successfully without them ????????????????????????
The FLDS are not out of the woods yet.
Warren Jeffs likeness is not plastered all over their compound for nothing.
They should just get some of the freepers on the jury who already have convicted the lot of them. It would make putting a case together much easier.
I won't be surprised if Texas authorities have more information that they haven't publicized. I've had that thought and hope its true.
Right on! Interesting how someone who disagrees with you resorts to desparate comparisons to convince you you're wrong.
The CPA acted in good faith, as far as I can determine. Did you ever think that the "hoax" may have been a blessing in disguise?
If you choose to be so defensive of polygamous communities which follow the whims of their leaders (who claim that God speaks to them), I think it's fair to ask if you are a member of one of these groups. If not, why not?
Actually the State has been telling more than it's fair share of 'stories'. Actually, they've been telling lies.
How many 14 year old girls have now morphed magically into 27 year old women?
How many Arrest Warrants were based on lies?
How many Search Warrants were based on lies?
These CPS freaks have been lying their asses off since this mess started.
And the SC of TX is going to toss this thing out on it's ear early next week.
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