SAN ANGELO, Texas — Warren Jeffs delivered another proclamation he said is from God this morning during the sentencing phase of his trial.
On Thursday, Jeffs, the head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was found guilty of one count of sexual assault of a child and one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child. The penalty phase of the trial proceeded almost immediately late Thursday afternoon.
This morning, he read a statement for the court before the jury came in.
Reading from a statement that Jeffs said God sent him, Jeffs said "This judging of the servant of my sending is an unjust attack."
The nation will "go down with the fall of Babylon," the statement continued, "and there will be a "whirlwind of judgment over North and South America."
Jeffs requested to not be present through the sentencing phase, also adding he did not want standby counsel to represent him either.
However, 51st District Judge Barbara Walther, said he could not have both.
"I know that this is difficult for you to understand," she told Jeffs, "but you don't have control over these proceedings."
(Read more at GoSanAngelo.com.)
It's gratifying to see Warren Jeffs reduced to this.