SAN ANGELO, Texas — Pictures introduced into evidence this morning on day 12 of the trial of Warren Jeffs showed stacks of $100 bills, sunglasses, wigs and cellphones.
The materials came from the Cadillac Escalade in which the 55-year-old leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was captured in 2006, FBI Agent John Broadway testified.
Prosecutors continued to present evidence today in the penalty phase of the trial. Jeffs has been convicted of sexual assault of a child and aggravated sexual assault of a child. The 10-woman, two-man Tom Green County jury is now hearing arguments, testimony and evidence to determine what Jeffs' punishment will be. He could be sentenced for up to 119 years in prison if given the maximum sentence on both counts to be served consecutively.
"He is to tell the government officials we are peaceful," a prosecutor for the state read to the jury from documents that came from the Yearning for Zion Ranch, concerning Jeffs' instructions to ranch dwellers about what they were to tell law enforcement. But if the officials tried to enter the temple, "our men must fight to the death," the document continued.
(Excerpt, read the rest at San Angelo Standard Times. Emphasis mine.)