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WARREN JEFFS TRIAL: State shows bed photos; Jeffs leaves court during testimony
The San Angelo Standard Times ^ | August 5, 2011 | Matthew Waller

Posted on 08/06/2011 7:48:37 AM PDT by MizSterious

WARREN JEFFS TRIAL: State shows bed photos; Jeffs leaves court during testimony

Jeffs leaves court during testimony

* By Matthew Waller
* San Angelo Standard Times
* Posted August 5, 2011 at 4:06 p.m., updated August 5, 2011 at 9:56 p.m.

SAN ANGELO, Texas — Warren Jeffs didn't want to be in the courtroom when the state presented evidence against him for the sentencing phase of his trial.

His former lead attorney returned to represent him while Jeffs was voluntarily absent.

So Jeffs, the leader and "prophet" of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, didn't see the pictures of the temple beds.

Friday afternoon the state revealed pictures of beds in the temple building at the Yearning for Zion Ranch, the 1,700-acre property in Schleicher County raided in April 2008 amid allegations that sexual abuse of children was taking place.

A former FLDS member, Rebecca Musser, testified for the prosecution Friday that she had received training before the temple was built about how beds in it would be used for sexual matters. She said what she had been taught about the presence of witnesses and someone to record the events matched what she saw at the temple outside San Angelo.

"We would learn the best ways to conceive children," Musser said about what she was taught was to happen at the temple.

(Excerpt) Read more at gosanangelo.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: flds; mormon; rape; warrenjeffs
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I wish I could post the entire article, because there are a lot of details about what this monster did. And probably still does via his phone from his jail cell. People should know what this cult truly is--a sex slave cult for the "prophet." (Profit?)
1 posted on 08/06/2011 7:48:40 AM PDT by MizSterious
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To: MizSterious

Bring ‘em young.


2 posted on 08/06/2011 7:50:10 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: Pebcak; UCANSEE2; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; greyfoxx39; proudofthesouth; pandoraou812; metmom; ...
Warren Jeffs trial pinglist--if you want on or off, let me know via freepmail!

From the article posted above:

She said she was a spiritual wife of Jeffs' father, Rulon Jeffs, and when he died in 2002, Jeffs wanted to marry her along with other women who had been "married" to Jeff's father.

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"I will break you and I will train you to be a good wife," Musser said Jeffs had told her, and then said he would marry her in a week. She left the FLDS before that happened.


And so goes the "wholesome, happy life" at the fLDS.

3 posted on 08/06/2011 7:54:04 AM PDT by MizSterious (Apparently, there's no honor when it comes to someone else's retirement funds.)
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4 posted on 08/06/2011 7:56:55 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: MizSterious

This predator must be stopped.


5 posted on 08/06/2011 7:57:07 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: MizSterious
There is nothing wrong with jeffs that I could not fix with some rusty garden shears and a six foot length of rope.
6 posted on 08/06/2011 8:05:15 AM PDT by org.whodat (What does the Republican party stand for////??? absolutely nothing.)
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To: MizSterious; All

The first time I met a large group of polygamists at once was at a company picnic for my boyfriends father’s company. They were all from different groups and some were independents (no prophet affiliation).

What struck me is the men would never talk to me, so I had to relay questions through my boyfriend, and the women would not respond to a question I asked unless her husband gave his approval. Even then the women were very closed mouthed, very controlled, very broken. They were the saddest people I have ever seen. One woman said in a conversation, “This is the only way to get to the Celestial Kingdom, so I do what I am told”.

Now I have seen this kind of control and abuse in the Mainstream Mormon church, but not quite to this degree.


7 posted on 08/06/2011 8:07:57 AM PDT by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, now Christian - "I once was lost, but now am found; was blind but now I see")
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To: MizSterious
"I will break you and I will train you to be a good wife," Rebecca Musser said Jeffs had told her, and then said he would marry her in a week. She left the FLDS before that happened.

Just wondering how she was able to escape.

8 posted on 08/06/2011 8:12:22 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

“Warren Jeffs didn’t want to be in the courtroom when the state presented evidence against him for the sentencing phase of his trial.”

This disaster of a human being can add cowardice to his long list of flaws. Abject, despicable monster whose behavior only proves the existence of Satan, not the nonexistence of God.


9 posted on 08/06/2011 8:13:48 AM PDT by Spok (A free man wants to be neither slave nor master.)
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To: reaganaut
One woman said in a conversation, “This is the only way to get to the Celestial Kingdom, so I do what I am told”.

They must have no innate sense of right and wrong if they give their children away to be sexually abused.

10 posted on 08/06/2011 8:17:12 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: reaganaut

That’s simply appalling. And prior to the first raid in Texas, totally alien to me. I just cannot even comprehend having to live as these sister wives do. The women who escape have literally nightmarish stories to tell, and in many cases, for them it was “life as usual.” (sadly shaking head)


11 posted on 08/06/2011 8:21:42 AM PDT by MizSterious (Apparently, there's no honor when it comes to someone else's retirement funds.)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

What is disturbing is they don’t see it as abuse at all. They are constantly told to do what the “priesthood” says and to never ever question the “Prophet” or what he tells them.

As I said on an earlier thread, most of the women see it as a ‘blessing’ that their child was chosen to be the wife of a prophet, a sure sign that they are going to Heaven.

I have heard one woman say “if Heavenly Father didn’t want us to get married so early, then he wouldn’t have let us have babies at that age”.

These women are products of constant brainwashing. That said, they should still be held legally responsible for their actions.


12 posted on 08/06/2011 8:25:12 AM PDT by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, now Christian - "I once was lost, but now am found; was blind but now I see")
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To: MizSterious

If a woman is sealed to a man and he dies, and she marries his son(Jeffs) then who gets her in Heaven? This is all too creepy for me.


13 posted on 08/06/2011 8:31:00 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Going into Rehab means never having to say you are sorry....)
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To: reaganaut
As I said on an earlier thread, most of the women see it as a ‘blessing’ that their child was chosen to be the wife of a prophet, a sure sign that they are going to Heaven. I have heard one woman say “if Heavenly Father didn’t want us to get married so early, then he wouldn’t have let us have babies at that age”.

Has Hollywood ever made a movie about this situation? If not, I'm wondering who looks enough like warren jeffs to portray him...

14 posted on 08/06/2011 8:34:13 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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They're in South Dakota, too:

Jeffs' Compound Appears Unaffected By His Trial
By Perry Groten
Published: August 5, 2011, 5:55 PM

CUSTER, SD - The sentencing phase for religious cult leader Warren Jeffs got underway Friday in a Texas courtroom. A jury on Thursday found Jeffs guilty of sexually assaulting two girls, ages 12 and 15, whom he took as brides in so-called "spiritual marriages."

Warren Jeffs' legal troubles haven't loosened his ties to South Dakota.

Jeffs is the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which, for the past six years, has run a compound in a remote area in Custer County, near Pringle. It's a spiritual settlement that keeps growing, even with Jeffs facing prison time.

The compound, with religious ties to Warren Jeffs, is leaving an ever-growing footprint in the foothills of Custer County. The church members who live here keep adding new buildings to their secluded site. The latest addition, according to Custer County Sheriff Rick Wheeler, is a dairy barn and other out-buildings. Members have also been required to build a private access road as part of the permitting process.

Excerpted, read the rest here.

15 posted on 08/06/2011 8:36:10 AM PDT by MizSterious (Apparently, there's no honor when it comes to someone else's retirement funds.)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta; MizSterious

Just wondering how she was able to escape.

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There is an underground railroad of sorts for these women. Several who have left (or been ex’d) are still in contact with a few of the women. There is at least one woman who stays out of fear but helps others escape.

There are safe-houses in several states as well.

However, it is really hard for a woman to get their hands on a vehicle (if they can drive at all only a few of the older ones can) and even harder to leave with their children.

Most sneak out in the middle of the night, at risk of their lives, to a meeting area where they are picked up then delivered to a safe house.


16 posted on 08/06/2011 8:37:01 AM PDT by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, now Christian - "I once was lost, but now am found; was blind but now I see")
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

If a woman is sealed to a man and he dies, and she marries his son(Jeffs) then who gets her in Heaven? This is all too creepy for me.

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Usually the first husband (unless he is excommunicated) is married for eternity, the second marriages are ‘for time only’. But that may vary from group to group, I’m not 100% sure.


17 posted on 08/06/2011 8:39:24 AM PDT by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, now Christian - "I once was lost, but now am found; was blind but now I see")
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

They just signed up to do a movie based on “Under the Banner of Heaven” which will cover polygamy and blood atonement.

I have also heard that they have (or will) do a movie based on “Wife no. 19”.


18 posted on 08/06/2011 8:41:02 AM PDT by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, now Christian - "I once was lost, but now am found; was blind but now I see")
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To: MizSterious

I believe this is the new ‘re-education’ camp. People in the know are very concerned about this compound because there is no information coming out about it through the members.

I know when the first got there, the sheriff parked his RV across from the entrance to keep an eye on them.


19 posted on 08/06/2011 8:42:41 AM PDT by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, now Christian - "I once was lost, but now am found; was blind but now I see")
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To: reaganaut

Bottom line....God says there are no marriages in heaven. So all their twisting and turning will be for nothing....IF they even make it to heaven.


20 posted on 08/06/2011 8:43:57 AM PDT by caww
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