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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
FLDS Warren Jeffs To Be Arraigned In Arizona Today
Warren Jeffs, former leader of the polygamous FLDS Church, will be arraigned in Arizona today on charges growing out of his activities in arranging the marriages of two teenage girls to older men. Jeffs has already been convicted in Utah of being an accomplice to rape in a case involving one of the same marriages that are issue in the Arizona prosecution. He is charged in Arizona with being an accomplice to incest and sexual contact with a minor. The AP reports that Jeffs will plead not guilty and seek a change of venue.