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Texas Polygamist Sect Member Guilty Of Sex Assault
Jurors in the first criminal trial following the raid of a polygamist group's Texas ranch have convicted a member of sexual assault of a child. Reporter: Associated PressEmail Address: news@kake.com |
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Thursday, November 5, 2009
Jurors in the first criminal trial following the raid of a polygamist group's Texas ranch have convicted a member of sexual assault of a child.
Thirty-eight-year-old Raymond Jessop was convicted Thursday of
the charge that stemmed from his alleged marriage to an underage
girl.
He's the first group member to face a criminal trial since Texas
authorities raided the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints' ranch in Eldorado last year.
Prosecutors say the girl was brought to the Yearning For Zion Ranch at age 15 and entered a so-called "spiritual" marriage with Jessop. She became pregnant at 16.
Defense attorneys argued prosecutors failed to produce a witness
that placed Jessop in Schleicher (SHLYE'-kur) County at the time of
the alleged assault.
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