Warren Jeffs' Conviction Overturned

It comes as a shock to learn today that the Utah Supreme Court has overturned Warren Jeffs' 2007 conviction of accomplice to rape. The jury had found him guilty of forcing 14 year old Elissa Wall into marrying her first cousin. Jeffs' attorneys had always contended that their client was being persecuted solely for his religious beliefs and that Utah was trying to send a message to the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints (FLDS) located in the southern part of the state. Most have believed that...