Some FLDS children may not even know who their biological parents are. As one witness told the FBI: Jeffs “has so torn apart the meaning of families and marriage (that) many young men in the community no longer have a desire to be married.” Amos Guiora, a professor at the University...
LIKE WARREN JEFFS, all FLDS defendants appeared in the Texas courts with retained counsel. None pled indigence, meaning they had to finance their own trial and appeal costs. Each asked that a jury, rather than a judge, sentence them if convicted. A few pled no contest and generally r...