Warren Jeffs Gets 119 Years in Prison

[R. Richard]

It used to be '15 will get ya 20' but they upped the ante. Comment?

Texas jury sentences Warren Jeffs to life

SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - A jury sentenced polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who heads a breakaway Mormon sect, to over a century in prison on Tuesday for sexually assaulting two underage girls he wed as "spiritual" brides.

The Texas jury of 10 women and two men handed down the maximum sentence allowed after less than an hour of deliberations. Jeffs was given a life sentence, or 99 years, for one charge and 20 years for a second.

Jeffs, 55, was convicted last week of aggravated sexual assault of a child and sexual assault of a child in connection with his relationship to two girls he "married" when they were 12 and 14 years old at the sect's Texas ranch.

Jeffs fathered a child with the older girl.

"Warren Jeffs made himself into something that harms each and every person he touches," Assistant Texas Attorney General Eric Nichols told the jury during closing arguments.

Nichols said Jeffs, considered the spiritual leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, had abused his position "to victimize children, to break up families and to satisfy his own personal appetites and desires".

Jeffs, who represented himself at trial, had argued in loud outbursts that the Texas court was trampling on his religious rights by trying the case.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Hopefully, the other prisoners will feel called on to let him know what it feels like to be raped. That is, until somebody sticks a shiv in him.

Whatever punishment this man gets, it will not be excessive.

 

[jomar]

Oops!

Guess it wasn't such a good idea to represent himself, but antisocial narcissists tend not to listen to reason.

 

[sadangel]

So, how soon before he gets out. 99 +20, I'm guessing he'll be out in 20 years, to do it all over again. Unless it was life + 20 and no parole. Then, well, let's just say I won't cry if a shiv comes into the picture.

 

[Handley_Page]

So, how soon before he gets out. 99 +20, I'm guessing he'll be out in 20 years, to do it all over again. Unless it was life + 20 and no parole. Then, well, let's just say I won't cry if a shiv comes into the picture.

Out in 20 years ? He'll be 75; and past it ?
Perhaps he should be permitted to die in prison ?

 

[Boxlicker101]

Oops!

Guess it wasn't such a good idea to represent himself, but antisocial narcissists tend not to listen to reason.

I don't think any lawyer could have saved him. One piece of the evidence was the baby he fathered with a 14 year old girl. I suppose he could have said something like: Halleluyah, praise God; it is a miracle," but I don't believe anybody would have believed him.

Hopefully, the state of Texas will continue aggressively pursuing the other criminals in the compounds, and other states will follow that lead.

 

[JackLuis]

I read the Judge gave him Life plus 20 years and a $10,000 fine for being an asshole.

If only they would go after the real criminals this way.

 

[jomar]

I don't think any lawyer could have saved him. ...

Nah, but you know what I mean.

 

[sr71plt]

I'm really getting tired of the overuse of the male prison rape theme. It's become a real cliche on TV.

And, yes, this deserves hard time, but the "shiv him" wish is way overboard, I think. He didn't cut them up into pieces and serve them for Thanksgiving dinner--and there are guys who do that. Let's have a bit of perspective.

 

[lovecraft68]

I'm really getting tired of the overuse of the male prison rape theme. It's become a real cliche on TV.

And, yes, this deserves hard time, but the "shiv him" wish is way overboard, I think. He didn't cut them up into pieces and serve them for Thanksgiving dinner--and there are guys who do that. Let's have a bit of perspective.

Why don't you ask the families of these girls their perspectives? he had sex with a twelve year old. And you may think Prison rape is an over used theme but it does happen.

There is an 'honor amongst thieves' mentality in prison that it is okay to commit most crimes but not to harm a child. A 12 year old is a child. IF he is not put in solitary or kept under heavy watch they will rape him.

I mean he can shout "Hey isn't this a cliche?" but that won't stop them.

I think one of the worst things about this is that he did it under the guise of a religion. Yet another blow against the clergy.

Talk about a cliche, the priest/minister/reverend who is a sex offender.

 

[sadangel]

I'm really getting tired of the overuse of the male prison rape theme. It's become a real cliche on TV.

And, yes, this deserves hard time, but the "shiv him" wish is way overboard, I think. He didn't cut them up into pieces and serve them for Thanksgiving dinner--and there are guys who do that. Let's have a bit of perspective.

Don't you DARE tell me to get "perspective"! Were you ever a 12 year old girl who was raped by an adult male who was a "good christian man?" I don't think so. I was. That's what I got for my 12th birthday. Raped. By my stepfather, so I could be "a real woman." So, I have more than enough perspective, and I have EVERY right to wish prison rape or shiv him if I choose. This piece of shit shived those little girls life's to hell and back when he raped them. He destroyed trust, and innocence. Why don't you get some perspective damn it!

Why don't you ask the families of these girls their perspectives? he had sex with a twelve year old. And you may think Prison rape is an over used theme but it does happen.

There is an 'honor amongst thieves' mentality in prison that it is okay to commit most crimes but not to harm a child. A 12 year old is a child. IF he is not put in solitary or kept under heavy watch they will rape him.

I mean he can shout "Hey isn't this a cliche?" but that won't stop them.

I think one of the worst things about this is that he did it under the guise of a religion. Yet another blow against the clergy.

Talk about a cliche, the priest/minister/reverend who is a sex offender.

Thank you. I guarantee they will. I have an older brother who is a two time convicted child molester. Both times, he asked for solitaire. He knew! Guess what, even in solitaire it happened to him. No idea how. I mean, really, no guard would ever leave the cell unlocked and walk away when other inmates are out and about, so how could it have happened. Can you tell I have no problem with this by the way. He got what he deserved.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Why don't you ask the families of these girls their perspectives? he had sex with a twelve year old.

...

The problem here is the parents thought it was okay for him to do as he pleased with them and their children.

Now that being said, he deserves whatever happens to him while he's in the poky. Gee, I wonder where that word derived from?

 

[Dragonlipz]

The problem here is the parents thought it was okay for him to do as he pleased with them and their children.

Now that being said, he deserves whatever happens to him while he's in the poky. Gee, I wonder where that word derived from?

So now you're defending the rest of the child molesters you admire? I include JBJ and AmiCoot (yo' daddy!)............It so sucks to be you...................

 

[lovecraft68]

The problem here is the parents thought it was okay for him to do as he pleased with them and their children.

Now that being said, he deserves whatever happens to him while he's in the poky. Gee, I wonder where that word derived from?

I'm sure there is o9ther family besides the parents who are not thrilled with this. And honestly the parents should be brought up as well.

I never understood the pathetic lemming mentality that would allow someone to fall for this bullshit.

As I said another blow to the wonderful name of God. I mean I follow Levay and even one of his rules is to never harm children.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeb_Carter
The problem here is the parents thought it was okay for him to do as he pleased with them and their children.

Now that being said, he deserves whatever happens to him while he's in the poky. Gee, I wonder where that word derived from?

I'm sure there is o9ther family besides the parents who are not thrilled with this. And honestly the parents should be brought up as well.

I never understood the pathetic lemming mentality that would allow someone to fall for this bullshit.

As I said another blow to the wonderful name of God. I mean I follow Levay and even one of his rules is to never harm children.

From what I have heard and read about the case, during the penalty phase, there were recordings played of adult women, probably including their mothers, holding the little girls down while he raped them. Those women belong in prison too, for rape or, at the very least, for child endangerment.

 

[CarlusMagnus]

From what I have heard and read about the case, during the penalty phase, there were recordings played of adult women, probably including their mothers, holding the little girls down while he raped them. Those women belong in prison too, for rape or, at the very least, for child endangerment.

You'll get no arguments from me regarding those other women--and their husbands, too.

My only beef is that the judge couldn't sentence him to live all of those 119 years in the slammer.

 

[TE999]

Warren Jeffs is a child molesting, God profaning, deviant piece of sacrilegious shit and I hope he's raped repeatedly, then killed. What sort of a twisted individual would even contemplate sex with a 12 yo child? I know Moral Relativism is all the rage in some circles, but what he did is indefensible.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

So now you're defending the rest of the child molesters you admire? I include JBJ and AmiCoot (yo' daddy!)............It so sucks to be you...................

Hey Lipz, take that dick out of your mouth and read the fucking posts before you just fart out a comment that makes absolutely no fucking sense.

I defended no one. I just made a statement of fact. Always suspected you couldn't really read and just happen to have a voice to word converter to fart out the ridiculous comments you always make.

I just feel sorry for you, it must be tough to be the only dickhead on your block.

 

[Boxlicker101]

I read the Judge gave him Life plus 20 years and a $10,000 fine for being an asshole.

If only they would go after the real criminals this way.

Warren Jeffs IS a real criminal, and one of the most heinous. I wish they would go after the rest of the child-raping bastards the same way.

 

[R. Richard]

I'm really getting tired of the overuse of the male prison rape theme. It's become a real cliche on TV.

And, yes, this deserves hard time, but the "shiv him" wish is way overboard, I think. He didn't cut them up into pieces and serve them for Thanksgiving dinner--and there are guys who do that. Let's have a bit of perspective.

You might Google up the real life situation of someone convicted of child rape and sentenced to prison. Normally, they're put in solitary, at their own request. They spend sone 23 hours per day in their cell. They're let out, under guard for an hour of exercise and shower time per day. If they choose to be put in the general prison population, they're routinely beaten, stomped, knifed and even raped. Even prison inmates won't put up with those who rape children. (By the way, a 16-year-old girl isn't generally considered to be a child, by prison inmates. A 12-year-old girl is.)
The 14-year-old girl that the ass hole raped has now been sentenced to maybe 20 years of caring for the child he forced on her, or to give up the child for adoption and suffer the mental trauma of that choice.
You want perspective, I'll give you perspective. I would prosecute the ass hole's disciples, to the fullest extent of the law. If a court says that they're too stupid to know right from wrong, then I would isolate them from children, including their own children, for the good of the children. JMNTHO.

 

[stephen55]

As a Canuck I've been following events in a small community In BC called Bountiful. It's part of the Warren Jeffs breakaway sect that practices polygamy.

Testimony at Jeffs' trial included evidence that two twelve year old girls and one thirteen year old from Bountiful were taken by their parents to the US to be "married" to Warren Jeffs. This came from "church" records presented at the trial.

The RCMP are headed to Texas to look for the more than two dozen women from Bountiful who were sent to the US as teens to "marry" older men.

I hope that this will lead to charges here in Canada.

 

[sr71plt]

Why should I look it up, R. Richard? It's irrelevant to what I posted--which I stand behind. A. I'm tired of the "raped in jail" theme coming up as a regular TV and Internet discussion throwaway line, and B. on the sliding scale of what one human being can do to another, in my opinion, hard life suited this case.

As is usually the case, posters to this thread jumped the gun on what the sentence meant. Today it's revealed that the functional sentence is 45 years without the chance of parole. So, he'll die in prison.

And he'll have a very dull, punishing life unless your bloodthirsty cousins get to him in the meantime. Which I leave to you to salivate about in your little pea-sized brains.

I never suggested that rape and shivving didn't go on in prison. That's where we put people prone to do this. Legitimizing it, calling for it for a broad band of crimes, and/or being titilated by it, though, places one in the category of people we lock away for being so bloodthirsty and pea brained.

 

[lovecraft68]

You might Google up the real life situation of someone convicted of child rape and sentenced to prison. Normally, they're put in solitary, at their own request. They spend sone 23 hours per day in their cell. They're let out, under guard for an hour of exercise and shower time per day. If they choose to be put in the general prison population, they're routinely beaten, stomped, knifed and even raped. Even prison inmates won't put up with those who rape children. (By the way, a 16-year-old girl isn't generally considered to be a child, by prison inmates. A 12-year-old girl is.)
The 14-year-old girl that the ass hole raped has now been sentenced to maybe 20 years of caring for the child he forced on her, or to give up the child for adoption and suffer the mental trauma of that choice.
You want perspective, I'll give you perspective. I would prosecute the ass hole's disciples, to the fullest extent of the law. If a court says that they're too stupid to know right from wrong, then I would isolate them from children, including their own children, for the good of the children. JMNTHO.

Sorry "Richard" you lost Pilot early with the expression "real life" he wouldn't know it if he saw it.

 

[JackLuis]

Warren Jeffs IS a real criminal, and one of the most heinous. I wish they would go after the rest of the child-raping bastards the same way.

Quick where is the link to Rumsfeld and his torture victims who were US citizens?
looks like they may be able to try Rummy in court for his crimes, now for the rest of the bastards!

Mr. Jeffs is about to see his new congregation get much tougher.

In Texas, it will be unlikely that the guards will watch him too closely.