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Jeffs seeks to suppress raid evidence at trial (Salt Lake Tribune)

webmaster@sltrib.com (The Associated Press / ) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:10:44 GMT

Lawyers for polygamist leader Warren Jeffs want to keep any evidence collected from the raid on a Texas polygamist ranch this spring out of his Arizona trial.

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Life disrupted at Texas polygamist ranch (International Herald Tribune)

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:01:07 GMT

Just a handful of families have returned to the ranch, the home of a polygamist sect that was raided in West Texas in April in an investigation of possible sexual abuse.

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Polygamist DNA Links Warren Jeffs To Texas Polygamist Ranch (The Post Chronicle)

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:49:23 GMT

Jeffs was brought into the Texas polygamist story with the DNA request....

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Polygamists' kids return on hold (News: Moldova.org: Politics)

Sat, 31 May 2008 03:05:00 GMT

An agreement to return some children to a West Texas polygamist ranch ran into a snag late Friday when a lawyer objected, the Houston Chronicle said.More than 450 children were taken to Austin from the Yearning for Zion Ranch near Eldorado seven weeks ago to prevent possibly sexually abusive marriages of young girls to older men, but the Texas Supreme...

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Update: Plan to reunite polygamist sect's children falls through (Democratic Underground)

Sat, 31 May 2008 00:17:53 GMT

Source: [b]DallasNews[/b] AUSTIN An agreement to reunite children removed from a West Texas polygamist ranch with their parents fell apart at the last minute on Friday, after a district judge and attorneys for the religious sect sparred over the details. The courtroom drama followed four hour...

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Polygamist leader brought into Texas case (News: Moldova.org: Politics)

Fri, 30 May 2008 17:05:00 GMT

Warren Jeffs, the convicted polygamous sect leader, has been brought into the West Texas polygamist ranch investigation, Texas officials said.Child welfare officials want to know the depth of a possible relationship with some of the young girls at the Yearning for Zion Ranch.DNA samples have been taken from Jeffs at the Kingman, Ariz., jail where he has been...

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Texas to return polygamists' kids (News: Moldova.org: Politics)

Fri, 30 May 2008 15:05:00 GMT

Texas child welfare officials say they are taking immediate steps to reunite more than 450 children with their parents at the West Texas polygamist ranch.The children were taken to Austin from the Yearning for Zion Ranch near Eldorado seven weeks ago to prevent possibly sexually abusive marriages of young girls to older men. The Texas Supreme...

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Court wants to hear from mothers (Texas Politics)

Wed, 28 May 2008 20:42:27 GMT

The Texas Supreme Court wants to hear from lawyers for mothers who won a ruling last week that the state unlawfully removed their children during la raid seven weeks ago of a West Texas polygamist ranch. The court set a...

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Texas officials appeal court ruling on polygamist case (CBC.ca)

Fri, 23 May 2008 23:39:37 GMT

Authorities in Texas on Friday appealed a court ruling that said child welfare officials had no right to seize hundreds of children from a west Texas polygamist ranch.

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Polygamists Children Seized Illegaly (ShoutWire.com)

Fri, 23 May 2008 21:53:48 GMT

A ruling in a Texas court has stated that the authorities had no right to seize over 440 children from their parents at the West Texas Polygamist ranch.

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Morning Docket: 05.23.08 (Abovethelaw.com)

Fri, 23 May 2008 13:56:12 GMT

* Appeals court says state should not have taken custody of Texas polygamist ranch children. [ AP ] * Linda Greenhouse on the dearth of 5-4 decisions. [ New York Times ] * House Judiciary Committee subpoenas Rove for answers on DOJ politicization. [ Washington Post ] * Absence-stricken FEC may be revived soon. [ Washington Post ] * Woman who caged child gets 20 years in another...

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Children's Seizure at Texas Polygamist Ranch Improper: Appeals Court (New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter)

Fri, 23 May 2008 12:32:51 GMT

Source: Crime and Justice News, May 23, 2008. "A Texas appeals court ruled yesterday that the state had no right to seize hundreds of children from a polygamist religious sect because it failed to prove they were in immediate danger of abuse, reports the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News. The decision halted ongoing custody hearings and raised the possibility of a...

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Children should not have been removed from polygamous sect: court (CBC.ca)

Thu, 22 May 2008 20:14:29 GMT

Authorities had no right to seize hundreds of children from a west Texas polygamist ranch, an appeals court ruled on Thursday.

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Officials Can't Get Past Gate at Texas Polygamist Ranch (Fox News)

foxnewsonline@foxnews.com — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:25:41 GMT

Child welfare authorities returned once again to a Texas polygamous sect's ranch, but this time they never made it past the gate.

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Report: More Kids May Be at Texas Polygamist Ranch (Get Mash)

Wed, 21 May 2008 22:38:57 GMT

Child Protective Services returned to the Texas ranch of a polygamist sect after hearing that more children may be living there. Read the full story

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Report: More Kids May Be at Texas Polygamist Ranch (Fox News)

foxnewsonline@foxnews.com — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:18:47 GMT

Child Protective Services returned to the Texas ranch of a polygamist sect after hearing that more children may be living there.

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Lawyers for Texas polygamist sect balk at CPS plans (Houston Chronicle)

Mon, 19 May 2008 19:24:19 GMT

SAN ANGELO Parents of children taken from a West Texas polygamist ranch testified today that it is difficult for them to understand how they can comply with state requirements to regain custody of their youngsters, who are spread out from Amarillo to the Houston area.

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FLDS lawyers balk at CPS plans for children (Houston Chronicle)

Mon, 19 May 2008 18:17:54 GMT

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Podcast on Polygamy and the Law (Library Boy)

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:27:00 GMT

The most recent episode of the Lawyer2Lawyer Podcast features a discussion between co-host Robert Ambrogi, family-law attorney Betsy Branch and social critic Wendy Kaminer about the implications of the recent raid of a Texas polygamist ranch by U.S. authorities. The podcast participants "explore DNA testing, civil liberties, the question of child abuse vs. religion, a sect's...

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Q&A: Polygamist sect's children facing legal maze (Houston Chronicle)

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:04:45 GMT

An army of lawyers and case workers are working to sort out the legal and social services issues in the case of the removal of hundreds of children from the Eldorado polygamist sect ranch.

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