U.S. polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was convicted on Tuesday of being an accomplice to rape for arranging a marriage between an unwilling 14-year-old girl and her 19-year-old first cousin.
Jeffs faces five years to life in prison for each of the two felony charges of accomplice to rape. No date was set for sentencing.
The self-described “prophet” of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints showed no expression as the verdict was read to a court packed with his supporters.
-Chris Jones
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