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Willie Jessop addressed a letter to the executive branch accusing the agencies who conducted the raid on the Yearning for Zion ranch of exceeding boundaries

The polygamist group led by Warren Jeffs may have cast out teenage boys to make more women available for marriages to older men.

The Child Protection Project founded by Linda Walker aims to end instutionalized child abuse. Flora Jessop, who works with former FLDS members, is the executive director.

The people in charge of the YFZ Ranch have tried to show concern for the boys and girls in custody by releasing schedules for Texas authorities.

Why is it that polygamists, such as the followers of Warren Jeffs stick to their way so staunchly, and refuse to change, even when threatened with arrest by the FBI?

The reasons for taking these copies may have been valid, but why have the texts not been replaced with clean copies?

Had a Colorado woman not made an anonymous tip, the abuse of women and children at the YFZ ranch might never have been found.

Mormon polygamists forced into hiding on the Arizona Strip held unique beliefs that brought them into conflict with prevailing morality.

Pipe Spring, a grassy site watered by three springs, saw use as a cattle ranch, frontier fort, and polygamist hideout.

B.C.'s Attorney General, Mike de Jong, is referring two questions to the court on Canada's polygamy law, hoping that the law will stand up and end years of uncertainty

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is upset over the content of an upcoming episode of the popular HBO show Big Love which features an "endowment ceremony."

Under the Banner of Heaven, written by Jon Krakauer, delves into the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Ladder Day Saints and the rise of Mormon Fundamentalism.

On September 24, 2009, the appointment of a special prosecutor to prosecute two men on one count each of practicing polygamy was quashed by the B.C. Supreme Court.

How should independent Baptist churches ordain Baptist preachers? What biblical criteria should guide ordination in independent Baptist churches?

There is something voyeuristically fascinating about polygamy: the politics, the sex, the secrecy. And it is a practice creeping its way into books and TV plots.

Writing honors for the 2009 Academy Awards were awarded to Dustin Lance Black, Best Original Screenplay, and Simon Beaufoy, Best Adapted Screenplay.

Dr. E.W. Brandes and his team ventured into unexplored jungles of New Guinea in 1929 on an expedition to find new disease-resistant varieties of sugar cane.

Raymond Jessop, 38, a member of the FLDS church was convicted of sexually assaulting his 16-year-old ninth wife despite the fact that she refused to testify against him.

Survivor is tough on the body and Big Brother will mess with your mind. But when it comes to suffering, no show rips out more hearts than The Bachelor on ABC.

Find out what happens in the second installment of HBO's Big Love and what secrets have been revealed!