mshilarious
Banned
Well it's about to go to the jury. I can't help but thinking that there is a colossal flaw in the prosecution's case: if Jeffs is an accessory to rape, why haven't they charged the rapist, that is, the husband? It's not like he got immunity for his testimony; indeed, he testified for the defense.
And he even came across as a somewhat sympathetic figure, since his "wife" left him for another man. Somewhat tough to argue that the girl assented to the marriage for the term because she was worried about her salvation as a result of Jeffs, yet still was willing to commit adultery, at least in the FLDS perspective.
The entire case and polygamist community is a giant mess, but I can't help but thinking they got the wrong victim to try him. It's a he said/she said case, but they aren't trying the he . . . how can there not be reasonable doubt that Jeffs knew the girl was being raped rather than deciding of her own will to "do her duty"
Why couldn't they nail him on a simpler charge of accessory to polygamy? That would seem much more open and shut . . .
And he even came across as a somewhat sympathetic figure, since his "wife" left him for another man. Somewhat tough to argue that the girl assented to the marriage for the term because she was worried about her salvation as a result of Jeffs, yet still was willing to commit adultery, at least in the FLDS perspective.
The entire case and polygamist community is a giant mess, but I can't help but thinking they got the wrong victim to try him. It's a he said/she said case, but they aren't trying the he . . . how can there not be reasonable doubt that Jeffs knew the girl was being raped rather than deciding of her own will to "do her duty"
Why couldn't they nail him on a simpler charge of accessory to polygamy? That would seem much more open and shut . . .