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'''[[File:Jeffs.png|thumb]]Warren Steed Jeffs''' (born December 3, 1955) was the head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (or [[FLDS]] ) and a convicted rapist.

Unlike the mainstream Mormon church, which had rejected polygamous marriage - ''especially'' marriage where one of the parties was underage, Jeffs and the FDLS practiced both. Jeffs first began leading the church in 2002 upon the death of his father Rulon. Jeffs believed himself to be a descendant of ~~both~~ Jesus Christ ~~and~~ Joseph Smith. ~~Jeffs~~ exercised almost complete control over the FDLS community as he set himself up as the sole person able to perform marriages, with the ability to punish disobedient men by taking their women and children and "assigning" them to someone else. Jeffs would at times exile members of the community - usually young men - because they were seen as competition by Jeffs and his supporters.

Unlike the mainstream Mormon church, which had rejected polygamous marriage - ''especially'' marriage where one of the parties was underage, Jeffs and the FDLS practiced both. Jeffs first began leading the church in 2002 upon the death of his father Rulon. Jeffs believed himself to be a descendant of both [http://real-life-heroes.wikia.com/wiki/Jesus_Christ Jesus Christ] and Joseph Smith. Jeffs exercised almost complete control over the FDLS community as he set himself up as the sole person able to perform marriages, with the ability to punish disobedient men by taking their women and children and "assigning" them to someone else. Jeffs would at times exile members of the community - usually young men - because they were seen as competition by Jeffs and his supporters.

In March of 2006 Jeffs earned a spot on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List when he fled Utah to avoid prosecution for arranging marriages between older men and underage women. He was captured in August 2006 in Nevada, and was taken to Utah for trial. In the Utah trial he was found guilty, but the convictions were reversed the following year because of incorrect jury instructions.

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 '''[[File:Jeffs.png|thumb]]Warren Steed Jeffs''' (born December 3, 1955) was the head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (or [[FLDS]] ) and a convicted rapist.
-Unlike the mainstream Mormon church, which had rejected polygamous marriage - ''especially'' marriage where one of the parties was underage, Jeffs and the FDLS practiced both. Jeffs first began leading the church in 2002 upon the death of his father Rulon. Jeffs believed himself to be a descendant of both Jesus Christ and Joseph Smith. Jeffs exercised almost complete control over the FDLS community as he set himself up as the sole person able to perform marriages, with the ability to punish disobedient men by taking their women and children and "assigning" them to someone else. Jeffs would at times exile members of the community - usually young men - because they were seen as competition by Jeffs and his supporters.
+Unlike the mainstream Mormon church, which had rejected polygamous marriage - ''especially'' marriage where one of the parties was underage, Jeffs and the FDLS practiced both. Jeffs first began leading the church in 2002 upon the death of his father Rulon. Jeffs believed himself to be a descendant of both [http://real-life-heroes.wikia.com/wiki/Jesus_Christ Jesus Christ] and Joseph Smith. Jeffs exercised almost complete control over the FDLS community as he set himself up as the sole person able to perform marriages, with the ability to punish disobedient men by taking their women and children and "assigning" them to someone else. Jeffs would at times exile members of the community - usually young men - because they were seen as competition by Jeffs and his supporters.
 In March of 2006 Jeffs earned a spot on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List when he fled Utah to avoid prosecution for arranging marriages between older men and underage women. He was captured in August 2006 in Nevada, and was taken to Utah for trial. In the Utah trial he was found guilty, but the convictions were reversed the following year because of incorrect jury instructions.