Editing Warren Jeffs (section)

===Arrest, trial and convictions===
On August 28, 2006, around 9&nbsp;p.m. PDT, Jeffs was pulled over on [[Interstate 15 in Nevada|Interstate 15]] in [[Clark County, Nevada]], by highway trooper Eddie Dutchover because the temporary license plates on his red 2007 [[Cadillac Escalade]] were not visible. One of Jeffs's wives, Naomi Jessop, and his brother Isaac were with him. Jeffs possessed four computers, sixteen cell phones, disguises (including three wigs and twelve pairs of sunglasses), and more than $55,000 in cash. Jeffs's wife and brother were questioned and released.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Kirk |last2=Dougherty |first2=John |last3=Scott |first3=Cathy |author-link1=Kirk W. Johnson |author-link2=John Dougherty (journalist) |author-link3=Cathy Scott |title=Leader of Polygamist Mormon Sect Is Arrested |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/30/us/30polygamy.html |access-date=May 13, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 30, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Fugitive Polygamist Sect Leader Arrested in Las Vegas |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/fugitive-polygamist-sect-leader-arrested-in-las-vegas |access-date=May 14, 2019 |work=[[FOX News]] |date=March 25, 2015}}</ref><ref name="wrt1">{{cite web |date=August 31, 2006 |url=http://www.thespectrum.com/news/extras/jeffs/courtdocuments.pdf |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20060927093046/http://www.thespectrum.com/news/extras/jeffs/courtdocuments.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 27, 2006 |title=Arrest Warrants and Affidavits |publisher=Fifth District Court, Washington County, State of Utah |access-date=September 5, 2011}}</ref>

In a Nevada court hearing on August 31, Jeffs waived any challenge to extradition and agreed to be returned to Utah<ref>{{cite news |last1=McCabe |first1=Francis |last2=Haynes |first2=Brian |title=Polygamist leader: Jeffs bound for Utah |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Sep-01-Fri-2006/news/9387587.html |access-date=May 14, 2019 |work=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]] |date=August 31, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061002211330/http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2006/09_10/2006_09_01_McCabe_FLDSHead.htm |archive-date=October 2, 2006}}</ref> to face two first-degree felony charges of accomplice rape.<ref name="findlaw" /> Each charge carries an indeterminate penalty of five years to life in prison. Arizona prosecutors were next in line to try Jeffs. He was held in the [[Washington County, Utah|Washington County]] jail, pending an April 23, 2007 trial on two counts of rape, as an accomplice for his role in arranging the marriage between Elissa Wall and her first cousin.<ref>{{cite news |date=2007 |url=http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=6243736 |title=Police academies consider future of officers in polygamist towns |agency=Associated Press |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927221630/http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=6243736 |work=[[KVOA]] |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |access-date=May 14, 2019}}</ref>

Jeffs was believed to be leading his group from jail and a Utah state board has expressed dissatisfaction in dealing with Hildale police, believing that many members of the force had ties to Jeffs, and thus did not cooperate.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Authorities concerned about Jeffs' ties to border officers |url=https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/authorities-concerned-about-jeffs-ties-to-border-officers/article_d13e8f63-fbd8-514e-86bb-ce9b679d1a62.html |access-date=May 14, 2019 |work=[[Casper Star-Tribune]] |date=December 7, 2006 |language=en}}</ref> In May and July 2007, Jeffs was indicted in Arizona on eight counts, including sexual misconduct with a minor and incest.<ref name="indicted" />

Jeffs's trial began on September 11, 2007, in [[St. George, Utah]], with Judge James L. Shumate presiding. Jeffs was housed in Utah's [[Purgatory Correctional Facility]] in [[solitary confinement]] for the duration. At the culmination of the trial, on September 25, Jeffs was found guilty of two counts of being an accomplice to rape.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dobner |first1=Jennifer |title=Polygamist Leader in Utah Convicted of Sex Charges in Arranged Marriage |url=https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/wireStory?id=3645951 |access-date=May 14, 2019 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=September 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926005713/https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/wireStory?id=3645951 |archive-date=September 26, 2007}}</ref> He was sentenced to prison for ten years to life and began serving his sentence at the [[Utah State Prison]].<ref name="Deseret112207">{{cite news |last1=Winslow |first1=Ben |title=Jeffs is now an inmate at Utah State Prison |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/695229917/Jeffs-is-now-an-inmate-at-Utah-State-Prison.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007024518/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/695229917/Jeffs-is-now-an-inmate-at-Utah-State-Prison.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 7, 2012 |access-date=May 14, 2019 |work=[[Deseret News]] |date=November 22, 2007 |language=en}}</ref> On July 27, 2010, the [[Utah Supreme Court]], citing deficient jury instructions, reversed Jeffs's convictions and ordered a new trial. The court found that the trial judge should have told the jury that Jeffs could not be convicted unless it could be proved that he intended for Elissa's husband to engage in nonconsensual sex with her.<ref>{{cite web |last=Frosch |first=Dan |date=July 27, 2010 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/28/us/28jeffs.html |title=Polygamist Convictions Overturned |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=September 6, 2011}}</ref> Elissa subsequently wrote an autobiography on her experiences in the FLDS Church and with Jeffs entitled ''Stolen Innocence.'' The book was co-authored with former ''[[New York Times]]'' journalist [[Lisa Pulitzer]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leavitt |first1=Caroline |author-link1=Caroline Leavitt |title=Picks and Pans Review: A Brave Escape from Polygamy |url=https://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-a-brave-escape-from-polygamy-vol-69-no-20/ |access-date=May 14, 2019 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=May 26, 2008 |language=en}}</ref>

Jeffs was also scheduled to be tried in Arizona.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Townsend |first1=Amanda |last2=O'Neill |first2=Ann |title=Polygamist prophet is now a criminal defendant |url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/12/jeffs.walkup/ |access-date=May 14, 2019 |work=[[CNN]].com |date=September 12, 2007}}</ref> He had entered a not-guilty plea on February 27, 2008, to sex charges stemming from the arranged marriages of three teenaged girls to older men.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Polygamist 'Prophet' pleads not guilty in Arizona child bride case |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/02/27/jeffs.charges.ap/index.html |access-date=May 14, 2019 |work=[[CNN]] |date=February 27, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080303023924/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/02/27/jeffs.charges.ap/index.html |archive-date=March 3, 2008}}</ref> He was transported to the Mohave County jail to await trial. On June 9, 2010, a state judge, at the request of Mohave County prosecutor Matt Smith, dismissed all charges with prejudice. Smith said that the Arizona victims no longer wanted to testify and that Jeffs had spent almost two years in jail awaiting trial, more than he would have received had he been convicted. Combined with the pending charges against Jeffs in Texas, Smith concluded that "it would be impractical and unnecessary" to try Jeffs in Arizona. Jeffs was then returned to Utah; at the time, his appeal of the 2007 conviction was still pending.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Judge dismisses Ariz. charges against Warren Jeffs |url=https://www.ksl.com/article/11108148 |access-date=May 14, 2019 |work=[[KSL.com]] |date=June 9, 2010 |language=en}}</ref>

On August 9, 2011, Jeffs was convicted in Texas on two counts of sexual assault of a child<ref>{{cite news |last1=Weber |first1=Paul J. |title=Harsh rules, sex assault described inside Jeffs' sect |url=http://www.freep.com/article/20110807/NEWS07/108070604/Harsh-rules-sex-assault-described-inside-Jeffs-sect |access-date=May 14, 2019 |work=[[Detroit Free Press]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=August 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807170305/http://www.freep.com/article/20110807/NEWS07/108070604/Harsh-rules-sex-assault-described-inside-Jeffs-sect |archive-date=August 7, 2011}}</ref> and sentenced to life in prison.<ref name="Whitehurst"/><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Nephew, niece allege polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs abused them |url=http://articles.cnn.com/2011-08-06/justice/texas.polygamist.jeffs_1_warren-jeffs-alta-academy-polygamist-sect-leader |access-date=May 14, 2019 |work=[[CNN]] |date=August 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121163446/http://articles.cnn.com/2011-08-06/justice/texas.polygamist.jeffs_1_warren-jeffs-alta-academy-polygamist-sect-leader?_s=PM:CRIME |archive-date=January 21, 2012}}</ref> He will be eligible for parole on July 22, 2038.<ref name="OffenderSearch">{{cite web |author1=Texas Department of Criminal Justice |title=Offender Information Search: Jeffs, Warren Steed |url=http://offender.tdcj.texas.gov/OffenderSearch/offenderDetail.action?sid=08888382 |website=offender.tdcj.texas.gov |access-date=May 15, 2019 |author1-link=Texas Department of Criminal Justice |archive-date=December 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227185956/http://offender.tdcj.texas.gov/OffenderSearch/offenderDetail.action?sid=08888382 |url-status=dead }}</ref>