For anyone interested, I have posted two new voice updates to the AAAP Tumbler news feed site:
http://tripleap.tumblr.com
Just to quickly comment on some of the things here that stand out:
Gary Engles is a great guy. He can only do what his bosses tell him to do. He has never been asked to investigate any of the accidental deaths of children in Colorado City.
The 8 man indicted in Mohave County were the only ones indicted at all. Gary believed that they were the first of many, and he was wrong. Light sentencing, combined with either Mohave County's lack of genuine interest in convictions, or the county attorney's ineptitude made the first indictments the last ones, too.
Although the Mohave County machine has criticized activist Flora Jessop, claiming she is unreliable and a loose cannon, here is what they DON'T tell you...
Every single one of those indictments came as a result of Flora's own research. She handed a folder with those birth records over to the county, telling them, "Here's the evidence children are being raped".
So Mohave County can say anything they want about Flora, the truth is, without her research nothing would have ever been done.
Gary thought that because that folder was FULL of evidence that his bosses would keep going after them..and he was wrong.
Walton: Jurisdiction is a highly common defense strategy for the abusers in the FLDS. Every time one is brought to trial in Mohave County, the defense claims they can't prove the crime took place there, arguing that the event took place on the Utah side of the street.
In other words, they don't argue that they are not guilty of the crime, only that the state cannot prove it happened in their jurisdiction. Nice, huh?
Also, the jury member replaced was "outed" by Brooke Adams on her blog before the trial even began. She outright posted the name of the member of the grand jury who had indicted Mr. Jessop, therefore identifying his spouse who was seated on this jury.
Although she quickly removed the post after she had made it, the name was "out there" for the FLDS and their supporters to view. In other words, the horse was out of the barn, then she shut the door.
Perhaps Judge Walther made the decision, or perhaps the jury member identified wanted to recuse herself, hoping that would leave Mr. Jessop with less grounds for an appeal? I don't know.
What I do know is that Brooke Adams acted irresponsibly and in favor of the FLDS by doing that. Removing the post quickly was an admission of the bad behavior.
I was doing the google dance for info on Dr. Larry Beall and found the above.
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