AG is requested in sect's case
Web Posted: 05/06/2008 11:53 PM CDT
HOUSTON — A judge at the
center of the largest custody battle in Texas history has approved a
request to bring in the Texas attorney general's office to prosecute
any future criminal charges that may be filed in the case.
State District Judge Barbara Walther on Monday approved a request by
Tom Green County District Attorney Stephen Lupton for a special
prosecutor in the case involving the Yearning for Zion Ranch north of
Eldorado.
On April 3 and 4, the state began removing more
than 400 children who lived on the ranch with their parents, members of
the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a
breakaway Mormon group that embraces polygamy.
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