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	<title>CRIMINAL JURISDICTION &#187; CPS</title>
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		<title>THE UNRELENTING MARCH AGAINST FLDS</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/07/25/the-unrelenting-march-against-flds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texas Legislature Joins the Hunt 

By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair.

Besides March winds, April showers, and June humid heat, the one thing you can go to bank on: when state lawmakers, either in Texas or any other state, get involved is trying to legislate religion and morality, you will have a witch-hunt. Lawmakers are generally panderers to public opinion, not servants of public interest. If they believe one vote can be had by manipulating public fears or social outrage, they will get involved in any issue that generates media attention. The Eldorado, Texas-based FLDS (Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints), therefore, became an ideal target for legislative scrutiny during this past session.]]></description>
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		<title>FLDS REVISITED: ONE YEAR LATER</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/03/25/flds-revisited-one-year-later/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aftermath of the Texas CPS Raid

By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

In the fall of 2003 members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (“FLDS”) arrived in Eldorado, Texas. They purchased a 1700-acre ranch four miles outside of town. They called it the “Yearn for Zion Ranch” (“YFZ”). More members arrived. They constructed a mammoth temple and created their own community. They lived in peace.]]></description>
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		<title>CPS VERSUS FLDS</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2008/09/11/cps-versus-flds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enormous Mismanagement of the FLDS Case, Loss of $12 Million to Taxpayers, And an Egregious Affront to Fundamental Principles of Law 

By: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John T. Floyd and Mr. Billy Sinclair 

Since the April 2008 military-styled raid, led by the Texas Rangers and the state’s Child Protective Services, on the Yearning for Zion Ranch owned by Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints (FLDS) in Eldorado, Texas, we have been consistently been critical of the methods used by law enforcement and the CPS efforts to destroy the FLDS church. These official efforts stem from allegations that some male FLDS members used religious practices to engage in “spiritual marriages” with underage teenage girls. CPS reported in August 2008 that it was still investigating 10 cases involving marriages of girls ranging in ages from 12 to 16. As we have previously reported, these investigations have already cost Texas taxpayers at least $12 million. ]]></description>
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		<title>MORE FLDS INDICTMENTS: THE UNHOLY SAGA CONTINUES</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2008/09/06/more-flds-indictments-the-unholy-saga-continues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John Floyd and Senior Paralegal Billy Sinclair

In July 2008 a Schleicher County grand jury indicted five members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, including FLDS leader Warren Jeffs, on sexual assault of children charges and a sixth member for failure to report a child abuse charge.]]></description>
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		<title>FLDS MEMBERS INDICTED BY GRAND JURY</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2008/07/25/flds-members-indicted-by-grand-jury/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLDS MEMBERS INDICTED BY GRAND JURY

By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd
and Mr. Billy Sinclair

The grand jury is a powerful weapon in the hands of state and federal prosecutors. An old legal adage says that a prosecutor can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich if it the “target” of a criminal investigation.

Since state and local law enforcement authorities stormed Yearning for Zion Ranch owned by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Eldorado, Texas, last April and unlawfully seized more than 450 children from their parents, the leaders and members of the church have been “targets” for grand jury indictment.]]></description>
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		<title>FLDS: A LOOK AT AN UNNECESSARY TRAGEDY</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2008/06/10/flds-a-look-at-an-unnecessary-tragedy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2008/06/10/flds-a-look-at-an-unnecessary-tragedy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Swift Justice?  Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd Opines on the FLDS Debacle
This column has examined the FLDS case extensively since the military-style raid on the Yearning for Zion Ranch in Eldorado, Texas on April 3, 2008. There are two things that stand out about this tragic case: First, the raid was totally unnecessary and [...]]]></description>
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