Prosecution rests case against polygamist sect man

Nov 5th, 2009 - AOL News

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ELDORADO, Texas -Prosecutors rested their case Thursday in the first criminal trial of a member of a West Texas polygamist sect after days of plodding through photos and records seized from the group's ranch.

Lawyers for 38-year-old Raymond Jessop, charged with child sexual abuse, have not indicated whether they will call any witnesses in his defense. Jurors could begin deliberating as early as Thursday.

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