2 FLDS men who follow Warren Jeffs are found guilty of polygamy, get house arrest in Canada
CRANBROOK, British Columbia — A British Columbia Supreme Court judge imposed conditional sentences on two men who belong to a breakaway Mormon sect after convicting them of polygamy.
Winston Blackmore, a leader in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was found guilty Tuesday of having 24 wives. The court found James Oler, also a leader in the FLDS church that has its root in communities on the Utah-Arizona border in the United States, had five wives.
Blackmore’s six-month conditional sentence to be served under house arrest allows him to go to work and deal with medical emergencies, sparing him prison time. Oler’s term is similar but with three months of house arrest.
The maximum sentence for polygamy under the Canada's Criminal Code is five years in prison. Only two other convictions for polygamy have taken place in Canadian history.
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