Warren Jeffs became leader of the FLDS after the death of his father, Rulon Jeffs, in 2002. Under his leadership the movement took a more severe turn, and Warren Jeffs used his authority to arrange marriages and exert control over the community. After becoming a fugitive and appearing on the FBIβs Ten Most Wanted List, he was arrested in 2006. In 2011 he was convicted in Texas of aggravated sexual assault of a child and sexual assault of a child (two of his approximately 80 spiritual wives) and was sentenced to life imprisonment plus 20 years.
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