Seven Excused So Far in Warren Jeffs Jury Selection

Potential jurors in the Warren Jeffs case filled out an
11-page questionnaire on Friday, answering questions about their
religion, feelings about polygamy and whether they have followed the
case in media reports.

Fifth District Judge James Shumate dismissed seven people during the
session that started at 9 a.m. at the Dixie Center in St. George.

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'Mormons' and Polygamy

SALT LAKE CITY 7 September 2007

"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — often referred to as the “Mormon Church” — has repeatedly asked journalists to make clearer distinctions between the 13-million-member worldwide Church and polygamist groups in Utah and surrounding states.

"Inevitably, media attention will turn once again next week to the topic of polygamy when the trial of Warren Jeffs on polygamy-related charges begins. Jeffs is the leader of a polygamist group that has members in the Intermountain West of the United States and in western Canada. Jeffs is not now, and never has been a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons). Neither does he have any connection or association, official or unofficial, with the Church."

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