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== Polygamy trial in Canada == |
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== Polygamy trial in Canada == |
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Oler and Blackmore were arrested by the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] in January 2009 and charged with polygamy.[{{Cite news |url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-polygamy-evidence-helps-warren-jeffs-conviction-1.1083446 |title= B.C. polygamy evidence helps Warren Jeffs conviction |author= The Canadian Press |publisher= [[CBC.ca]] |date= 11 August 2011 |access-date= 2012-02-25}}] The charges were later thrown out owing to questions about how the Crown selected its prosecutors.are thrown out by [[Supreme Court of British Columbia|B.C. Supreme Court]] Judge [[Sunni Stromberg-Stein]].[[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/b-c-supreme-court-rules-polygamy-law-is-constitutional B.C. Supreme Court rules polygamy ban is constitutional, but flawed]. 23 November 2011. National Post.] |
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Oler and Blackmore were arrested by the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] in January 2009 and charged with polygamy.[{{Cite news |url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-polygamy-evidence-helps-warren-jeffs-conviction-1.1083446 |title= B.C. polygamy evidence helps Warren Jeffs conviction |author= The Canadian Press |publisher= [[CBC.ca]] |date= 11 August 2011 |access-date= 2012-02-25}}] The charges were later thrown out owing to questions about how the Crown selected its prosecutors.[[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/b-c-supreme-court-rules-polygamy-law-is-constitutional B.C. Supreme Court rules polygamy ban is constitutional, but flawed]. 23 November 2011. National Post.] |
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Polygamy charges were brought against Blackmore and Oler again in August 2014 without the procedural errors that caused the previous charges to have been thrown out of court.[{{cite web | url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bountiful-sect-members-face-polygamy-child-related-charges-1.2735785 | title = Bountiful sect members face polygamy, child-related charges | date = 2014-08-13 | website = CBC News | access-date = 2018-07-19}}] |
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Polygamy charges were brought against Blackmore and Oler again in August 2014 without the procedural errors that caused the previous charges to have been thrown out of court.[{{cite web | url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bountiful-sect-members-face-polygamy-child-related-charges-1.2735785 | title = Bountiful sect members face polygamy, child-related charges | date = 2014-08-13 | website = CBC News | access-date = 2018-07-19}}] |
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