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US polygamist religious leader jailed for sexual crimes against minors

A polygamist religious leader who claimed more than 20 spiritual wives including 10 underage girls faces decades in prison at his sentencing on Monday for coercing girls as young as 9 years old to submit to criminal sex acts with him and other adults. Samuel Bateman, whose small group was an offshoot of the sect once led by Warren Jeffs, has pleaded guilty to a years-long scheme to transport girls across state lines for his sex crimes, and later to kidnap some of them from protective custody. His plea agreement called for 20 to 50 years in prison, though each conviction carries a possible life sentence. But first, a federal judge will hear from a doctor who evaluated Bateman's competency. The question could determine whether the sentencing goes forward or Bateman is remanded to state custody for psychiatric treatment until he's deemed mentally fit to assist in his defence, his attorney Brian Russo said. Authorities say that Bateman, 48, tried to start an offshoot of the ...

Updated On: 09 Dec 2024 | 9:38 PM IST

Sex with minor wife: 10 yrs in 1860 to 18 now, how marital rape law changed

After the Dec 16 gangrape incident, Parliament in 2013 raised age of consent to 18 years

Updated On: 12 Oct 2017 | 10:28 AM IST

Sex with wife aged between 15 and 18 years is rape, says Supreme Court

It voiced concern over thousands of minor girls being married in mass wedding ceremonies on Akshaya Tritiya

Updated On: 11 Oct 2017 | 2:24 PM IST