Polygamy ruling
A Texas appeals court has ruled that the state had no right to seize more than 400 children from the compound of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus of Latter Day Saints. At issue: why did they rule this way, what are the consequences, and what comes next for the kids, mothers, the cult and the situation? The Takeaway gets some answers from Texas criminal defense lawyer Dick DeGuerin.
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