James Oler

• Year in jail, 18 months probation for ex-B.C. polygamist leader in child bride case

  A judge handed the decision down to James Oler in a Cranbook courtroom on Thursday.

  Aug 29, 2019
  
• Former Bountiful sect leader James Oler guilty in child bride case

  Oler was self-represented and did not call any witnesses or make a case in his defence during the retrial.

  May 17, 2019
  
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• B.C. Court of Appeal orders new trial for man in child bride case

  The Crown appealed the verdict in the case of the former leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Bountiful, B.C., which practises polygamy.

  Aug 21, 2018
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• Winston Blackmore sentenced to 6 months house arrest for polygamy

  Winston Blackmore has been given a conditional sentence for six months to be served in the community and 12 months probation for a polygamy conviction.

  Crime

  Jun 26, 2018
• B.C. judge rejects challenge in polygamy case

  Justice Sheri Ann Donegan dismissed all arguments today that the charges should be stayed, including a claim that the prosecution was an abuse of process.

  Canada

  Mar 9, 2018
• Verdict in decades-long B.C. polygamy case: Winston Blackmore, James Oler found guilty

  Winston Blackmore has been found guilty of practising polygamy. 

  Crime

  Jul 24, 2017
• Sentencing arguments in B.C. child-bride case

  A B.C. court will hear sentencing arguments today for a former husband and wife convicted of taking a girl into the United States to marry the now imprisoned leader of their polygamous sect.

  Crime

  Jun 30, 2017
• Evidence unreliable in polygamy case: defence

  The defence in a trial of two Mormon fundamentalists charged with polygamy has questioned the reliability of religious records and evidence supporting the indictment during closing arguments in B.C. Supreme Court.

  News

  May 5, 2017
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• Crown wraps arguments in B.C. polygamy trial

  The prosecution in the trial of two B.C. men accused of having multiple wives has wrapped up its case.

  News

  May 4, 2017
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• Is Bountiful polygamy trial the right legal move?

  If many within the FLDS practice polygamy, why are only two men charged? This question cuts to the heart of why the trial may ultimately prove to be a costly waste of time.

  Canada

  Apr 22, 2017