Polygamy

• Polygamist leader conspired to kidnap child wives while in prison, prosecutors allege

  On Nov. 27, eight girls believed to be Samuel Bateman's child wives left state custody and were allegedly abducted by his adult wives.

  U.S. News

  Dec 6, 2022
  
• Polygamous group leader charged after 3 girls found in enclosed trailer

  American Samuel Bateman, 46, was arrested by a state police agency after someone spotted small fingers in a gap of his trailer's rear door.

  Trending

  Sep 16, 2022
  
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• Utah Senate votes to unanimously decriminalize polygamy among consenting adults

  The bill, which now moves to the state's House of Representatives, aims to reduce the penalty for plural marriage from a felony to an infraction on par with a traffic ticket.

  World

  Feb 18, 2020
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• 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
• ANALYSIS: Canada’s problem with polygamy

  Polygamy is illegal in Canada. This is why.

  Canada

  Jun 29, 2018
• Three adults in polyamorous relationship declared legal parents of child

  Polyamorous relationships are legal in Canada, unlike bigamy and polygamy, which involve people in two or more marriages.

  Canada

  Jun 14, 2018
• Man married 6 women to evade U.S. immigration laws: prosecutors

  A Massachusetts man was charged with accepting money to marry six women to help them evade immigration laws.

  Crime

  Jan 31, 2018
• Judge to impose sentence in B.C. child bride case

  A B.C. judge is expected to sentence today a man and woman who took a 13-year-old girl into the United States over a decade ago to marry the now-imprisoned leader of a polygamous sect.

  Crime

  Aug 11, 2017
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• Bob Layton Editorial: The next step in marriage equality?

  There is a constitutional challenge coming to the law against polygamy.

  Commentary

  Jul 26, 2017
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• 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