Ex-FLDS bishop gets maximum sentence for marrying 12-year old to cult leader

The former bishop of a polygamy-sanctioning sect received the maximum sentence of 10 years and a $10,000 fine late Tuesday afternoon for conducting a marriage ceremony between a 12-year-old girl and the then-50-year-old sect leader, Warren Jeffs.
jurors took just under an hour to deliberate on the sentence of Fredrick Merril Jessop