Wolrd Religion

Now 23, Elizabeth testified that within hours of being abducted from her bed on June 5, 2002, Brian David Mitchell marched her at knife-point to a mountain campsite above her Salt Lake City home, consummated a hasty "marriage" ceremony, tethered her like an animal between two trees, and promised several times to kill her and her family if she tried to escape.

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The prosecution and defense rested Monday evening for the sentencing phase of the trial of Keith Dutson Jr., making way for final arguments at 9:30 a.m. today.

Dutson, a member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, has been found guilty of sexual assault of a child.

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A federal judge blocked Oklahoma officials Monday from implementing a voter-approved referendum that singles out Islamic religious law, or Shariah, as a threat to the state.

Chief Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange, of U.S. District Court in Oklahoma City, set a Nov. 22 hearing to consider whether the Save Our State Amendment violates the U.S. Constitution. Until then, she issued a temporary restraining order preventing the state Election Board from certifying State Question 755, which passed by 70% on Nov. 2.

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