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Daniel_Cheung
07-01-2009, 01:52 AM
B.C. polygamous leader asks court to pay legal bills or stay charges
http://wwrn.org/article.php?idd=31206

A lawyer acting on behalf of Winston Blackmore, known as the "Bishop of Bountiful," petitioned the B.C. Supreme Court on Monday to pay for his client's defence or stay the charges.

British Columbia's former attorney general went "special-prosecutor shopping" until he found someone willing to charge two leaders of the controversial polygamous community of Bountiful, Bruce Elwood, argued in court. ...