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Worthy For Prison (1888)

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
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It was exasperating for federal officials. A prison sentence is normally a punishment and causes shame, remorse and intimidation but that was not the case with Latter-day Saints imprisoned for polygamy. This is best illustrated by the words of two convicted cohabs, typical of the many who were imprisoned in the late nineteenth [...]