Constitutional Law
Meet Gerry Goldstein, Lawyer for Polygamy Sect in Texas Ranch Raid
Posted Apr 11, 2008, 09:19 am CST
By Martha Neil
Known for taking challenging constitutional cases, Gerry Goldstein apparently didn't hesitate when he got a chance to defend a fringe Mormon group that advocates polygamy, concerning a controversial raid of their Texas ranch.
The gray-haired 64-year-old San Antonio lawyer wouldn't condone the alleged child abuse that led authorities to search the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints property during the past week or so, says J. Craig Jett, the president of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. (Goldstein is a former president of the bar group, notes an Associated Press profile written without Goldstein's cooperation.) "But my guess is he sees it as a bigger issue of the government interfering with the exercise of religion," says Jett.
A 1968 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, Goldstein also is a former president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
"He's a top-notch lawyer and a top-notch person," says Jimmy Allison, the San Antonio Bar Association's executive director. "Anything that's a challenge to Gerry he'll look at."
The ranch raid is detailed in an earlier ABAJournal.com post.
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Posted by lorena bobbit jeffs - 7 months, 3 weeks, 8 hours, 2 minutes ago
Truth spreader is completely correct. the utah attorney general this “caiaphas shurtleff” got the legislature of utah to raise the age in utah from 14 to 15 because he knew this would allow the law enforcemtn to persecute the people whose religion he opposes.
And what is the difference between 14 yo and 15 yo anyway. one day??
And i can verify that none of the polyg girls are sluts and none have taken the LBT (low back tattoo). this is why they are being persecuted.
the local govrenment devils want all girls to be whores and sluts like their own wives and daughters. It makes them feel inferior when they think of the pure polyg girls but have to look at their own tattooed up whorish women. to be honest, i sympathize with them. those ugly faded tattoos combined with the stench of cigerette butts is a romance killer for sure.