You sir, are correct.
So, why choose to charge him with bigamy, instead of polygamy?
Are they legally the same thing, or is there a difference?
Did they have some reason for that choice?
I find it odd they went with bigamy, don’t you?
Technically bigamy is polygamy. I don't think Texas has a polygamy statute per se.
Raymond Merril Jessop, 36, is accused of assaulting a minor on or about Nov. 19, 2004 - which means the charge apparently is not related to his July 2006 marriage to Teresa Jeffs, the sect leader's daughter. She was 15 at the time.
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