Jeffs, who had stood expressionless and silent before the jury for nearly half hour during his closing arguments, called only one defence witness to the stand - a man who read from Mormon scripture.

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Without the Bible, Shakespeare would read differently there are more than 1, 200 references to Scripture in his works.

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