Source: Polygamist leader Jeffs in coma in Texas hospital
By the CNN Wire Staff
August 30, 2011 -- Updated 0245 GMT (1045 HKT)
Source: Polygamist leader Jeffs in coma
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Jeffs is in a coma, according to a source familiar with his medical
condition
Jeffs has not been eating, a prison official and Jeffs' attorney say
Jeffs was sentenced to life plus 20 years for sexual assault
(CNN) -- Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs was in critical condition in a Texas
hospital Monday after falling ill during a fast, a state prison official and
his attorney said.
A source familiar with Jeffs' medical condition told CNN Monday that Jeffs was
in a coma. The source did not provide further details.
The leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a
breakaway Mormon sect, was sentenced early this month to life in prison plus 20
years for sexual assault. Jason Clark, a spokesman for the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice, said Jeffs was sent to a hospital in Tyler on Sunday night
and was in critical but stable condition Monday.
"He was not eating or drinking enough fluids and also has some other medical
conditions," Clark told CNN. He would not elaborate, citing inmate privacy
rules.
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Jeffs told officials at the Powledge prison unit that he was not on a hunger
strike, but had been "fasting," Clark said. His attorney, Emily Detoto,
confirmed Jeffs' condition and that he had not been eating.
On August 4, Jeffs was found guilty of the aggravated sexual assaults of a
12-year-old girl and a 15-year-old girl he claimed were his "spiritual wives."
He will have to spend at least 45 years in prison before being eligible for
release, state prosecutors said.
Jeffs was also found guilty of two counts of rape by accomplice in Utah in 2007
and was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison there.
His church is believed to have about 10,000 followers, and the practice of
polygamy -- which the mainstream Mormon Church renounced more than a century
ago -- is part of the sect's doctrine.
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