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Polygamous sect leader gets 24 years in prison for child abuse after girls found in trailer

Polygamous sect leader gets 24 years in prison for child abuse after girls found in trailer
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A polygamous sect leader already serving a 50-year federal sentence for orchestrating sex involving children was given another 24 years in prison Tuesday on separate state convictions for child abuse for hauling girls in an unventilated trailer in Arizona. Samuel Bateman, 50, was convicted of thr...

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