Appeal filed in Canada FLDS child-bride case

CRANBROOK, British Columbia — A Canadian woman is seeking to have her conviction overturned after she was sentenced to seven months in jail for taking a 13-year-old girl to the United States to marry the leader of the FLDS Church.Gail Blackmore filed an appeal Wednesday arguing that British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Paul Pearlman was wrong to find her guilty and imposed a sentence that is unduly harsh and excessive.Blackmore and ex-husband Brandon Blackmore were found guilty in Februa