In ‘Sister Wives’ case, Utah cites Warren Jeffs as reason polygamy should be illegal

The Utah Attorney General's Office is invoking jailed polygamous leader Warren Jeffs as proof that plural marriage should be illegal in Utah.The state argues in a filing Tuesday with a federal appeals court in Denver that Jeffs' actions show what can happen when polygamy is allowed. Jeffs is serving a life sentence in a Texas prison for sexually assaulting underage girls he considered wives.The state is challenging a 2013 ruling that struck down a key part of Utah's law banning polygamy, bringin