shortly after warren jeffs's arrest and subsequent prosecution, American media bombarded audiences with countless stories of Fundamentalist crime. Screens and papers carried stories about trafficking, violence, and, of course, polygamy. The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) became a spectacle of impropriety and abuse. As this happened, people became familiar with accounts of nonviolent crime within the community. Food stamp fraud emerged as a concerning offense associated with the religion, and the mugshot of Lyle Jeffs, brother to prophet Warren, appeared alongside headlines that carefully outlined his involvement in criminal deception. Of the fraud and subsequent arrest, US attorney general John Huber explained, “We're not out to punish people of faith, people with sincere religiously held belief. . . . We're out to punish fraudsters.”1 While the state and federal government clarified that Lyle Jeffs was responsible and restitution would come from him, and not the...

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