
A Utah polygamist and self-proclaimed prophet who "spiritually married" 20 brides, including girls as young as 9-years-old, was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Monday.
Samuel Bateman rose to power in 2019 within a polygamous sect of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints after Warren Jeffs, it's previous leader, was sentenced to prison for child sexual assault.