PROVO, USA - A jury on Friday night found avowed Utah polygamist Tom Green guilty on all four counts of bigamy for being married to five women at the same time, in what is believed to be the first case brought against a polygamist in the United States in 50 years.
The jury also found Green, who has fathered 29 children, guilty of one count of not paying child support.
Green, 52, testified he was only married to the women in a spiritual sense and that prosecutors charged him because he has spoken openly about polygamy on national television.
The jury of five women and three men deliberated for just under three hours.
02:00 05-19-01
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