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Purgatory to Welcome Warren Jeffs

By Howard Berkes

St. George, UT – The followers of captured polygamist Warren Jeffs believe he's the prophet who holds the keys to heaven. Jeffs is in a Las Vegas jail cell awaiting extradition to Utah. And when he comes here, he'll be sent to Purgatory, literally. And if not for a quirk of history, he'd be going straight to "hell." NPR's Howard Berkes explains.
(Howard Berkes is a reporter for National Public Radio who lives in Salt Lake City.)

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