Reply #7: Ran across this tidbit---wonder if it will cause issues down the line w/ evidence

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http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2008/05/exclusive_texas_rangers_interv.php


According to Laura Shockley, a Dallas attorney who is representing six minors in the case, during the next several days Child Protective Services will deem that as many as 31 members of the FLDS sect they had previously declared as minors are, in fact, adults. In the meantime, CPS, working in conjunction with the Texas Rangers, is rounding up as many of the disputed minors as possible and interviewing them without the presence, or consent, of their attorneys, Shockley tells Unfair Park.

“What they’re doing, before they’re declared to be adults, is forcing them to participate in interviews, which they wouldn’t be able to do if these people are deemed adults,” Shockley says. “If they are adults, and a police officer calls and says I want to speak to you, they don’t have to speak without having an attorney present.


“Well, they know that CPS is already starting to declare that some of these minors are actually adults, so they’re just going to continue to treat them like children for the next couple of days so they can conduct their interviews without an attorney being present.”


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“The Texas Rangers are interviewing these girls in pursuit of a criminal investigation," Shockley says. "Some of them are married to the suspects, there’s spousal privilege that they may not be aware of. They’re asking them who the father of their children is, who they are married to, how many sister wives they have, when they got married, the age of first child, all to build a criminal case, and they’re doing it without attorneys present.