Polygamous sect leader Samuel Bateman convicted on state child abuse charges in Arizona.
Samuel Bateman, already serving a 50-year federal sentence for sex crimes involving children, was convicted Friday on three counts of state child abuse. The charges stemmed from an August 2022 incident where three girls ages 11 to 14 were found in an unventilated trailer Bateman was hauling through Flagstaff, Arizona.
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2 outlets covered it, splitting into 2 framing camps across 1 bias group.
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Both outlets published near-identical AP wire copy on Bateman's conviction, with only minor formatting differences and one promotional insert in the Examiner.
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“Polygamous sect leader convicted of abuse charges after girls found in trailer on Arizona highway”
“Polygamous sect leader convicted of abuse charges after girls found in trailer on Arizona highway”
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