Joseph Smith and the criminal justice system
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Joseph Smith and the criminal justice system
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Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, was charged with approximately thirty criminal actions during his life, and at least that many financial civil suits. Another source reports that Smith was arrested at least 42 times, including in the states of New York, Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois. In 1844, Smith was killed by a mob in Carthage, Illinois, while in jail awaiting trial on charges of inciting a riot for ordering the destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor, a newspaper critic
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Smith_and_the_criminal_justice_system
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2013-11-03T09:56:06Z
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2024-09-04T07:40:07Z
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