Loading...
Market
What will be the outcome of Samuel Bateman's appeals by end of 2025?
3
Resolution / Starting Odds
Conviction upheld • 33%
Conviction overturned • 33%
Sentence reduced • 34%
Court appeal records and decisions
Story
Polygamist Leader with 20 'Wives' Faces Sentencing for Sex Crimes with Underage Girls
Dec 9, 2024, 03:15 PM
Samuel Bateman, the leader of an FLDS offshoot sect near the Arizona-Utah border, is set to be sentenced on Monday after pleading guilty to charges including kidnapping, conspiring to transport underage girls across state lines, and sexual abuse. Bateman, who had more than 20 spiritual 'wives,' including 10 underage girls, faces decades in prison for coercing girls as young as 9 years old to submit to criminal sex acts with him and other adults. His arrest was facilitated by evidence recorded by a Utah couple, which led to outrage among his followers when they discovered their involvement in aiding the FBI. A woman from Colorado City also played a crucial role in helping the police.
View original story
Similar markets
Sentence reduced • 25%
New trial ordered • 25%
Sentence upheld • 25%
Appeal dismissed • 25%
Some sentences reduced • 25%
All sentences upheld • 25%
All sentences overturned • 25%
Some sentences increased • 25%
New trial ordered • 25%
Conviction on appeal • 25%
Acquittal upheld • 25%
Other • 25%
New trial ordered • 33%
Sentence reduced • 33%
Appeal denied • 33%
Appeal unsuccessful • 25%
No appeal made • 25%
Appeal successful • 25%
Appeal partially successful • 25%
Other outcome • 25%
Sentence reduced • 25%
Conviction overturned • 25%
Conviction upheld • 25%
Appeal dismissed • 25%
New trial granted • 25%
Sentence reduced • 25%
Sentence upheld • 25%
Other outcome • 25%
Sentence reduced • 25%
Sentence upheld • 25%
New trial ordered • 25%
Conviction upheld • 25%
New trial ordered • 25%
Conviction overturned • 25%
Other outcome • 25%
Conviction upheld • 25%
Sentence reduced • 25%
Other outcome • 25%
Conviction overturned • 25%
Partial success, new elections ordered • 25%
Appeal withdrawn or not pursued • 25%
Appeal unsuccessful, annulment upheld • 25%
Appeal successful, annulment overturned • 25%
No Appeal Filed • 25%
Conviction Overturned • 25%
Conviction Upheld • 25%
Case Dismissed • 25%