Criminal polygamy charges against two controversial religious leaders were quashed on Wednesday when a judge ruled as "unlawful" the appointment of the case prosecutor. The ruling by the Supreme Court of British Columbia effectively threw out one charge of polygamy each against Winston Blackmore and James Oler, rival leaders of a fundamentalist religious community in the westernmost Canadian province. There ...

Criminal polygamy charges against two controversial religious leaders were quashed when a Canadian judge ruled the appointment of the case prosecutor was "unlawful." The ruling by the Supreme Court of British Columbia Wednesday effectively threw out one charge of polygamy each against Winston Blackmore and James Oler, rival leaders of a fundamentalist religious community in the westernmost Canadian province. There ...

A judge has quashed polygamy charges against two leaders of a polygamous community in western Canada. The judge said Wednesday the province's attorney general did not have the authority to appoint a second special prosecutor to consider the cases of Winston Blackmore and James Oler after the first special ...

Canada's decision to legalize gay marriage has paved the way for polygamy to be legal as well, a defense lawyer said Wednesday as the two leaders of rival polygamous communities made their first court appearance. The case is the first to test Canada's polygamy laws ...