Jailed Polygamist Starves Himself Into a Coma

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Jailed Polygamist Starves Himself Into a Coma

Jailed Polygamist Starves Himself Into a ComaPolygamist leader and chronically masturbating child rapist Warren Jeffs is "in a coma and may not survive" after a hunger strike, ABC News reports. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said the leader is in "critical but stable condition." Jeffs is serving a life sentence for with no chance of parole for 45 years for the repeated rape of two teenage wives. [ABCNews, image via AP]

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