Not everyone who has looked closely at the case since has come away certain Dean was a calculating killer rather than a woman who covered up accidental deaths out of fear and desperation.
But Minnie Dean is still the only woman hanged in New Zealand history
The case itself gets endlessly retold (nine hour reattachment surgery, they found it in a field), but nobody follows up on what happened next. Lorena had actually gone to court for a restraining order days before the incident and was told to come back in a week. John's arrest record after the trial tells its own story.
When Jeffs' father, Rulon passed away in 2002, Warren stepped into his father’s role, assuming the titles of “President and Prophet, Seer and Revelator” and “President of the Priesthood.” These titles gave him nearly complete control over the adult male church members and vast spiritual influence over the entire congregation. He would decide on who could marry who and what discipline needed to be administered...
The scratch marks on the kitchen Aga that were used to place the silencer at a "struggle" don't actually show up in crime scene photos from the day of the murders, only in photos taken over a month later. And Julie Mugford, whose testimony the whole conviction rests on, had previously helped Bamber plan an unrelated arson scheme, so she wasn't exactly a neutral witness either.
Doesn't prove he's innocent, but it's a lot messier than the tidy story most people know.
At the request of former camp prisoners, the execution was carried out in Auschwitz, the camp he once commanded. Approximately 100 witnesses were present, including former prisoners and various high-ranking officials of the Polish government.