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HURRICANE, Utah (AP) -- Six men who were incarcerated for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury in Phoenix have been released from jail.
The men had been found in contempt of court by a federal judge. Some had been locked up since April.
All are believed to be members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a polygamy-practicing sect based in Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona.
It's unknown what questions were put to the six men or what kind of case federal prosecutors were trying to build.
F-L-D-S leader Warren Jeffs was arrested on federal warrants Monday near Las Vegas. He waived extradition to Utah yesterday. One of Jeffs' brothers and another relative were among the six men who were released Tuesday.
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