Although divorce was presented as a motive for the murder, the prosecutor provided no proof that Stephen ever considered a divorce or had taken any steps to precipitate one. The jurors and public were informed that divorce would have destroyed his standing in his church. However, as part of his petition of post conviction relief, Stephen provided two divorce petitions.
The first belonged to the president of the United Church of God that Stephen attended and served in. The second belonged to a fellow alumni of Ambassador College, the church's de facto seminary, who, like Stephen, served as a church elder.
Neither men had been penalized by United Church of God for being divorced.
Exhibit F & exhibit G consisted of the divorce petitions, which contained sensitive information to the parties involved.
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