Societal Disintegration

Part of: Gadianton Period

• The corrupt judges conspire and plot to kill the governors and establish a king over the people.
• They are not successful in establishing a king, but they do kill the chief judge.
• The Nephite society disassembles, and the people group into factions.
• The government and legal system also disintegrates, and the Nephites are left in autonomous tribes—the social disassembly takes place in less than six years.

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