Original sentence: " Brigham Young compared Pratt's death with those of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, and many Mormons blamed the death on the state of Arkansas, or its people.For example, a 2007 article in the Deseret News states that "Pratt was killed near Van Buren, Ark.He was tried before Judge John B.In the present day, Pratt's defenders have often characterized the circumstances of Pratt's death as a religious martyrdom.Ogden, but was only charged with stealing children's clothes.Pratt had met Eleanor McLean, Hector's wife, a few years earlier in San Francisco, California, and she later left Hector and moved to Utah where she was sealed to Pratt.Though for religious reasons she considered herself "unmarried", Eleanor was not legally divorced from Hector at the time of her celestial marriage to Pratt.While returning from a horseback trip to the southern United States in 1857, Pratt was being tracked by Hector McLean, who was upset with Pratt for marrying his wife and expropriating his children
Edited sentence: " Brigham Young compared his death with those of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, and many Mormons blamed the death on the state of Arkansas, or its people.Even in the present day, Pratt's defenders have continued to mischaracterize the circumstances of Pratt's death.For example, a 2007 article in The Deseret News mentions; "Pratt was killed near Van Buren, Ark.He was tried before Judge John B Ogden, but was only charged with stealing children's clothes.Pratt had met Eleanor McLean, Hector's wife, a few years earlier in San Francisco, California, and she later left Hector and moved to Utah where she began living with Mr.Though for religious reasons she considered herself "unmarried", Eleanor was not legally divorced from Hector at the time of her Celestial marriage to Pratt.While returning from a horseback trip to the southern United States in 1857, Pratt was being tracked by Hector McLean, who was upset with Pratt for seducing his wife and expropriating his children