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** FILE ** This file photo released Friday, April 19, 2013 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are asking a judge to dismiss indictments and put proceedings in the case on hold over concerns about the jury selection process in federal court. (AP Photo/Federal Bureau of Investigation, File)
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One of the dozens of cases awaiting decisions by the Supreme Court in the wake of Justice Antonin Scalia's death involves a Christian college that could be forced to provide contraceptive health care coverage to its employees. (Associated Press/File)
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Former California Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, who was convicted in 2005 of accepting $2.4 million in bribes, served nearly seven years in prison before his release in 2013. (Associated Press)
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Former Connecticut Gov. John Rowland served a year in federal prison after pleading guilty in 2004 to a corruption-related charge. (Associated Press)
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Former Rep. James Traficant of Ohio was convicted in 2002 of accepting bribes from businessmen and taking kickbacks from staff members. He served seven years before his release in 2009. (Associated Press)
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Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan served nearly six years for a 2006 conviction of racketeering, conspiracy, tax fraud and making false statements to the FBI. (Associated Press)
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Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was sentenced to 10 years in prison in July 2014 for bribery, money laundering, fraud and tax violations stemming from his two terms as New Orleans' mayor from 2002-2010. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced to 28 years in prison for corruption in 2013. (Associated Press)
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Former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana began serving in 2012 a 13-year sentence for his convictions on corruption charges. (Associated Press)
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Former Illinois U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. began serving a 2½-year prison term in October 2013 for misusing campaign funds. (Associated Press)
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Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry served six months in federal prison for a 1990 drug conviction after a high-profile sting operation by the FBI and city police. He died in 2014. (Associated Press)
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Attorney General Eric Holder, center, joined by Associate Attorney General Tony West, right, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Paul Fishman, left, and Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway, second from right, announces a settlement with Bank of America, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014, at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke) ** FILE **
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Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell arrives at federal court with his daughter Cailin Young, in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014. McDonnell begins the second day of testimony in his own defense on corruption charges. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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A masked demonstrator hands out literature in front of federal court as part of his protest of the greed of the ex-governor and his wife. (Associated Press)
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Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell arrives at federal court with his attorney, Henry Asbill (left). After more than three weeks of his trial, Mr. McDonnell took the stand in his own defense Wednesday against charges that he and his wife, Maureen, traded more than $165,000 in gifts and loans for undue access. (Associated Press)
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Tress Way was cut by the Chicago Bears before joining the Redskins this preseason. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Attorney General Eric Holder stops to shake hands with a patron at Drake's Place Restaurant, before his meeting with local community leaders, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014 in Ferguson, Mo. Holder arrived in Missouri on Wednesday, a small group of protesters gathered outside the building where a grand jury could begin hearing evidence to determine whether a Ferguson police officer who shot 18-year-old Michael Brown should be charged in his death. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)
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Attorney General Eric Holder speaks with Capt. Ron Johnson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol at Drake's Place Restaurant, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. Holder arrived in Missouri on Wednesday, a small group of protesters gathered outside the building where a grand jury could begin hearing evidence to determine whether a Ferguson police officer who shot 18-year-old Michael Brown should be charged in his death. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)
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A San Francisco police car goes up in flames during a riot which broke out following the controversial sentencing of Dan White who was found guilty of manslaughter for the assassination of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk. San Francisco, May. 21, 1979. (AP Photo)
