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FILE- In this Dec. 27, 2007 file photo, Martin Tankleff, who has been imprisoned 17 years for the murder of his parents, smiles as he talks to reporters after being freed on bail in Riverhead, N.Y. Tankleff is due to receive his law degree from Touro Law School on Sunday, May 25, 2014. He plans to work on exonerating wrongly convicted prisoners. (AP Photo/Ed Betz, File)
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FILE - In this May 30, 2008 file photo, crews work at the scene of a crane collapse on the Upper East Side of New York. The New York City construction crane owner who was acquitted of manslaughter in a collapse that killed two workers has gone on trial again in a civil wrongful death case. Lawyers for the slain workers' families gave opening statements on Friday, May 23, 2014 in the trial of James Lomma, his company and others involved in the accident. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, File)
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This Dec. 8, 2010, photo shows Judge John E. Jones III in his Federal Courthouse office in Harrisburg, Pa. On May 20, 2014, Jones struck down a 1996 Pennsylvania law that was the Northeast's last ban on gay marriage. (AP Photo/The Philadelphia Inquirer, Ed Hille) PHIX OUT; TV OUT; MAGS OUT; NEWARK OUT
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This July 22, 2008, photo shows Judge Bernard Friedman in his office during an interview with the Detroit Free Press at the U.S. courthouse in Detroit. In March 2014 Friedman struck down the gay-marriage ban approved by Michigan voters in 2004. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Susan Tusa)
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In this May 20, 2013 photo, Judge Michael McShane presides over a case at the Multnomah County Courthouse in Portland, Ore. McShane struck down Oregon's voter-approved 2004 ban on gay marriage on May 19, 2014. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Thomas Boyd)
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FILE - In this April 23, 2014 file photo, plaintiffs Ben West, right, and Paul Rummell walk into the federal courthouse where a federal judge is scheduled to hear oral arguments in two cases challenging Oregon's ban on same-sex marriage in Eugene, Ore. Judge Michael McShane struck down Oregon's voter-approved 2004 ban on gay marriage on May 19. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)
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FILE - In this May 20, 2014 file photo, newly engaged Jefferson Rougeau, left, and Steven Creps embrace on the steps of the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. Pennsylvania's ban on gay marriage was overturned by U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III on May 20. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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FILE - In this Dec. 23, 2013, file photo, Jax and Heather Collins get married at the Salt Lake County clerk's office, in Salt Lake City. Judge Robert Shelby ruled in December 2013 that the state's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Deseret News, Ravell Call, File)
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FILE - In this May 21, 2014 file photo, William Roletter, left, and Paul Rowe, press close to one another as they apply for their marriage certificate at City Hall in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania's ban on gay marriage was overturned by U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III on May 20. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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FILE - In this May 20, 2014 file photo, from right, Viola Vetterm and her wife Kate Potalivo, and Amber Orion and her partner, Joy Payton listen to a speaker during a rally at City Hall in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania's ban on gay marriage was overturned by U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III on May 20. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. looks over his car during practice for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup series Coca-Cola 600 auto race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Saturday, May 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Chris Keane)
