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This December 15, 2010 photo provided by the New York State Department of Correctional Services shows Bradley Ballard in New York. In September of 2014, Ballard, 39, who was mentally ill and an inmate at the Rikers Island jail in New York, died a gruesome death there after being locked alone in his cell for seven days. Documents obtained by The Associated Press show Ballard was checked on dozens of times in his cell before he was rushed to a hospital, where he died hours later. Ballard, found naked, covered in feces with a rubber band tied around his badly infected genitals, was jailed in a similar mental health unit at Rikers Island where another mentally ill inmate died in a 101-degree cell in February. (AP Photo/New York State Department of Correctional Services)
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This 1990 photo provided by Curtis Griffin of his step-son Bradley Ballard shows Ballard in Houston when he was 16. In September of 2014, 39-year-old Ballard, who was mentally ill and an inmate at the Rikers Island jail in New York, died a gruesome death there after being locked alone in his cell for seven days. Documents obtained by The Associated Press show Ballard was checked on dozens of times in his cell before he was rushed to a hospital, where he died hours later. Ballard, found naked, covered in feces with a rubber band tied around his badly infected genitals, was jailed in a similar mental health unit at Rikers Island where another mentally ill inmate died in a 101-degree cell in February. (AP Photo/Curtis Griffin)
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Pamela VanHaitsma, left, and Jess Garrity, right, of Friendship section of Pittsburgh, are married before District Judge Hugh McGough at his Squirrel Hill office on Wednesday, May 21, 2014. The couple received their marriage license after receiving a waiver to the normal three-day waiting period from Common Pleas Judge Lawrence O'Toole. (AP Photo/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Michael Henninger)
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FILE - This undated inmate file photo released by the Connecticut Department of Correction shows Richard Roszkowski. Roszkowski was convicted in 2009 of killing his 39-year-old ex-girlfriend, Holly Flannery, her 9-year-old daughter, Kylie, and 38-year-old Thomas Gaudet. Police said Roszkowski falsely believed Flannery and Gaudet were romantically involved. A state judge in Bridgeport is expected to impose the death penalty Thursday May 22, 2014 on the 49-year-old former Trumbull resident. (AP Photo/Connecticut Department of Correction)
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This photo released Wednesday, May 21, 2014, by the Central Pierce Fire and Rescue, shows debris following an explosion the night before in Puyallup, Wash. Hundreds of butane canisters exploded like the sound of a commercial Fourth of July fireworks display as flames erupted at a house where marijuana was illegally being processed into hash oil, police and firefighters said. (AP Photo/Central Pierce Fire and Rescue)
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This photo released Wednesday, May 21, 2014, by the Central Pierce Fire and Rescue, shows debris following an explosion the night before in Puyallup, Wash. Hundreds of butane canisters exploded like the sound of a commercial Fourth of July fireworks display as flames erupted at a house where marijuana was illegally being processed into hash oil, police and firefighters said. (AP Photo/Central Pierce Fire and Rescue)
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This photo released Wednesday, May 21, 2014, by the Central Pierce Fire and Rescue, shows debris following an explosion the night before in Puyallup, Wash. Hundreds of butane canisters exploded like the sound of a commercial Fourth of July fireworks display as flames erupted at a house where marijuana was illegally being processed into hash oil, police and firefighters said. (AP Photo/Central Pierce Fire and Rescue)
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This photo released Wednesday, May 21, 2014, by the Central Pierce Fire and Rescue, shows debris following an explosion the night before in Puyallup, Wash. Hundreds of butane canisters exploded like the sound of a commercial Fourth of July fireworks display as flames erupted at a house where marijuana was illegally being processed into hash oil, police and firefighters said. (AP Photo/Central Pierce Fire and Rescue)
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Wayne Tinkle takes questions from the media during a news conference to introduce him as men's basketball coach at Oregon State, at Gill Coliseum on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, in Corvallis, Ore. (AP Photo/The Gazette-Times, Amanda Cowan)