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Byron Smith, center, comes out of a Morrison County courtroom in Little Falls, Minn., Monday, April 21, 2014, during a break in his trial. Smith shot and killed two teenagers who broke into his house on Thanksgiving Day 2012. Jurors began the process of deciding whether the killings were justified or whether the homeowner committed murder. Smith, 65, faces two counts of premeditated first-degree murder for the killings of Haile Kifer, 18, and Nick Brady, 17.(AP Photo/St. Cloud Times, Jason Wachter) NO SALES.
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This May 31, 2006 photo shows former Cook County Sheriff Richard J. Elrod in Chicago. Elrod died Saturday, April 19, 2014, of liver cancer and cirrhosis at age 80. Elrod served four consecutive terms as sheriff between 1970 and 1986 and was a Cook County Circuit Court judge from 1988 until his death. (AP Photo/Sun-Times Media) MANDATORY CREDIT, MAGS OUT, NO SALES
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FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2013, file photo, Steubenville High School volunteer football coach Matt Belardine, left, signs documents for court clerk Rita Thomas after entering a not guilty plea during his arraignment in Steubenville, Ohio. Belardine is expected to plead no contest to charges that arose from an investigation into the rape of a girl by two high school football players, the Ohio Attorney General's Office said Monday, April 21, 2014. Authorities say defendant Belardine's house was the scene of an underage drinking party that preceded the 2012 rape by the Steubenville players. (AP Photo/Herald-Star, Michael D. McElwain, File)
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Montgomery County district attorney Risa Vetri Ferman holds a rifle that was part of the drugs, guns, money and other illegal items seized when Lower Merion Police broke up a drug distribution ring in Montgomery County, Pa. Montgomery County prosecutors identified Neil Scott as one of the leaders of the drug ring they say supplied marijuana and cocaine to three colleges and a number of high schools in Philadelphia's affluent Main Line suburbs. Scott and the other suspect, Timothy Brooks, were both graduates of The Haverford School. (AP Photo/The Philadelphia Inquirer, Clem Murray) PHIX OUT; TV OUT; MAGS OUT; NEWARK OUT
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In this Dec. 1, 2013 provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections is William Rousan. Rousan is scheduled to die at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. He was sentenced to death for killing 62-year-old Grace Lewis in 1993 and was sentenced to life in prison for killing her 67-year-old husband. (AP Photo/Missouri Department of Corrections)
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Defendant Bruce Wimbush, Jr., goes before Judge Thomas Jackson at Frank Murphy Hall of Justice, Monday, April 21, 2014, in Detroit. Wimbush along with three other men who were accused of punching and kicking motorist, Steve Utash, who accidentally struck a 10-year-old Detroit boy, were ordered Monday to stand trial on attempted murder charges. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT
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Steve Utash's daughter Mandi Emerick looks on after a court hearing before Judge Thomas Jackson at Frank Murphy Hall of Justice, Monday, April 21, 2014, in Detroit. The four men who were accused of punching and kicking Utash, who accidentally struck a 10-year-old Detroit boy, were ordered Monday to stand trial on attempted murder charges. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT
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Wayne County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Lisa Lindsey speaks before Judge Thomas Jackson at Frank Murphy Hall of Justice, Monday, April 21, 2014, in Detroit. The four men who were accused of punching and kicking motorist, Steve Utash, who accidentally struck a 10-year-old Detroit boy, were ordered Monday to stand trial on attempted murder charges. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT
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Defendants Wonzey Saffold, left, James Davis, center, and Latrez Cummings go before Judge Thomas Jackson, retired at Frank Murphy Hall of Justice, Monday, April 21, 2014, in Detroit. The four men who were accused of punching and kicking motorist, Steve Utash, who accidentally struck a 10-year-old Detroit boy, were ordered Monday to stand trial on attempted murder charges. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT
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This Feburary 2012 photo, provided by the Utah Department of Corrections, shows Siale Angilau. A U.S. marshal shot and critically wounded Angilau on Monday, April 21, 2014, in a new federal courthouse after Angilau rushed the witness stand with a pen at his trial in Salt Lake City, authorities said. Angilau was one of 17 people named in a 29-count racketeering indictment filed in 2008 accusing gang members of conspiracy, assault, robbery and weapons offenses. The FBI said Angilau died Monday at the hospital. (AP Photo/Utah Department of Corrections)