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Minneapolis law enforcement detain a man during a disturbance in Dinkytown Saturday night April 12, 2014 after the Gophers' loss in the NCAA final. Violence erupted despite increased police presence following a raucous celebration. (AP Photo/The Minnesota Daily, Amanda Snyder)
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A man is zip-tied by Minneapolis law enforcement during a riot Saturday evening in Dinkytown, Minnesota. Minneapolis Police say 19 people have been arrested after crowds filled the streets of Dinkytown following the Gophers' NCAA hockey title game loss. (AP Photo/The Minnesota Daily, Chelsea Gortmaker)
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FILE- In this Oct. 9, 2013 file courtroom drawing, defense attorney, Jeremy Schneider, left, represents accused terrorist Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, center, in Manhattan federal court, in New York. Jury selection begins Monday, April 14, 2014, in the New York trial of the Egyptian Islamic preacher extradited from Great Britain on charges he conspired to support al-Qaida. (AP Photo/ Elizabeth Williams, File)
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FILE- In the April 8, 2014 file photo, Jonathan Fleming, right, listens to his lawyer Anthony Mayol during a hearing in Brooklyn's Supreme court in New York. Fleming spent almost a quarter-century behind bars before being exonerated of a murder he didn't commit. While some industries have procedures to examine their mistakes in order to avoid repeating them, the American justice system lacks such a mechanism. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
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FILE- In this June 10, 2009 file photo, Jeffrey Deskovic responds to questions during an interview in New York. Deskovic, who had served 16 years in prison for a rape and murder he didn't commit, is the founder of the Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for Justice. The foundation’s purpose to work for changes in the American justice system that can lead to wrongful convictions. While there are peer review procedures to examine mistakes in industries like airline travel and medicine, there is no such mechanism in the life-and-death world of criminal justice to combat mistakes leading to wrongful convictions. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
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FILE- In this June 10, 2009 file photo, Jeffrey Deskovic responds to questions during an interview in New York. Deskovic, who had served 16 years in prison for a rape and murder he didn't commit, is reform advocate working to change some practices in the American justice system that can lead to wrongful convictions. While there are mechanisms in industries like airline travel and medicine that allows pilots and doctors to examine mistakes they make without blame, there is no such practice in the life-and-death world of criminal justice to combat wrongful convictions. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
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Jonathan Fleming, hugs his attorney Anthony Mayol while his other attorney Taylor Koss applaud in Brooklyn's Supreme court, after a judge declared him a free man on Tuesday April 8, 2014 in New York. Fleming, who spent almost a quarter-century behind bars for murder, was cleared of a killing that happened when he was 1,100 miles away on a Disney World vacation in 1989. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Attorney Al Gerhardstein, left, stands with several same-sex couples at a news conference, Friday, April 4, 2014, in Cincinnati. Civil rights attorneys are arguing in Federal Court on Friday that a federal judge should prohibit Ohio officials from enforcing the state's ban on gay marriage. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
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Nicole Yorksmith, right, kisses her three-year-old biological son while he is held by her spouse, Pam Yorksmith, during a news conference, Friday, April 4, 2014, in Cincinnati. Civil rights attorneys are arguing in Federal Court on Friday that a federal judge should prohibit Ohio officials from enforcing the state's ban on gay marriage. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
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A woman take a photograph in front of the police on Saturday, April 12, 2014 in Dinkytown, Minn. Minneapolis Police say 19 people have been arrested after crowds filled the streets of Dinkytown following the Gophers' NCAA hockey title game loss. Union College defeated Minnesota 7-4 Saturday at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. But crowds spilled into Dinkytown streets near the University of Minnesota campus after the game. Police say in a statement that two known incidents of arson were reported, along with an undetermined amount of property damage. They say no law enforcement members were injured but declined to release further details.(AP Photo/The Minnesota Daily, Bridget Bennett)
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People crowd the streets after Minnesota lost in the Frozen Four NCAA college hockey on Saturday, April 12, 2014 in Dinkytown, Minn. Minneapolis Police say 19 people have been arrested after crowds filled the streets of Dinkytown following the Gophers' NCAA hockey title game loss. Union College defeated Minnesota 7-4 Saturday at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. But crowds spilled into Dinkytown streets near the University of Minnesota campus after the game. Police say in a statement that two known incidents of arson were reported, along with an undetermined amount of property damage. They say no law enforcement members were injured but declined to release further details.(AP Photo/The Minnesota Daily, Bridget Bennett)
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Minneapolis law enforcement detain a man during a disturbance in Dinkytown Saturday night April 12, 2014 after the Gophers' loss in the NCAA final. Violence erupted despite increased police presence following a raucous celebration. (AP Photo/The Minnesota Daily, Amanda Snyder)
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A man is zip-tied by Minneapolis law enforcement during a riot Saturday evening in Dinkytown, Minnesota. Minneapolis Police say 19 people have been arrested after crowds filled the streets of Dinkytown following the Gophers' NCAA hockey title game loss. (AP Photo/The Minnesota Daily, Chelsea Gortmaker)
