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Cheri Ekbom, right, joined by her two daughters, Katie, left, 22, and Molly Ekbom, 20, holds a copy of the victim impact statement that she read during the sentencing hearing for Brok Junkermeier Wednesday, April 9, 2014, in Willmar, Minn. Junkermeier, 19, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for robbing and killing his friend's grandmother Lila Warwick, Ekbom's mother. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, McKenna Ewen) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT
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This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Herman Ray Whitfield. An analysis of Houston police sexual assault kits, which at one time went years without being tested, has resulted in DNA evidence that’s implicated prison inmate Whitfield, in multiple assaults dating to 1992, police officials said. (AP Photo/Texas Department of Criminal Justice)
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Defense lawyer Barry Roux, reacts to questions by state prosecutor, during cross-examination of Oscar Pistorius, in court in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. Pistorius is charged with the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Siphiwe Sibeko, Pool)
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In this Feb. 9, 2014 photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections is Russell Bucklew. The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 8, 2014 set a May 21 execution date for convicted killer Russell Bucklew, continuing a trend of scheduling one execution per month. Bucklew was convicted in the fatal shooting of Michael Sanders, a romantic rival, then abducting and raping Bucklew's ex-girlfriend. (AP Photo/Missouri Department of Corrections)