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State Sen. Noreen Evans, D-Santa Rosa, right, talks with Sen. Kevin de Leon, after the Senate approved Evans measure that would limit the number of prospective jury members during the Senate session a the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. Prosecutors and defense attorney would be able to reject fewer jurors in misdemeanor trials under Evans bill, SB794 that was approve by the Senate Tuesday. Currently both sides can use up to 10 so-called peremptory challenges, which let attorney dismiss jurors without starting a specific reason. The bill now goes to the Assembly.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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State Senators Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, called on lawmakers to approve his bill to require toy guns to look different from guns that fire bullets, during the Senate session at the Senate at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. By a 22-8 vote the Senate approved the bill, SB199, requiring toy guns, BB guns, pellet guns and airsoft guns to be made to look clearly different from guns that fire bullets. The bill was prompted by the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy in Santa Rosa by a Sonoma County Sheriff's deputy who mistook the boys airsoft rifle for a real AK47 last October. The bill now goes to the Assembly.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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In this proto provided by the Queens County District Attorney’s Office, Richard Brown, Queens County District Attorney Robert Brown displays counterfeit Super Bowl tickets at a news conference Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2104, in New York. Two men made high-quality counterfeit tickets for the Super Bowl and other postseason NFL games and sold them online, authorities said Tuesday, five days before tens of thousands of fans pack into a stadium across the river in New Jersey for the game. Damon Daniels, 43, of New York, and Eugene Fladger, 32, of Philadelphia, were awaiting arraignment Tuesday in Queens Criminal Court following their arrests Monday on forgery, possession of forged instruments and other trademark counterfeit charges. (AP Photo/Queens County District Attorney’s Office)
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State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, pauses as he discusses the conviction of Sen. Rod Wright, D-Inglewood, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. Earlier in the day a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury found Wright guilty on eight counts of perjury and voter fraud. Wright faces up to eight years and four months in prison when he is sentenced on March 12.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, file photo, State Sen. Roderick Wright, D-Inglewood takes the stand during his perjury and voter fraud trial at Los Angeles Superior court. Roderick Wright has been convicted in a perjury and voter fraud case. A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury returned the verdict Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, on eight counts against the Democrat. Prosecutors said Wright sought to appear to have moved into an Inglewood property he owned in order to run in what at the time was the 25th Senate District but he actually lived outside the district. (AP Photo/The Daily Breeze, Stephen Carr)
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In this Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, file photo, State Sen. Roderick Wright, D-Inglewood, right, listens during his perjury and voter fraud trial at Los Angeles Superior court. Roderick Wright has been convicted in a perjury and voter fraud case. A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury returned the verdict Tuesday, Jan. 28. 2014, on eight counts against the Democrat. Prosecutors said Wright sought to appear to have moved into an Inglewood property he owned in order to run in what at the time was the 25th Senate District but he actually lived outside the district. (AP Photo/The Daily Breeze, Stephen Carr, File) ** FILE **
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State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, pauses as he discusses the conviction of Sen. Rod Wright, D-Inglewood, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. Earlier in the day a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury found Wright guilty on eight counts of perjury and voter fraud.
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FILE -- In this June 29, 2010 file photo is State Sen. Rod Wright, D-Inglewood, chair of the Senate Governmental Organization Committee during a hearing in Sacramento, Calif., Wright was convicted of eight counts of perjury and voter fraud by a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. Wright faces up to a eight years and four months in prison when he is sentenced on March 12.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)
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FILE -- In this Sept. 9, 2013 file photo is state Sen. Rod Wright, D-Inglewood,at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Wright was convicted of eight counts of perjury and voter fraud by a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. Wright faces up to a eight years and four months in prison when he is sentenced on March 12.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)
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Members of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board listen to developer Bart Blatstein make his pitch to the for Philadelphia's second casino license during a public hearing Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Philadelphia. State law allows the city a second casino, and the five applicants are making their final pitches this week to state regulators. SugarHouse Casino contends the market is already saturated and has asked the board to sit on the license. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Developer Bart Blatstein makes his pitch to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board for Philadelphia's second casino license during a public hearing Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Philadelphia. State law allows the city a second casino, and the five applicants are making their final pitches this week to state regulators. SugarHouse Casino contends the market is already saturated and has asked the board to sit on the license. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Noah Powell, 16, talks about the school shooting at Roosevelt High School, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Honolulu. Powell was in the room next to the shooting when he heard the scuffle and shots being fired. A 17-year-old student was shot by police in a counselor's office after he pulled a knife and cut one of the police officers. The student was taken to a local hospital. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
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Students are moved to an on-campus stadium at Roosevelt High School after a school shooting, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Honolulu. A 17-year-old student was shot by police in a counselor's office after he pulled a knife and cut one of the officers. The student was taken to a local hospital. State Department of Education spokeswoman Donalyn Dela Cruz said the boy showed up Tuesday morning at the school and officials there recognized him as a runaway who was not registered for classes, and called police. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
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FILE - In this April 4, 1961 file photo, Pete Seeger, with a banjo slung over his shoulder, is accompanied by his wife, Toshi, as he arrives at the federal court in New York for sentencing on a conviction for contempt of Congress. He was given a one-year sentence for refusing to answer questions about possible Communist affiliations. Before he was sentenced, Seeger asked Judge Thomas F. Murphy for permission to sing a song. The judge declined. The sentence was eventually overturned on appeal. (AP Photo)
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Robert Eugene Pilcher, center, reads over the instructions being presented to the jury before deliberations Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 at the Wapello County Courthouse in Ottumwa, Iowa. Pilcher is on trial for the 1974 murder of 17-year-old Mary Jayne Jones. (AP Photo/The Ottumwa Courier, Lynnette Oostmeyer)
