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ADDS DATE OF ARREST - FILE - In this June 23, 2011 file photo, Mexican poet and peace activist Javier Sicilia holds his hands over his chest during a meeting in Mexico City. Mexican authorities say they arrested on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, an alleged drug trafficker as a suspect in the killing of Sicilia's only child. Sicilia's son, Juan, and six friends were abducted by gunmen while leaving a nightclub in Cuernavaca, and their bodies were found abandoned near the city. The killing led Sicilia to become a vocal critic of the Mexican government's military crackdown on drug cartels. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)
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FILE -- In this photo Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, inmates walk through the exercise yard at California State Prison Sacramento, near Folsom, Calif. California's recidivism rate dropped in the years before Gov. Jerry Brown's 2011 realignment law took effect, according to a report released by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)
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Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt testifies about proposed changes to the Kansas murder statutes during a Senate committee hearing Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, in Topeka, Kan. Legislators are considering amending the penalty for premeditated first-degree murder to mandate a minimum 50 years to life in prison. (AP Photo/John Milburn)
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Sen. David Haley, a Kansas City, Kan., Democrat, reviews testimony during a Senate committee hearing Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, in Topeka, Kan. Legislators are considering amending the penalty for premeditated first-degree murder to mandate a minimum 50 years to life in prison. (AP Photo/John Milburn)
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Jennifer Roth of the Kansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, testifies about proposed changes to the Kansas murder statutes during a Senate committee hearing Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, in Topeka, Kan. Legislators are considering amending the penalty for premeditated first-degree murder to mandate a minimum 50 years to life in prison. (AP Photo/John Milburn)