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This undated photo provided by Nevada Department of Corrections photo shows Tracy Petrocelli, 65. A federal appeals court on Wednesday, July 5, 2017, upheld Petrocelli's conviction in the 1982 killing of a Reno used car salesman, but overturned Petrocelli's death sentence. Petrocelli also pleaded guilty to killing his girlfriend in 1981 in the Seattle area. (Nevada Department of Corrections via AP)
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FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2016, file photo, Allen Artis takes questions from members of the media in Durham, N.C. North Carolina has reinstated suspended football player Allen Artis after misdemeanor charges against him for sexual battery and assault on a female student were dismissed, Athletic director Bubba Cunningham announced Thursday, July 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
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This photo combination of file photos show, Andrea Constand, left, walking to the courtroom during Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial June 6, 2017, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa.; and Bill Cosby, right, arriving for his sexual assault trial June 16, 2017, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. Cosby's retrial on charges he drugged and molested Constand in 2004 is set for November 2017, according to an order signed Thursday, July 6, 2017, by Judge Steven O'Neill. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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FILE - This May 17, 2017, file photo, Dereck James "DJ" Harrison is escorted from court after sentencing in Kemmerer, Wyo. Harrison, a Utah man is due back in court Thursday, July 6, 2017, to face the latest charges filed in a stunning string of crimes that included the slaying of a train worker and the kidnapping of a mother and her daughters. (Jeffrey D. Allred/The Deseret News via AP, File)
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FILE - This May 17, 2017 file photo, Dereck James "DJ" Harrison is escorted from court after sentencing in Kemmerer, Wyo. Harrison, a Utah man is due back in court Thursday, July 6, 2017, to face the latest charges filed in a stunning string of crimes that included the slaying of a train worker and the kidnapping of a mother and her daughters. (Jeffrey D. Allred/The Deseret News via AP, File)
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Justin Bechaver, a forensic scientist with the Department of Public Safety, points to a bullet collection at the Utah state crime lab in Taylorsville, Utah. Kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, toured the new state crime lab Thursday. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Jemma Beale, 25, was convicted by a British court of perjury and perverting the course of justice on July, 6, 2017. She made false sexual assault claims against 15 different men. (Metropolitan Police)
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This police handout photo released Friday, July 6, 2017, by the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office shows Isabel Martinez, who has been charged in the stabbing deaths of four of her five children and their father in Loganville, Ga. According to police she is charged with six counts of aggravated assault, five counts of murder and five counts of malice murder. One child survived and is being treated at a local hospital with injuries police described as serious. (Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office via AP)
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A police officer stands near the site where an officer was killed, and flowers have been left, in the Bronx section of New York, Thursday, July 6, 2017. Police officer Miosotis Familia was shot to death early Wednesday, ambushed inside her command post by an ex-convict, authorities said. He was later killed after pulling a gun on police. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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A police officer works near the site where an officer was killed in the Bronx section of New York, Thursday, July 6, 2017. Police officer Miosotis Familia was shot to death early Wednesday, ambushed inside her command post by an ex-convict, authorities said. He was later killed after pulling a gun on police. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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This undated photo released by the Los Angeles Police Department shows suspect Ramon Eduardo Gaspar. Gaspar was a Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) at Tarzana Medical Center in Encino, Calif. Los Angeles police say the nursing assistant charged with sexually abusing patients has been captured in his native Guatemala after more than a decade on the run. Police said in a statement Wednesday, July 5, 2017, that 48-year-old Ramon Gaspar was arrested and extradited to Southern California on June 26. LAPD investigators had been hunting for Gaspar since he skipped bail in 2006 with his wife and one of his three children. Investigators had been focusing on Guatemala for years. (Los Angeles Police Department via AP)
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Home Depot has reportedly reversed its decision to fire Dillon Reagan, 32, who said he was let go after chasing a man he believed was kidnapping a child. (KATU)
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Police officers take a moment after placing flowers at the 46th Precinct in tribute to police officer Miosotis Familia in the Bronx borough of New York, Thursday, July 6, 2017. Police officer Miosotis Familia was shot to death early Wednesday, ambushed inside her command post by an ex-convict, authorities said. He was later killed after pulling a gun on police. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Tributes to police officer Miosotis Familia are seen in front of the 46th Precinct in the Bronx borough of New York, Thursday, July 6, 2017. Familia was shot to death early Wednesday, ambushed inside her command post by an ex-convict, authorities said. He was later killed after pulling a gun on police. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Police officers hug among tributes to police officer Miosotis Familia in front of the 46th Precinct in the Bronx borough of New York, Thursday, July 6, 2017. Familia was shot to death early Wednesday, ambushed inside her command post by an ex-convict, authorities said. He was later killed after pulling a gun on police. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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FILE - In this June 13, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump, accompanied by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, left, waves to members of the media as he takes a tour of Waukesha County Technical College in Pewaukee, Wis. Democratic attorneys general in 18 states and the District of Columbia are suing Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over her decision to suspend rules meant to protect students from abuses by for-profit colleges. The lawsuit was filed Thursday, July 6, 2017, in federal court in Washington and demands implementation of borrower defense to repayment rules. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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FILE - In this June 6, 2017, file photo, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2018 budget. Democratic attorneys general in 18 states and the District of Columbia are suing Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over her decision to suspend rules meant to protect students from abuses by for-profit colleges. The lawsuit was filed Thursday, July 6, 2017, in federal court in Washington and demands implementation of borrower defense to repayment rules. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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In this June 30, 2017, photo, Schemata Taylor, left, talks with her son, Andrew Washington, right, as they give an interview at their home in Garland, Texas. Taylor, who was shot in downtown Dallas during a Black Lives Matter protest July 7, 2016, told of how she covered up Washington on a city sidewalk after being shot herself to keep him safe. Police officers quickly shielded them from more incoming rounds. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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FILE - This combination of photos provided by the Ocean County prosecutor's office shows Zalmen Sorotzkin, left, and his wife, Tzipporah, in Toms River, N.J., after their arrest on Monday, June 26, 2017. They and two other married couples are charged with conspiring to fraudulently obtain public welfare benefits. (Ocean County Prosecutor's Office via AP)
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This photo by the Baltimore Police Department shows Terrell Gibson, who was arrested Thursday, July 6, 2017, and charged with murder in the death of Dionay Smith. Smith was the younger brother of Baltimore police spokesman T.J. Smith. He was found dead inside his apartment Sunday, July 2, from a gunshot wound. (Baltimore Police Department via AP)
