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This undated photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows Jimmy Causey, who authorities had continued to search for Thursday, July 6, 2017, after he escaped from Lieber Correctional Institution maximum-security prison in Ridgeville, S.C. This is the inmate's second escape from a maximum-security prison. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP)

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In this Wednesday, July 5, 2017 photo, Thomas Randolph hangs his head after being sentenced to death by jurors during the penalty phase of his murder trial at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas. Last week, the same jury found Randolph guilty of murder and conspiracy in the May 2008 slayings of Sharon Causse and Michael James Miller. (Patrick Connolly/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

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In this Wednesday, July 5, 2017 photo, Colleen Beyer, right, the daughter of victim Sharon Randolph, is embraced after Thomas Randolph was sentenced to sentenced to death by jurors in the penalty phase of his murder trial at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas. Last week, the same jury found Randolph guilty of murder and conspiracy in the May 2008 slayings of Sharon Causse and Michael James Miller. (Patrick Connolly/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

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In this Wednesday, July 5, 2017 photo, Thomas Randolph walks into the courtroom before he was sentenced to death by jurors during the penalty phase of his murder trial at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas. Last week, the same jury found Randolph guilty of murder and conspiracy in the May 2008 slayings of Sharon Causse and Michael James Miller. (Patrick Connolly/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

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Neighbors stand outside near a home where police say multiple people were found dead, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Loganville, Ga., east of Atlanta. (John Spink/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, file photo defendant Jody Herring, center, of Barre Town, Vt., is flanked by defense attorneys Kelly Green, left, and David Sleigh at her arraignment in Washington County Criminal Court in Barre, Vt. The prosecutor and the defense attorney in the case of Herring, charged with killing three relatives and a social worker in 2015 are set to discuss the status of the case with a judge on Thursday, July 6, 2017. A judge set an Aug. 1 trial date. Herring has pleaded not guilty to murder charges. (Stefan Hard/The Times Argus via AP, Pool)

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Yingying Zhang's boyfriend, Xiaolin Hou, left, and father, Ronggao Zhang, enter the Federal Courthouse in Urbana, Ill., before a detention hearing for Brendt Christensen on Wednesday, July 5, 2017. Christensen, the suspect in the kidnapping of the University of Illinois scholar from China, marched in a vigil for the victim a day before his arrest last week, federal prosecutors said Wednesday, adding that he also spoke about what makes an ideal victim and talked about how she fought and resisted. (Robin Scholz/The News-Gazette via AP)

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Defense attorneys Thomas Bruno, right, and Evan Bruno hold a press conference outside the Federal Courthouse in Urbana, Ill., following a detention hearing for Brendt Christensen on Wednesday, July 5, 2017. Christensen, the suspect in the kidnapping of Yingying Zhang, a University of Illinois scholar from China, marched in a vigil for the victim a day before his arrest last week, federal prosecutors said Wednesday, adding that he also spoke about what makes an ideal victim and talked about how she fought and resisted. (Robin Scholz/The News-Gazette via AP)

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Yingying Zhang's aunt, Liqin Ye, front, enters the Federal Courthouse in Urbana, Ill., before a detention hearing for Brendt Christensen on Wednesday, July 5, 2017. Christensen, the suspect in the kidnapping of Zhang, a University of Illinois scholar from China, marched in a vigil for the victim a day before his arrest last week, federal prosecutors said Wednesday, adding that he also spoke about what makes an ideal victim and talked about how she fought and resisted. (Robin Scholz/The News-Gazette via AP)

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University of Illinois Chief Communications Officer Robin Kaler, center, escorts a contingent including the family of Yingying Zhang, into the Federal Courthouse in Urbana, Ill., before a detention hearing for Brendt Christensen on Wednesday, July 5, 2017. Christensen, the suspect in the kidnapping of the University of Illinois scholar from China, marched in a vigil for the victim a day before his arrest last week, federal prosecutors said Wednesday, adding that he also spoke about what makes an ideal victim and talked about how she fought and resisted. (Robin Scholz/The News-Gazette via AP)

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In this photo provided by the Gwinnett County Police Department, emergency personnel work at the scene where police found multiple people dead in Loganville, Ga., Thursday, July 6, 2017. (Gwinnett County Police Department via AP)

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In this photo provided by the Gwinnett County Police Department, emergency personnel work at the scene where police found multiple people stabbed to death in Loganville, Ga., Thursday, July 6, 2017. (Gwinnett County Police Department via AP)

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In this photo provided by the Gwinnett County Police Department, emergency personnel work at the scene where police found multiple people stabbed to death in Loganville, Ga., Thursday, July 6, 2017. (Gwinnett County Police Department via AP)

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FILE - This May 9, 2017 file photo shows an intersection in the Maryvale section of Phoenix where one victim was shot to death in a string of shootings that terrorized area residents. Aaron Saucedo, accused of carrying out nine serial killings in Phoenix, is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday, July 6 on nine murder charges. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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FILE - In this May 9, 2017 file photo, a sidewalk memorial sits in a Phoenix neighborhood a year after the victim was killed in a string of shootings that terrorized area residents. Aaron Saucedo, accused of carrying out nine serial killings in Phoenix, is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday, July 6 on nine murder charges. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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FILE - This undated file booking photo provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office shows Aaron Saucedo. Saucedo, accused of carrying out nine serial killings in Phoenix, is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday, July 6, 2017, on nine murder charges. (Maricopa County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

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FILE - In this June 26, 2017, file photo, former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, second from right, leaves U.S. District Court on the first day of his contempt-of-court trial with attorney Mark Goldman, left, in Phoenix. Lawyers are scheduled to make closing arguments Thursday, July 6 at the criminal trial of the former six-term sheriff of metro Phoenix. Arpaio is charged with misdemeanor contempt-of-court for defying a judge's order to stop his traffic patrols that targeted immigrants. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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FILE - In this June 26, 2017, file photo, with a larger-than-life inflatable Joe Arpaio set up by protesters, members of the media follow former Maricopa County Sheriff Arpaio as he leaves U.S. District Court on the first day of his contempt-of-court trial with attorney Mark Goldman in Phoenix.Lawyers are scheduled to make closing arguments Thursday, July 6, at the criminal trial of the former six-term sheriff of metro Phoenix. Arpaio is charged with misdemeanor contempt-of-court for defying a judge's order to stop his traffic patrols that targeted immigrants. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2009, file photo, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, left, orders approximately 200 convicted illegal immigrants handcuffed together and moved into a separate area of Tent City, for incarceration until their sentences are served and they are deported to their home countries, in Phoenix. Lawyers are scheduled to make closing arguments Thursday, July 6, 2017, at the criminal trial of the former six-term sheriff of metro Phoenix. Arpaio is charged with misdemeanor contempt-of-court for defying a judge's order to stop his traffic patrols that targeted immigrants. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2013 file photo, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio pauses as he answers a question at a news conference at Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Headquarters in Phoenix. Lawyers are scheduled to make closing arguments Thursday, July 6, 2017, at the criminal trial of the former six-term sheriff of metro Phoenix. Arpaio is charged with misdemeanor contempt-of-court for defying a judge's order to stop his traffic patrols that targeted immigrants. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)