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FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2016, file photo, Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl arrives for a pretrial hearing at Fort Bragg, N.C. Serious wounds to a soldier and a Navy Seal who searched for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl can be used at the sentencing phase of his upcoming trial, a judge ruled Friday, June 30, 2017, giving prosecutors significant leverage to pursue stiff punishment against the soldier. (AP Photo/Ted Richardson, File)
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FILE - This file photo provided by the Lake County, Ind., Sheriff's Department shows Darren Vann, of Gary, Ind. Vann, who is accused of killing seven women, appeared in court Friday, June 30, 2017, and objected to his planned March trial date on murder charges in two of the slayings. (Lake County Sheriff's Department via AP, File)
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FILE - In this May 16, 2016, file pool photo Owen Labrie is escorted out of the Merrimack County Superior Courtroom in Concord, N.H., after a judge agreed to new bail conditions. Labrie, a prep school graduate, was convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old freshman girl as part of a game of sexual conquest called Senior Salute. Labrie was cleared of felony rape but convicted of misdemeanor sex offenses. The Concord Monitor reported Friday, June 30, 2017, that boys in a St. Paul's School dorm apparently competed to have their names put on a crown. The school said Friday that it's investigating "improper behavior" by students, but it didn't elaborate. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, Pool, File
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Marijuana for sale is displayed at Reef Dispensaries, Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Las Vegas. Recreational marijuana becomes legal to buy Saturday in Nevada, but that doesn't mean anything goes in the place where most people think anything goes. Officers say they have been preparing for months to enforce the law passed by voters in November. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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In this This October 2013 photo, Iowa Workers' Compensation Commissioner Chris Godfrey speaks in Des Moines, Iowa. On Friday, June 30, 2017, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that the former commissioner, a Democratic appointee, can seek damages for alleged political retaliation he suffered under former Republican Gov. Terry Branstad. Godfrey, now chief judge of the board that decides federal workers' compensation disputes in Washington, called the ruling a victory for individual rights. (The Des Moines Register via AP)
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FILE - In this June 29, 2015, file photo, supporters of the U.S. Supreme Courts ruling on same-sex marriage gather on the steps of the Texas Capitol for a news conference celebrating marriage equality and looking to important work ahead in Austin, Texas. Gay spouses may not be entitled to government-subsidized workplace benefits, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday, June 30, 2017, in a unanimous decision quickly condemned by gay-rights groups. The court overturned a lower court's decision that favored same-sex marriage benefits, ordering the issue back to trial. Social conservatives hope the case will help them chip away at the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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In this Wednesday, June 28, 2017, photo, marijuana plants grow at the Desert Grown Farms cultivation facility in Las Vegas. Recreational marijuana becomes legal to buy Saturday in Nevada, but that doesn't mean anything goes in the place where most people think anything goes. Officers say they have been preparing for months to enforce the law passed by voters in November. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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A woman rides bicycle past the Kremlin before a thunderstorm in Moscow, Russia, Friday, June 30, 2017. A massive thunderstorm in the Moscow region has killed at least one and injured several people. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin)
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A woman crosses a flooded street in heavy rain during a thunderstorm in Moscow, Russia, Friday, June 30, 2017. A massive thunderstorm in the Moscow region has killed at least one and injured several people. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin)
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In this Saturday, March 29, 2014, file photo, actor James Cromwell arrives at The Humane Society Of The United States 60th Anniversary Benefit Gala, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
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This Sept. 10, 2007, file photo shows the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville, Ky. Officials say Friday, June 30, 2017, that Kentucky's only maximum security prison is on lockdown after inmates attacked eight workers. Department of Corrections spokeswoman Lisa Lamb told media that 16 inmates attacked the workers Thursday afternoon near a canteen line in the yard of the Kentucky State Penitentiary. (AP Photo/Daniel R. Patmore, File)
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Vanita Gupta, incoming president and CEO for the Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 2, 2017, at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on responses to the increase in religious hate crimes. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Chile's Alexis Sanchez celebrates after scoring a penalty past Portugal goalkeeper Rui Patricio, right, during the Confederations Cup, semifinal soccer match between Portugal and Chile, at the Kazan Arena, Russia, Wednesday, June 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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Members of staff at Sotheby's auction house move easels and plinths near to an oil painting entitled ' Ehrenbreitstein' (1835), by British artist J.M.W.Turner, in London, Friday, June 30, 2017. The painting is expected to be sold for some 15-25 million pounds, (US$18.7-31.2 million, euro 17.3-28.9 million) when sold at auction on July 5. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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Members of staff at Sotheby's auction house wait next to an oil painting entitled ' Ehrenbreitstein' (1835), by British artist J.M.W.Turner, in London, Friday, June 30, 2017. The painting is expected to be sold for some 15-25 million pounds, (US$18.7-31.2 million, euro 17.3-28.9 million) when sold at auction on July 5. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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Members of staff at Sotheby's auction house move an oil painting entitled ' entitled 'Kilchurn Castle, with the Cruchan Ben Mountains, Scotland -Noon', by the artist J.M.W.Turner, in London, Friday, June 30, 2017. The painting is expected to be sold for some 15-25 million pounds, (US$18.7-31.2 million, euro 17.3-28.9 million) when sold at auction on July 5. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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Members of staff at Sotheby's auction house adjust an oil painting entitled ' Ehrenbreitstein' (1835), by British artist J.M.W.Turner, in London, Friday, June 30, 2017. The painting is expected to be sold for some 15-25 million pounds, (US$18.7-31.2 million, euro 17.3-28.9 million) when sold at auction on July 5. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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FILE - In this Thursday March 29, 2007, file photo, William Morva watches as prospective jury members are interviewed to serve in his attempted robbery trial in Montgomery County Circuit Court in Christiansburg, Va. Morva is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday, July 6, 2017, for the killings of a hospital security guard and a sheriff’s deputy in 2006. Morva’s attorneys and mental health advocates are calling on Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe to spare his life. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP, File)
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FILE - In this July 17, 2016 file photo, Baton Rouge police respond to active shooter near Hammond Aire Shopping Center in Baton Rouge. Gavin Long fatally shot two police officers and a sheriff's deputy and wounded three other officers before a SWAT officer killed Long outside a Baton Rouge convenience store. East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore III scheduled a news conference Friday, June 30, 2017, to release the report and videos related to the investigation of the July 17 shooting. (Scott Clause/The Daily Advertiser via AP, File)
