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Travelers walk past a sign advertising Emirates flights from Seattle to Dubai at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Monday, June 26, 2017, in Seattle. The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that President Donald Trump's travel ban on visitors from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen can be enforced if those visitors lack a "credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States," and that justices will hear full arguments in October 2017 (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Travelers walk near a sign for international arrivals at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Monday, June 26, 2017, in Seattle. The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that President Donald Trump's travel ban on visitors from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen can be enforced if those visitors lack a "credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States," and that justices will hear full arguments in October 2017. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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A woman pushes a stroller near a sign for international arrivals at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Monday, June 26, 2017, in Seattle. The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that President Donald Trump's travel ban on visitors from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen can be enforced if those visitors lack a "credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States," and that justices will hear full arguments in October 2017. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) **FILE**
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The administration building of the South Carolina Department of Correction in Columbia, S.C., is seen here on June 14, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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This undated photo released by Kirkland Correctional Institution shows Jason Kelley in Columbia, S.C. Determined not to spend their lives in prison, two inmates decided to court the death penalty by turning their cell block into a slaughterhouse, Denver Simmons tells The Associated Press. In the course of about a half-hour, he says he and his partner lured four fellow inmates to his cell and killed them. Kelley was one the four victims. (Kirkland Correctional Institution via AP)
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This undated photo released by Kirkland Correctional Institution shows John King in Columbia, S.C. Determined not to spend their lives in prison, two inmates decided to court the death penalty by turning their cell block into a slaughterhouse, Denver Simmons tells The Associated Press. In the course of about a half-hour, he says he and his partner lured four fellow inmates to his cell and killed them. King was one the four victims. (Kirkland Correctional Institution via AP)
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This undated photo released by Kirkland Correctional Institution shows Jimmy Ham in Columbia, S.C. Determined not to spend their lives in prison, two inmates decided to court the death penalty by turning their cell block into a slaughterhouse, Denver Simmons tells The Associated Press. In the course of about a half-hour, he says he and his partner lured four fellow inmates to his cell and killed them. Ham was one the four victims. (Kirkland Correctional Institution via AP)
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This undated photo released by Kirkland Correctional Institution shows William Scruggs in Columbia, S.C. Determined not to spend their lives in prison, two inmates decided to court the death penalty by turning their cell block into a slaughterhouse, Denver Simmons tells The Associated Press. In the course of about a half-hour, he says he and his partner lured four fellow inmates to his cell and killed them. Scruggs was one the four victims. (Kirkland Correctional Institution via AP)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows Jacob Philip. South Carolina inmate Denver Simmons has said he and another convicted murderer Philip strangled four fellow prisoners in a bid to get the death penalty. Simmons told The Associated Press in a series of telephone calls that he and Philip plotted the April 7 killings at Kirkland Correctional Institution for months. Both men were sentenced to life without parole for double murderers. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP, File)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows Denver Simmons. South Carolina inmate Simmons said he and another convicted murderer Jacob Philip strangled four fellow prisoners in a bid to get the death penalty. Simmons told The Associated Press in a series of telephone calls that he and Philip plotted the April 7 killings at Kirkland Correctional Institution for months. Both men were sentenced to life without parole for double murderers. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP, File)
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Luis Velasquez, works during a prosthetic limb fitting at Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, Tuesday, May 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Baraka Cosmas height is measured at Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, Monday, March 27, 2017. The children from Tanzania with the hereditary condition of albinism are in the U.S. to receive free surgery and prostheses at the hospital. The children were attacked and dismembered in the belief that their body parts will bring wealth. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Defendant Michael P. McCarthy, center, reacts after a guilty of second degree murder verdict against him at Suffolk Superior Court on Monday, June 26, 2017. McCarthy was convicted Monday of second-degree murder in the death of Bella Bond, a 2-year-old girl who became known as Baby Doe after her remains washed up on the shores of a Boston Harbor island. (Matt West/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)
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Michael Sprinsky, far left, gets a hug from his sister Laura Sprinsky, as the guilty verdict is read of second degree murder for defendant Michael P. McCarthy at Suffolk Superior Court in Boston on Monday, June 26, 2017. McCarthy was convicted Monday of second-degree murder in the death of Bella Bond, a 2-year-old girl who became known as Baby Doe after her remains washed up on the shores of a Boston Harbor island. (Matt West/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)
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Defendant Michael P. McCarthy looks at his attorney Jonathan Shapiro after a guilty of second degree murder against him at Suffolk Superior Court on Monday, June 26, 2017. McCarthy was convicted Monday of second-degree murder in the death of Bella Bond, a 2-year-old girl who became known as Baby Doe after her remains washed up on the shores of a Boston Harbor island. (Matt West/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)
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FILE - In a Monday, June 5, 2017 file photo, Rachelle Bond testifies in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston. The former boyfriend of Bond, Michael McCarthy, is charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter, Bella Bond, who for a while was known as Baby Doe. Bond is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday, June 27, 2017. Her former boyfriend Michael McCarthy was convicted Monday of murder in the 2015 killing of Bella Bond. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool, File)
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A display board showing an image of officer Robert Cain is photographed during a news conference Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Los Angeles. Cain has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old cadet who's suspected of joyriding in stolen patrol cars. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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With a larger-than-life inflatable likeness set up by protesters, members of the media follow Joe Arpaio and attorney Mark Goldman as they leave U.S. District Court in Phoenix on Monday, the first day of the former Maricopa County sheriff's contempt-of-court trial. (Associated Press)
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Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is back in court, this time as a defendant. He is accused of willfully disobeying an injunction barring him from enforcing federal immigration laws. (Associated Press)
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Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin speaks at a news conference about the Supreme Court's decision on President Donald Trump's travel ban, Monday, June 26, 2017, in Honolulu. The Supreme Court is allowing Trump to forge ahead with a limited version of his ban on travel from six mostly Muslim countries. Chin says the important thing about the decision is that the travel ban will not go into effect for people with a "bona fide" connection to the United States. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)