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FILE - In this March 26, 2013 file photo, Maryland's Dez Wells shoots a free throw during the first half of an NIT tournament basketball game against Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Wells, a former Xavier University basketball player, is suing the school, alleging it damaged his reputation by expelling him for what he says was a false sexual assault accusation. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File
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Michael Brandon Hill, 20, faces numerous charges related to a school invasion in Decatur, Ga., on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/DeKalb County Sheriff's Department)
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Home surveillance video shows two suspects who reportedly dressed as Mormon missionaries and asked a man to talk about religion before allegedly robbing him at gunpoint on Thursday, June 27, 2013, in Las Vegas. Police say the victim spoke with the men for about five minutes before they jumped him, punched him and stole property. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
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In this courtroom sketch, Haji Mohammad Naim testifies Aug. 20, 2013, in a courtroom at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, south of Seattle. Naim, an Afghan farmer shot during a massacre in Kandahar Province last year, took the witness stand at a sentencing hearing for Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who attacked his village and one other in pre-dawn raids on March 11, 2012, killing 16 civilians. (Associated Press)
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In this 2010 photo, author Elmore Leonard works on a manuscript at his home in Bloomfield Township, Mich. Leonard, one of America's foremost crime writers, has died. He was 87. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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**FILE** In this file courtroom sketch from Aug. 6, 2013, military prosecutor Col. Steve Henricks (right) speaks as Nidal Malik Hasan (center) and presiding judge Col. Tara Osborn look on during Hasan's court-martial in Fort Hood, Texas. (Associated Press)
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In this pool photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin and reviewed by the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. federal agent Stephen McClain (far right), with the Criminal Investigative Task Force of the Department of Defense, testifies about his 2007 interrogation of detainee Mustafa al-Hawsawi, seen at left wearing a neck brace, during the pretrial hearings at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba on Aug. 19, 2013. Five Guantanamo Bay prisoners accused of helping orchestrate the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks returned to court as arguments resumed. Lawyers for the five prisoners, who face charges that include murder and terrorism, began to challenge the statements made by U.S. federal agents such as McClain and James Fitzgerald of the FBI, who defended their interrogation of al-Hawsawi. (Associated Press)
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Gasoline prices in Maryland, as displayed at a station on MacArthur Boulevard in Bethesda, are up after the tax was raised. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)