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Micah Moore, 23, is shown being escorted into the Jackson County Courthouse Annex in Independence, Mo., earlier this month. His attorney has withdrawn his confession to killing Bethany Ann Deaton. A preliminary hearing planned for Wednesday was put off and the case will go to a grand jury. (The Kansas City Star via Associated Press)
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Former Democratic campaign treasurer Kinde Durkee leaves the federal courthouse in Sacramento, Calif., after she was sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for defrauding high-profile clients, such as U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. Durkee, who pleaded guilty to five counts of mail fraud in March, was sentenced to a total of 97 months and was ordered to pay $10.5 million in restitution for tampering with the electoral process. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Socialite Jill Kelley leaves her home in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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Micah Moore (right), 23, is escorted into the Jackson County Courthouse Annex in Independence, Mo., on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. He is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 27-year-old Bethany Deaton and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/The Kansas City Star, Keith Myers)
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** FILE ** In this Tuesday Jan. 25. 2012 photo, Robert Gleason Jr. is escorted into a Wise County courtroom in Wise, Va. An execution date of Jan. 16, 2013 has been set for Gleason, who strangled two inmates in the state's highest security prisons and vowed to keep killing unless he was put to death. (AP Photo/Bristol Herald Courier, David Crigger, File)
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Dr. Cindy Christian, right, along with Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler, addresses the media during a news conference announcing the findings of a report from the Pennsylvania Task Force on Child Protection Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012 at the capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. Pennsylvania should enact "sweeping" changes to state child abuse laws, the legislative commission concluded Tuesday after a year of study prompted by Jerry Sandusky's arrest on child molestation charges. (AP Photo/Bradley C Bower)
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Attorney Ellen Torregrossa-O’Connor (left) supports former “Melrose Place” actress Amy Locane-Bovenizer as a New Jersey jury announces Tuesday she is guilty of vehicular homicide. She faces five to 10 years in prison. (The Star-Ledger via Associated Press)
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This photo made available in Los Angeles Superior Court documents released Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, shows Gabriel Aubry, who was arrested after a Thanksgiving confrontation at Halle Berry’s house with the actress’s fiance, Olivier Martinez. Mr. Aubry, Miss Berry's ex-boyfriend, claims Mr. Martinez threatened to kill him during a confrontation that left him with a broken rib and bruised face and under arrest. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Superior Court)
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Christopher Vaughn of Oswego, Ill., was sentenced on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, to life in prison for the June 2007 killing of his wife, Kimberly Vaughn, and their three children — 12-year-old Abigayle, 11-year-old Cassandra and 8-year-old Blake — in the family's SUV as they drove to a water park. (AP Photo/Will County Sheriff's Office)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Republican, leaves the podium after a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, during which he talked about the election. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
