Law_Crime

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FILE - This image provided by the Jackson County Sheriff's Office shows Harold Martin Smith, who killed himself just as police approached him for questioning him on Wed., Dec. 1, 2010, in connection with the slaying of Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen. In a news conference scheduled for Wednesday Dec. 8, 2010 Beverly Hills Police announced they have significant news concerning ballistic tests conducted on the gun Smith used to shoot himself. (AP Photo/Jackson County Sheriff's Office, File)

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL VIAL ASSOCIATED PRESS If Iran's supreme court puts aside Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani's stoning sentence, she could be executed by other means.

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Alleged Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, center, escorted by Thai police commandos, arrives at Don muang airport in Bangkok on Tuesday Nov. 16, 2010. Thailand extradited accused Bout to the U.S. on Tuesday to face terrorism charges, siding with Washington in a tug of war with Moscow over whether to send him to stand trial or let him go home. (AP Photo)

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In this file photo taken on Aug. 11, 2010, alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout answers a question from inside the detention room at a criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand. The Thai government extradited accused Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout to the United States on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, to face terrorism charges, rejecting heavy pressure from Moscow for him to be freed. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong, File)

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Thai prison security officer stands guard in front of Bangkwan central Prison in Nonthburi province before the extradition of suspected Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout, on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. The Thai government extradited accused Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout to the United States on Tuesday to face terrorism charges, rejecting heavy pressure from Moscow for him to be freed. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

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A Thai airport officer talks on radio as he blocked the media from entering the airport after Viktor Bout's motorcade arrived at Don Muang airport in Bangkok on Tuesday Nov. 16, 2010. The Thai government extradited accused Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout to the United States on Tuesday to face terrorism charges, rejecting heavy pressure from Moscow for him to be freed. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

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Motorcade, believed to carry suspected Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout, leave from Bangkwan central Prison in Nonthburi province to Don Muang airport on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. The Thai government extradited accused Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout to the United States on Tuesday to face terrorism charges, rejecting heavy pressure from Moscow for him to be freed. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

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Armed commando officers stand by as the motorcade of accused Russian arms dealer arrived at Don Muang Airport in Bangkok on Tuesday Nov. 16, 2010. The Thai government extradited accused Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout to the United States on Tuesday to face terrorism charges, rejecting heavy pressure from Moscow for him to be freed. (AP Phoot/Sakchai Lalit)

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Alla Bout, wife of suspected Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout, talks on cell phone before leaving Don Muang airport in Bangkok on Tuesday, Nov 16, 2010. The Thai government extradited accused Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout to the United States on Tuesday to face terrorism charges, rejecting heavy pressure from Moscow for him to be freed. (AP Photo)

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Alleged Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, right, escorted by Thai police commando, arrives at Don muang airport in Bangkok on Tuesday Nov. 16, 2010. Thailand extradited accused Bout to the U.S. on Tuesday to face terrorism charges, siding with Washington in a tug of war with Moscow over whether to send him to stand trial or let him go home. (AP Photo)

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Alleged Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, right, escorted by Thai police commando, arrives at Don muang airport in Bangkok on Tuesday Nov. 16, 2010. Thailand extradited accused Bout to the U.S. on Tuesday to face terrorism charges, siding with Washington in a tug of war with Moscow over whether to send him to stand trial or let him go home. (AP Photo)

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In this photo taken Sept. 1, 2010, Transportation Security Administration employee Anthony Brock, left, demonstrates a new full-body scanner at San Diego's Lindbergh Field, with TSA employee Andres Lozano in San Diego. (AP Photo/San Diego Union Tribune, Eduardo Contreras)

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J.M. EDDINS JR./THE WASHINGTON TIMES KEEPSAKES: LaVonne Abney's living room in Southwest Washington is a memorial to her son, Chicquelo, who was shot and killed a block from his mother's apartment.

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Chicquelo Abney was shot and killed in an alley in Southwest Washington, a block from his mother's apartment in what police say was an ambush gone awry. (J.M. EDDINS JR./THE WASHINGTON TIMES)

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FAMILY PHOTO Chicquelo Abney, who was fatally shot in Southwest Washington on Oct. 12, 2009, was under the supervision of the District's Youth Rehabilitation Services.

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FILE - In a March 2, 2010 file photo Wesley Snipes attends a movie premiere in New York. Snipes was ordered to start his three-year sentence for failing to pay taxes at a federal prison in Pennsylvania next week. The U.S. Marshal's Office issued a notice Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 ordering Snipes to voluntarily surrender at the Federal Correctional Institution McKean in Lewis Run, Pa., by noon on Dec. 9. Snipes had tried unsuccessfully to remain free on bail while appealing his conviction to the U.S. Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File)