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ASSOCIATED PRESS Shaquan Duley, 29, who was charged Tuesday with two counts of murder, arrives in court in Orangeburg, S.C., on Wednesday. Probers say she confessed to killing the toddlers by suffocating them.

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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich talks to the media at the Federal Court building, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, in Chicago. A federal jury found Blagojevich guilty on Tuesday of one count of lying to federal agents, and the judge said he intended to declare a mistrial on the more serious remaining 23 counts. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich talks to the media at the Federal Court building, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, in Chicago, next to his wife Patti. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (L), with his wife Patti, talks to reporters after being found guilty on one count in his 24 count federal corruption indictment in Chicago on August 17, 2010. Blagojevich was found guilty of lying to federal agents, but the judge said he intended to declare a mistrial on the other 23 more serious counts. UPI/Brian Kersey

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** FILE ** Sam Adam Jr. (right) and Sam Adam Sr., attorneys for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, talk to reporters after Blagojevich was found guilty on one count in his 24-count federal corruption indictment in Chicago on Aug. 17, 2010. Blagojevich was found guilty of lying to federal agents, but the judge said he intended to declare a mistrial on the other 23 more serious counts. (UPI/Brian Kersey)

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Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich stands on the porch of his home on the north side of Chicago after being convicted on one of 24 counts in his federal corruption trial on Tuesday Aug. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Y. Exit)

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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (R) and his wife Patti leave federal court after being found guilty on one count in his 24 count federal corruption indictment in Chicago on August 17, 2010. Blagojevich was found guilty of lying to federal agents, but the judge said he intended to declare a mistrial on the other 23 more serious counts. UPI/Brian Kersey

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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich waves to the crowd as he leaves federal court after being found guilty on one count in his 24 count federal corruption indictment in Chicago on August 17, 2010. Blagojevich was found guilty of lying to federal agents, but the judge said he intended to declare a mistrial on the other 23 more serious counts. UPI/Brian Kersey

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U.S. activist Lori Berenson attends her hearing at court in Lima, Peru, Monday Aug. 16, 2010. On Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, a court revoked her parole and ordered her to serve the rest of her sentence. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

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In this May 27, 2010, file photo, U.S. activist Lori Berenson sits in a car after leaving prison on parole in Lima. On Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, a court revoked her parole and ordered her rearrested to serve the remainder of her sentence. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

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Nicole Polizzi, left, better known as Snooki from the MTV show "Jersey Shore" walks with her attorney Raymond A. Raya into in court Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, in Seaside Heights, N.J. Polizzi face charges of being a public nuisance and annoying others on the Seaside Heights beach in July. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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PUGNACIOUS: Former Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich (left) was convicted in a Chicago federal court on Tuesday on one felony count of lying to the FBI. The jury could not reach on a verdict on 23 other counts. (Associated Press)

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Former Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich talks defiantly to the news media at the federal court building in Chicago on Tuesday, with wife Patti next to him, after being convicted on one felony count of lying to the FBI. But prosecutors said they would retry him on the 23 other corruption and fraud charges. (Associated Press)

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A car is lifted out of the North Edisto River in Orangeburg, S.C., on Monday. The bodies of two toddlers were recovered from the car and their mother was charged with suffocating them beforehand. (Associated Press)

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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his wife Patti arrive Tuesday at the Federal Court building in Chicago. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Bruce Willis, at the 2010 premiere of "The Expendables," in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

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FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 16, 2010 file photo, University of Mississippi basketball coach Andy Kennedy sits in a Hamilton County courtroom in Cincinnati, awaiting jury selection in the defamation suit he filed after his 2008 arrest in an altercation with a cab driver. On Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, Kennedy settled the suit with the cab driver and a valet. The driver apologized to Kennedy on Tuesday as the trial was beginning and said he's ready to move on with his life. Details of the settlement are confidential. (AP Photo/The Cincinnati Enquirer, Carrie Cochran, File) MANDATORY CREDIT

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Law enforcement officers are pictured on the scene of a shooting in the Dallas suburb of McKinney, Texas, on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. The gunman who apparently opened fire at a McKinney police station has died, officials said. (AP Photo/L.M. Otero)

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, speaks during a press conference on energy, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, speaks during a press conference on energy, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)