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Defense attorney Russell A. Smith of Temperance gives his opening remarks defending his client Daniel Clay who is on trial for the death of Chelsea Bruck of Maybee, Mich., in front of 38th Circuit Judge Daniel S. White at the Monroe County Courthouse Tuesday, May 9, 2017, in Monroe, Mich. Clay, is charged in the death of Bruck whose body was found months after she disappeared from a huge Halloween party in 2014 in southeastern Michigan. (Tom Hawley/The Monroe News via AP)

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Daniel Clay enters the courtroom for his trial to begin for the death of Chelsea Bruck in front of 38th Circuit Judge Daniel S. White at the Monroe County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, in Monroe, Mich. Clay is charged in the death of Bruck whose body was found months after she disappeared from a huge Halloween party in 2014 in southeastern Michigan. (Tom Hawley/The Monroe News via AP)

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Graduates of Harvard Law School wave gavel during commencement ceremonies on May 29, 2014, in Cambridge, Mass. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Kassy Alia puts her hand on her father-in-law, Richard Alia's shoulder as Jarvis Hall pleads guilty on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, at the Richland County courthouse in Columbia, S.C. Hall is charged with murder in the September 2015 shooting of 32-year-old Forest Acres Officer Greg Alia. The charge carries 30 years to life in prison. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

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Police officers pack the Richland County courtroom as Jarvis Hall pleads guilty to killing Forest Acres police officer Greg Alia on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, in Columbia, S.C. Hall was charged with murder in the September 2015 shooting of Alia. The charge carries 30 years to life in prison. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

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Kassy Alia speaks outside the Richland County courthouse non Tuesday, May 9, 2017, in Columbia, S.C. Jarvis Hall is charged with murder in the September 2015 shooting of 32-year-old Forest Acres Officer Greg Alia. The charge carries 30 years to life in prison.(AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

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Jarvis Hall, shackled at his waist, stands with his lawyers as he pleads guilty to killing Forest Acres police officer Greg Alia and was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, at the Richland County courthouse in Columbia, S.C. Hall is charged with murder in the September 2015 shooting of Alia. The charge carries 30 years to life in prison. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

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File - In this April 17, 2012, file photo, investigators with the Santa Clara County Sheriff Department conduct a search for Sierra LaMar by boat at a pond in Morgan Hill, Calif. A jury on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, found Antolin Garcia-Torres guilty of killing LaMar, whose body has not been found. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

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Doug Tollis, right, and Autumn Ayres, who volunteered in the search for Sierra LaMar embrace outside of the Santa Clara County Hall of Justice Tuesday, May 9, 2017, in San Jose, Calif. A jury found Antolin Garcia-Torres guilty of the killing and kidnapping of Sierra LaMar in 2012. Sierra disappeared on her way to a school bus stop near her home in Morgan Hill. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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A man holds a poster with a picture of Sierra LaMar outside of the Santa Clara County Hall of Justice on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, in San Jose, Calif. A jury found Antolin Garcia-Torres guilty of the killing and kidnapping of LaMar in 2012. Sierra disappeared on her way to a school bus stop near her home in Morgan Hill. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Family members and supporters of Antolin Garcia-Torres walk outside of the Santa Clara County Hall of Justice on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, in San Jose, Calif. A jury found Garcia-Torres guilty of the killing and kidnapping of Sierra LaMar in 2012. Sierra disappeared on her way to a school bus stop near her home in Morgan Hill. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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A supporter wears a T-shirt with an image of Sierra LaMar outside of the Santa Clara County Hall of Justice on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, in San Jose, Calif. A jury found Antolin Garcia-Torres guilty of the killing and kidnapping of Sierra LaMar in 2012. Sierra disappeared on her way to a school bus stop near her home in Morgan Hill. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Abby Lee Miller arrives at the Joseph F. Weis Jr. U.S. Courthouse Tuesday, May 9, 2017, in Pittsburgh, for the second day of her sentencing hearing. A federal judge is expected to sentence the former "Dance Moms" reality TV star for bankruptcy fraud and bringing $120,000 worth of Australian currency into the country without reporting it. (Darrell Sapp//Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

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In this photo taken May 8, 2017, FBI Director James Comey speaks in Washington. A person familiar with the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server says Huma Abedin did not forward "hundreds and thousands" of emails to her husband's laptop, as FBI Director James Comey testified to Congress. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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File - In this May 22, 2012, file photo, the family of Sierra LaMar, mother Marlene LaMar, sister Danielle LaMar and father, Steven LaMar hold hands during a news conference announcing the arrest of Antolin Garcia-Torres, in connection with the disappearance of Sierra LaMar in San Jose, Calif. A jury on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, found Garcia-Torres guilty of killing Sierra LaMar, whose body has not been found. (Gary Reyes/San Jose Mercury News via AP, File)

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FILE - This Nov. 2, 2016, file booking photo provided by the Rochester, N.H., police department shows former New Hampshire state Rep. Kyle Tasker, arrested the previous day and charged with Driving While Under the Influence. The former lawmaker is scheduled to plead guilty on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, in Rochester, to charges of drug possession and trying to lure a 14-year-old girl over Facebook into a sexual encounter. (Rochester Police Department via AP, File)

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File - In this March 26, 2012, file photo, a missing person poster depicting Sierra LaMar is posted at the intersection of Dougherty and Palm Avenues in Morgan Hill, Calif. This was the intersection where LaMar missed her bus to Sobrato High School. Jurors will deliver their verdict Tuesday, May 9, 2017, in the murder trial Antolin Garcia-Torres accused of randomly abducting and killing LaMar on her way to school, court officials said. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

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File - In this May 31, 2012, file photo, Antolin Garcia-Torres appears in a Santa Clara County courtroom in San Jose, Calif. He is accused of the kidnapping and murder of Sierra Lamar in Morgan Hill, Calif. She was last seen in March 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

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FILE – In this June 2, 2016, file photo, attorneys Thomas Kline, left, and Robert Mongeluzzi, right, take part in a news conference in Philadelphia. Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian won't be charged in the May 12, 2015, Amtrak passenger train derailment in Philadelphia that killed eight people and injured about 200 others, according to Kline and Mongeluzzi, who represent victims of the crash. KYW-AM first reported Tuesday, May 9, 2017, that the lawyers say Bostian won't be charged. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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FILE – In this May 12, 2015, file photo, emergency personnel work near the wreckage of a New York City-bound Amtrak passenger train following a derailment that killed eight people and injured about 200 others in Philadelphia. Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian won't be charged in the derailment, according to two lawyers for victims of the crash, Tom Kline and Robert Mongeluzzi. KYW-AM first reported Tuesday, May 9, 2017, that the lawyers say Bostian won't be charged. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek, File)