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Immoral Illegal Drugs Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Lexi Thompson waves to the gallery before her tee shot on the 10th hole during the LPGA Texas Shootout golf tournament in Irving, Texas, Thursday, April 27, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Lexi Thompson, right, shares a laugh with her caddie Kevin McAlpine before her tee shot on the 12th hole during the LPGA Texas Shootout golf tournament in Irving, Texas, Thursday, April 27, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Lexi Thompson smiles before her tee shot on the 10th hole during the LPGA Texas Shootout golf tournament in Irving, Texas, Thursday, April 27, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Lexi Thompson watches her tee shot on the 10th hole during the LPGA Texas Shootout golf tournament in Irving, Texas, Thursday, April 27, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Solomon Graves, right, explains to members of the media the ground rules for selecting media witnesses for the scheduled execution of Kenneth Williams at the Cummins Unit prison at Varner, Ark., Thursday, April 27, 2017. Three media witnesses are allowed. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)
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FILE - In this March 16, 2016, file photo, Francis Lorenzo, second from left, a suspended ambassador from the Dominican Republic and former U.N. diplomat, leaves court in New York. Lorenzo pleaded guilty to new charges in a United Nations bribery scheme on Thursday, April 27, 2017, revealing himself as a key witness at a Chinese billionaire’s trial next month. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2016, file photo, motorcyclists drive pass in front of the Washoe County Courthouse downtown Reno, Nev. marking the fifth anniversary of a deadly shootout at a casino in neighboring Sparks between the Hells Angels and Vagos gang in 2011. Gary Rudnick, the star witness who helped convict the triggerman, Ernesto Gonzalez, who killed a high-ranking Hells Angels' boss at a Nevada casino in 2011 said he was lying when he testified that the shooting was an assassination plot orchestrated by a rival motorcycle gang, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. Gonzalez is scheduled to be tried again in August 2017 after his conviction was tossed on a technicality. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner, File)
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FILE - In this July 22, 2013, file photo, Ernesto Gonzalez, followed by his attorney David Houston, enters Washoe District Court in Reno, Nev., for Washoe County Courthouse the start of his murder trial. Gary Rudnick, the star witness who helped convict the triggerman, Gonzalez, who killed a high-ranking Hells Angels' boss at a Nevada casino in 2011 said he was lying when he testified that the shooting was an assassination plot orchestrated by a rival motorcycle gang, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. Gonzalez is scheduled to be tried again in August 2017 after his conviction was tossed on a technicality. (Marilyn Newton/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, Pool, File)
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FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2011, file photo murder defendant Gary Rudnick enters the courtroom in Washoe District Court in Reno, Nev. Rudnick, the star witness who helped convict the triggerman, Ernesto Gonzalez, who killed a high-ranking Hells Angels' boss at a Nevada casino in 2011 said he was lying when he testified that the shooting was an assassination plot orchestrated by a rival motorcycle gang, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. (Marilyn Newton/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, Pool, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2011, file photo, Vagos motorcycle gang member Ernesto Gonzalez is led from district court in Reno, Nev., after pleading guilty in the shooting death of Hells Angels member Jeffrey Pettigrew. Gary Rudnick, the star witness who helped convict the triggerman, Gonzalez, who killed a high-ranking Hells Angels' boss at a Nevada casino in 2011 said he was lying when he testified that the shooting was an assassination plot orchestrated by a rival motorcycle gang, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. Gonzalez is scheduled to be tried again in August 2017 after his conviction was tossed on a technicality. (David B.Parker/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, Pool, File)
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FILE - In this Dec. 14, 1984, file photo, fugitive Don Nichols, right, is lead into custody along with his son, Dan Nichols, after their capture several hours earlier near the Bear Trap Canyon about 30 miles west of Bozeman, Mont. The two men were charged with homicide, kidnapping, aggravated assault and intimidation for the kidnapping of Bozeman biathlete Kari Swenson and the murder of Alan Goldstein on July 16, 1984. Self-described "mountain man" Don Nichols was granted parole Thursday, April 27, 2017, after serving nearly 32 years for kidnapping the work class athlete on a training run in July 1984 and killing her would-be rescuer. (AP Photo, File)
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FILE - In this Dec. 18, 1984, file photo, Don Nichols, right, and his son, Dan Nichols, left, both plead not guilty to charges of kidnapping and murder in the Madison County courthouse in Virginia City, Mont. Dan Nichols, is represented by Bozeman attorney Steve Ungar, center. Self-described "mountain man" Don Nichols was granted parole Thursday, April 27, 2017, after serving nearly 32 years for kidnapping a world class athlete on a training run in July 1984 and killing her would-be rescuer. (Lynn Israel /Bozeman Daily Chronicle via AP, File)
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This undated booking photo released by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, shows Roger Michael Fraley, at the Clark County Detention Center. Police say Fraley was arrested Wednesday, April 26, 2017, on arson and burglary charges after he was accused of trying to start fires that were quickly doused in two locations at the Trump International Hotel just off the Las Vegas Strip. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP)
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This undated photo provided by the Volusia County Corrections shows Burgon Sealy Jr., suspected of fatally shooting a Delaware state trooper, before he was shot and killed by officers after an overnight standoff, Thursday, April 27, 2017. Sealy Jr., walked out of a home in Middletown, Del., where he had been holed up since the fatal shooting of the trooper a day earlier, "engaged officers" and was shot by law enforcement and died at the scene, police said in a statement. (Volusia County Corrections via AP)
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This undated photo released by the Delaware State Police shows Cpl. Stephen J. Ballard, who was killed in a shooting at a convenience store parking lot near Bear, Del. on Wednesday, April 26, 2017. Police say the man who shot him was killed by law enforcement on Thursday, April 27, 2017, after a 20-hour standoff. (Delaware State Police via AP)
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This April 2017 photo provided by the Burleigh County Sheriff's Department in Bismarck, N.D., shows O'Neil Brown, one of eight people who were extradited from Jamaica to face charges in the U.S. in what authorities say is a multimillion-dollar lottery scam that victimized dozens of Americans. The eight suspects made their initial appearance Thursday, April 27, 2017, at federal court in Bismarck, N.D. (Burleigh County Sheriff's Department via AP)
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This April 2017 photo provided by the Burleigh County Sheriff's Department in Bismarck, N.D., shows Kazrae Gray. Gray is one of eight people who were extradited from Jamaica to face charges in the U.S. in what authorities said is a multimillion-dollar lottery scam that victimized dozens of Americans. The eight suspects made their initial appearance Thursday, April 27, 2017, at federal court in Bismarck, N.D. (Burleigh County Sheriff's Department via AP)
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This April 2017 photo provided by the Burleigh County Sheriff's Department in Bismarck, N.D., shows Kimberly Hudson, one of eight people who were extradited from Jamaica to face charges in the U.S. in what authorities said is a multimillion-dollar lottery scam that victimized dozens of Americans. The eight suspects made their initial appearance Thursday, April 27, 2017, at federal court in Bismarck, N.D. (Burleigh County Sheriff's Department via AP)
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This April 2017 photo provided by the Burleigh County Sheriff's Department in Bismarck, N.D., shows Dahlia Hunter, one of eight people who were extradited from Jamaica to face charges in the U.S. in what authorities say is a multimillion-dollar lottery scam that victimized dozens of Americans. The eight suspects made their initial appearance Thursday, April 27, 2017, at federal court in Bismarck, N.D. (Burleigh County Sheriff's Department via AP)