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RachelRamone Donlan, center, is arrested by Capitol Hill police for smoking marijuana during a rally to support the legalization of marijuana, Monday, April 24, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Smoking pot in public remains illegal everywhere in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Supporters hold flags near the East Front of the Capitol in Washington, Monday, April 24, 2017, during a rally to support the legalization of marijuana. Smoking pot in public remains illegal everywhere in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 8, 2014, file photo, Los Angeles firefighters battle a fire at an apartment building under construction next to the Harbor Freeway (Interstate 110) Freeway in Los Angeles. The fire gutted the 1.3 million-square-foot Da Vinci complex. Dawud Abdulwali pleaded no contest Monday, April 24, 2017, to a charge of arson of a structure, and he was immediately sentenced to 15 years in prison. Abdulwali said he set the fire because he was angry about the August 2014 killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed black man, by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. No one was hurt. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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FILE - In This May 11, 2016, file photo, Dawud Abdulawali is ordered to stand trial on arson charges during a preliminary hearing in Los Angeles. Abdulwali pleaded no contest Monday, April 24, 2017, to a charge of arson of a structure, and he was immediately sentenced to 15 years in prison. The December 2014, blaze gutted the seven-story Da Vinci apartment complex and blew out windows in adjacent towers. Damage was estimated at $100 million. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2014, file photo, Los Angeles firefighters battle a fire at the Da Vinci apartment complex under construction in Los Angeles, Dawud Abdulwali pleaded no contest Monday, April 24, 2017, to a charge of arson of a structure, and he was immediately sentenced to 15 years in prison. Abdulwali said he set the fire because he was angry about the August 2014 killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed black man, by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. No one was hurt. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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In a Sept. 23, 2014 photo, Justin Ford, recently elected chairman of the Shelby County Commission, poses for a photo in Memphis, Tenn. Ford was arrested after police said he choked his girlfriend at a fast food restaurant in Memphis. Memphis police said Monday, April 24, 2017, that Shelby County Commissioner Justin Ford has been charged with aggravated assault and false imprisonment. (Mike Brown/The Commercial Appeal via AP)
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DJ Hernandez, right, arrives at a private service for his brother Aaron Hernandez at O'Brien Funeral Home, Monday, April 24, 2017, in Bristol, Conn. The former New England Patriots tight end was found hanged in his cell in a maximum-security prison on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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FILE In this April 7, 2017 file photo, the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court seemed closely divided Monday, April 24, 2017, about whether an Alabama death row inmate should get a new sentencing hearing because he did not have a mental health expert on his side when he was tried and sentenced to death more than 30 years ago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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This photo provided by the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Department shows the wreckage of replica World War I-era biplane that crashed in a field near Paso Robles, Calif., on California's central coast Sunday, April 23, 2017. Sheriff's spokesman Tony Cipolla says the pilot, the only person aboard, was killed when the single-engine, open-cockpit plane went down shortly after takeoff from a private airfield. (San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Department via AP)
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This photo provided by the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Department shows the wreckage of replica World War I-era biplane that crashed in a field near Paso Robles, Calif., on California's central coast Sunday, April 23, 2017. Sheriff's spokesman Tony Cipolla says the pilot, the only person aboard, was killed when the single-engine, open-cockpit plane went down shortly after takeoff from a private airfield. (San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Department via AP)
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This photo provided by the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Department shows the wreckage of replica World War I-era biplane that crashed in a field near Paso Robles, Calif., on California's central coast Sunday, April 23, 2017. Sheriff's spokesman Tony Cipolla says the pilot, the only person aboard, was killed when the single-engine, open-cockpit plane went down shortly after takeoff from a private airfield. (San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Department via AP)
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Police block the street in front of O'Brien Funeral Home for the funeral of Aaron Hernandez, Monday, April 24, 2017, in Bristol, Conn. The former New England Patriots tight end was found hanged in his cell in a maximum-security prison in Massachusetts on April 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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FILE - This Tuesday, April 1, 2014, file photo shows a key in the ignition switch of a 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt in Alexandria, Va. On Monday, April 24, 2017, the Supreme Court turned away an appeal from General Motors Co. seeking to block dozens of lawsuits over faulty ignition switches that one plaintiffs’ attorney said could expose the company to billions of dollars in additional claims. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)
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In this March 1, 2017, photo, residents of the predominantly Latino town of Woodburn, Ore., meet to talk about increased detentions by federal immigration agents. The meeting was held in the offices of PCUN, a union which represents farmworkers and others and which is housed in a former church. Farmers, nursery and winery owners and others who depend on immigrant labor are predicting a catastrophe as federal immigration agents focus on stepping up arrests of people who are in the U.S. illegally. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)
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In this March 2, 2017, photo shows a sign advertising bus trips to California with connections to Mexico, at a shop in the predominantly Latino town of Woodburn, Ore. Federal immigration agents recently detained people in the town. Farmers, nursery and winery owners and others who depend on immigrant labor are predicting a catastrophe as federal immigration agents focus on stepping up arrests of people who are in America illegally. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)
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This March 2, 2017, photo shows a sign saying "Now Hiring" in front of Brooks Tree Farm near Salem, Ore. Farmers, nursery and winery owners and others who depend on immigrant labor are predicting a catastrophe as federal immigration agents focus on stepping up arrests of people who are in America illegally. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)
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In this March 2, 2017, photo, Kathy LeCompte, owner of Brooks Tree Farm, shows an I-9 form of Employment Eligibility Verification at her farm near Salem, Ore. Her employees, most of them Latinos, must fill out the form. Farmers, nursery and winery owners and others who depend on immigrant labor are predicting a catastrophe as federal immigration agents focus on stepping up arrests of people who are in America illegally. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)
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In this undated photo released by Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, Bevin takes a self portrait of his family. Bevin, wants to overhaul the state's troubled child-welfare system, inspired by his own family's failed attempt to adopt a young girl. The Bevins started the process of trying to adopt a young girl from Kentucky's child-welfare system. They had their fingerprints taken, three times and opened their home to an inspection. The state ultimately rejected their application because, the Bevins said, they had five children and officials worried the girl wouldn't get enough attention. (Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin via AP)
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This combination of undated file photos provided by the Arkansas Department of Correction shows death-row inmates Jack Jones, left, and Marcel Williams. The two Arkansas inmates scheduled to be put to death Monday, April 24, 2017, in what could be the nation's first double execution in more than 16 years have asked an appeals court to halt their lethal injections because of poor health. (Arkansas Department of Correction via AP, File)
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FILE - This combination of undated file photos provided by the Arkansas Department of Correction shows death-row inmates Jack Jones, left, and Marcel Williams. The two Arkansas inmates scheduled to be put to death Monday, April 24, 2017, in what could be the nation's first double execution in more than 16 years have asked an appeals court to halt their lethal injections because of poor health. (Arkansas Department of Correction via AP, File)
