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An armor police vehicle drives through Fairmount park in Philadelphia, Monday, April 17, 2017. Authorities in several states are on the lookout for a man police say shot a Cleveland retiree collecting aluminum cans and then posted video of the apparently random killing on Facebook. The suspect is identified as Steve Stephens, a 37-year-old job counselor. Police in Philadelphia say they have "no indication" that the suspect in an apparently random killing in Cleveland is in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2013 file photo, former state chemist Annie Dookhan sits in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston. Dookhan pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence and falsifying thousands of tests in criminal drug cases, calling into question evidence used to prosecute the defendants. The state's highest court ordered the district attorneys in Massachusetts to produce lists by Tuesday, April 18, 2017, indicating how many of the approximately 24,000 tainted cases they would not or could not prosecute if new trials were ordered. (David L Ryan/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool, File)
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FILE - This undated driver license photo released by the Worcester County District Attorney's Office shows Vanessa Marcotte. Angelo Colon-Ortiz will be arraigned Tuesday, April 17, 2017, in Leominster District Court on assault with intent to rape and other charges in the death of Marcotte on Aug. 7, 2016. (Worcester County District Attorney's Office via AP, File)
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Norfolk, Va., treasurer Anthony Burfoot pauses to talk with the media prior to entering U.S. District Court for his sentencing on Monday, April 17, 2017. Burfoot maintained his innocence and said this has been hard on his family. Burfoot was sentenced to six years in federal prison on public corruption and perjury charges. (Vicki Cronis-Nohe/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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Surrounded by media, Norfolk treasurer Anthony Burfoot listens as his attorney Andrew Sacks fields questions after his sentencing in U.S. District Court in Norfolk, Va., Monday, April 17, 2017. Burfoot was sentenced to six years in federal prison on public corruption and perjury charges. (Vicki Cronis-Nohe/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2016, file photo, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, right, holds a stack of papers as he meets with then President-elect Donald Trump at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse in Bedminster, N.J. A federal judge has ordered Kansas' top elections official to turn over a proposed changes to federal voting rights laws that he took to a meeting with President Trump. After privately examining the documents, U.S. Magistrate James O'Hara ruled Monday, April 17, 2017, that parts of documents from Kobach are "unquestionably relevant" to a lawsuit challenging a state law requiring voters provide proof of their U.S. citizenship when registering. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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FILE - In this April 12, 2017 file photo, a Honolulu police car is parked outside an apartment building where human remains were found in the city's Waikiki neighborhood. A Hawaii man is accused of killing his mother and stuffing her decapitated head and body parts in seven plastic bags in the refrigerator freezer of the Waikiki apartment they shared. Yu Wei Gong has been charged with second degree murder. He was scheduled to make his initial appearance in court Monday, April 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, File)
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FILE - This undated file photo from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement shows convicted sex offender Clarence Dean, who was sentenced in New York on Monday, April 17, 2017, to 25 years to life in prison for strangling a woman to death in a Times Square budget hotel. Dean was sentenced nearly a decade after killing Kristine Yitref, a onetime design student who had become a drug-addicted prostitute. (Florida Department of Law Enforcement via AP, File)
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Norfolk Treasurer Anthony Burfoot with his lawyer Andrew Sacks, left, as they leave U.S. District Court in Norfolk, Va., Monday, April 17, 2017, after Burfoot was sentenced to 6 years in federal prison on charges of public corruption and perjury. (Bill Tiernan/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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Norfolk, Va., treasurer Anthony Burfoot gets emotional as pauses to talk with the media prior to entering U.S. District Court for his sentencing on Monday, April 17, 2017. Burfoot was sentenced to six years in federal prison on public corruption and perjury charges. (Vicki Cronis-Nohe/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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Patrick Jones waits during proceedings at the Orange County Courthouse in Hillsborough, N.C., Monday, April 17, 2017. Jones, 43, was charged in 2013 with athlete-agent inducement for providing $725 to former North Carolina football player Robert Quinn. An indictment stated Jones had provided the money through Quinn's former girlfriend to entice Quinn to sign with agent Terry Watson. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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Joseph Jakubowski appears in court via video Monday, April 17, 2017, at the Rock County Courthouse in Janesville, Wis. Jakubowski was arrested Friday morning on the farmland near Readstown, Wis. That's where the manhunt began after authorities say Jakubowski broke into a gun store last week and sent a threatening manifesto to the White House. (Angela Major/The Janesville Gazette via AP)
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Happier days for Teddy Roosevelt in this Associated Press file photo from 2015.
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This undated booking photo provided by the Salt Lake County Jail shows Nannette Perkins who was arrested Sunday, April 16, 2017, at her Taylorsville home after Salt Lake City police received a tip about her identity. Perkins is believed to be the pajama-wearing robber in at least six bank robberies in the Salt Lake City area. (Salt Lake County Jail via AP)
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This April 2017 photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows a mock improvised explosive device that led to delays at Toronto's Pearson International Airport when it was found in a passenger's luggage. American Joseph Galaska was charged with mischief. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection Patrol via AP)
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FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2016, file photo, Arcan Cetin is escorted into Skagit County District Court by Skagit County's Sheriff's Deputies, in Mount Vernon, Wash. News reports say that Cetin, who was charged with shooting and killing five people at a mall in Washington state in September, has been found dead in his jail cell. KING-TV reports that the Skagit County Prosecutor's Office said Cetin was found hanging in his cell just before 9 p.m. Sunday, April 16, 2017. (Brandy Shreve/Skagit Valley Herald via AP, File)
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Arcan Cetin is escorted into Skagit County District Court by Skagit County's Sheriff's Deputies, in Mount Vernon, Washington, in this Sept. 26, 2016, file photo. News reports say that Cetin, who was charged with shooting and killing five people at a mall in Washington state in September, has been found dead in his jail cell. KING-TV reports that the Skagit County Prosecutor's Office said Cetin was found hanging in his cell just before 9 p.m. Sunday, April 16, 2017. (Brandy Shreve/Skagit Valley Herald via AP, File) ** FILE **
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FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2014, file photo, reporters gather around Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino as he leaves the MLK Jr. Federal Courthouse in Newark, N.J., after a court appearance. Michael Sorrentino and his brother Marc Sorrentino are set to appear in court to face additional tax fraud charges are scheduled to be arraigned on Monday, April 17, 2017, in federal court in Newark. They previously pleaded not guilty to charges they filed bogus tax returns on nearly $9 million and claimed millions in personal expenses as business expenses. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
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ADVANCE FOR USE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-A woman wearing a khimar leaves after shopping at one of the many stores owned by Somali immigrants who have settled in Lewiston, Maine, Friday, March 17, 2017. In August 2016, candidate Donald Trump stood on a stage in Portland and singled out the Somali community as criminal. The police chief quickly refuted the charge as false, since crime has decreased in Lewiston after the refugees arrived, but it continues to linger in the minds of many. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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In this April 14, 2017 photo, chief of adult probation for Lancaster County Jeff Curry, from left, District Court Judge John Colborn and Veterans Court coordinator Tony Conell pose for a photo in the new Veterans Courtroom in Lincoln, Neb. The City of Lincoln will begin a program to keep veterans or active duty military members facing felony criminal charges out of prison and to get them the support and services they need to stay out of trouble. Conell said the program will soon start screening potential candidates and go to the Veterans Court Committee to decide if they’re eligible. (Matt Ryerson/The Journal-Star via AP)
