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Andrew Leander Wilson, 62, right, waves as he is leaves the Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail, holding hands with his daughters, Catrina Burks, lower left, and Gwen Wilson, second from left, in Los Angeles Thursday, March 16, 2017. Wilson, whose murder conviction was tossed by a California judge is free Thursday after 32 years in prison. Loyola Law School's Project for the Innocent, which fought for Wilson's release, pointed to numerous due-process violations. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Andrew Wilson, center, holds hands with his daughters, Catrina Burks, left, and Gwen Wilson, as he leaves the Men's Central Jail in Los Angeles, Thursday, March 16, 2017. Wilson, whose murder conviction was tossed by a California judge is free after 32 years in prison. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Andrew Wilson, center, is accompanied by his daughters, Catrina Burks, left, and Gwen Wilson, second from right, as he leaves the Men's Central Jail in Los Angeles, Thursday, March 16, 2017. Wilson, whose murder conviction was tossed by a California judge is free after 32 years in prison. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Andrew Leander Wilson, 62, right, waves with his daughters, Catrina Burks, left, as he leaves the Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail holding hands with a sister and daughter, and with a granddaughter at his side in Los Angeles Thursday, Mar. 16, 2017. Loyola Law School's Project for the Innocent, which fought for Wilson's release, pointed to numerous due-process violations. Wilson maintained his innocence since his arrest in 1984 for the stabbing death of Christopher Hanson, 21, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2017, file photo, Maryland players react on the bench after a Maryland score in the final moments of an NCAA college basketball game against Minnesota, in College Park, Md. The journey for Maryland (30-2) begins Friday against Bucknell (27-5). (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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Becca Heller of the International Refugee Assistance Project, right, accompanied by Omar Jadwat of the ACLU speaks to reporters outside court in Greenbelt, Md., Wednesday, March 15, 2017. A federal judge in Maryland says he will issue a ruling in a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's revised travel ban. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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This undated photo provided by the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office in Norman Okla., shows Ralph Shortey. Oklahoma prosecutors have filed child prostitution charges against Shortey, a Republican state senator, after police found him in a hotel room with a 17-year-old boy. Shortey, surrendered to authorities Thursday, March 16, 2017 on charges of engaging in child prostitution, transporting a minor for prostitution and engaging in prostitution within 1,000 feet of church. (Cleveland County Sheriff's Office via AP)
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This Feb. 22, 2017, shows some of the historical documents at the Taylor County Courthouse which are written in Latin, in Abilene, Texas. (Nellie Doneva /The Abilene Reporter-News via AP)
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Mark Kuller, center, the grandson of Lillian Kuller, speaks during a news conference with, from left, Ramsey County Attorney John Choi, St. Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell and Assistant County Attorney Andrew Johnson on Thursday, March 16, 2017. Prosecutors say they used new DNA tests to break a 30-year-old cold-case killing in St. Paul. The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office on Thursday charged 58-year-old Michael Anthony Withers with two counts of second-degree murder in the 1987 death of 81-year-old Lillian Kuller. (Leila Navidi/Star Tribune via AP)
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Mark Kuller, the grandson of Lillian Kuller, stands during a news conference at the Ramsey County Attorney's office on Thursday, March 16, 2017 to announce second degree murder charges against Michael Anthony Withers in the 1987 murder of Lillian Kuller. Prosecutors say they used new DNA tests to break the 30-year-old cold-case killing. The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office on Thursday charged Withers with two counts of second-degree murder in the 1987 death of 81-year-old Lillian Kuller. (Leila Navidi/Star Tribune via AP) /Star Tribune via AP)
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Assistant Ramsey County Attorney Andrew Johnson speaks during a news conference at the Ramsey County Attorney's office on Thursday, March 16, 2017 to announce second degree murder charges against Michael Anthony Withers in the 1987 murder of Lillian Kuller in St. Paul, Minn. Prosecutors say they used new DNA tests to break the 30-year-old cold-case killing. The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office on Thursday charged Withers with two counts of second-degree murder in the 1987 death of 81-year-old Lillian Kuller. (Leila Navidi/Star Tribune via AP)
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Andrew Wilson, right, is congratulated by attorneys Laurie Levenson and Jacqui Rembis during a hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, March 15, 2017 in Los Angles. Judge Laura Priver ordered the release of Wilson, who spent more than three decades in prison for murder after prosecutors conceded he did not get a fair trial. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)
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Andrew Wilson, right, is congratulated by attorney Jacqui Rembis during a hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, March 15, 2017 in Los Angles. Judge Laura Priver ordered the release of Wilson, who spent more than three decades in prison for murder after prosecutors conceded he did not get a fair trial. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)
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Andrew Wilson, right, is congratulated by attorneys Laurie Levenson, left and Jacqui Rembis, center, during a hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, March 15, 2017 in Los Angles. Judge Laura Priver ordered the release of Wilson, who spent more than three decades in prison for murder after prosecutors conceded he did not get a fair trial. (Mark Boster /Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)
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Andrew Wilson, left, exchanges a fist bump with his attorney Adam Grant at the start of a hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, March 15, 2017 in Los Angles. Judge Laura Priver ordered the release of Wilson, who spent more than three decades in prison for murder after prosecutors conceded he did not get a fair trial. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)
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Law enforcement agents search the area where two police officers were shot, Wednesday, March 15, 2017 in Detroit. A 60-year-old man suspected in the shooting of the two police officers has been arrested and the officers are in stable condition, Police Chief James Craig said Thursday. (Tanya Moutzalias/MLive Detroit via AP)
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In a Wednesday, March 15, 2017 photo, Detroit police gather at the staging area near Ash and Tillman in Detroit for the search a suspect wanted in the shooting of two Detroit police officers. A 60-year-old man suspected in the shooting has been arrested and the officers are in stable condition, the police chief said Thursday. (David Guralnick/Detroit News via AP)
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In a Wednesday, March 15, 2017 photo, Detroit police gather at the staging area near Ash and Tillman in Detroit for the search a suspect wanted in the shooting of two Detroit police officers. A 60-year-old man suspected in the shooting has been arrested and the officers are in stable condition, the police chief said Thursday. (David Guralnick/Detroit News via AP)
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Laurel Schlemmer is escorted by Allegheny County sheriffs to court for the verdict in her murder trial, Thursday, March 16, 2017, in Pittsburgh. Schlemmer, charged with drowning her two youngest sons in their bathtub because she wanted to be a better mother to their remaining older brother has been found guilty but mentally ill of third-degree murder. Allegheny County Judge Jeffrey Manning found that Schlemmer’s mental capacity was diminished by her illness so that she could not form the specific intent to kill required of the first-degree murder conviction prosecutors sought for the April 2014 killings. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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Laurel Schlemmer, center, is escorted by Allegheny County sheriffs to court for the verdict in her murder trial, Thursday, March 16, 2017, in Pittsburgh. Schlemmer, charged with drowning her two youngest sons in their bathtub because she wanted to be a better mother to their remaining older brother has been found guilty but mentally ill of third-degree murder. Allegheny County Judge Jeffrey Manning found that Schlemmer’s mental capacity was diminished by her illness so that she could not form the specific intent to kill required of the first-degree murder conviction prosecutors sought for the April 2014 killings. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
