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Edwin Bernbaum discuses his son, Jonathan Bernbaum, a victim of last December's Oakland warehouse fire, during a hearing of the Senate Governance and Finance Committee, Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers were exploring issues related to the fire that killed 36 in a warehouse that illegally housed an artists' collective and event space. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2015, file photo, Kim Foxx, then a candidate for Cook County state's attorney, speaks at a news conference in Chicago. Foxx, the Chicago area's top prosecutor says her office is starting a new effort to target gun crimes in city neighborhoods and revamping a branch of her office that investigates possible wrongful convictions. State's Attorney Foxx said Wednesday, March 15, 2017 that attorneys from her office are teaming up with federal prosecutors in two police districts that have some of the highest violence rates.(AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
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George Leontire, right, defense attorney for defendant Aaron Hernandez, shows paperwork to tattoo artist David Nelson who testifies during Hernandez' double murder trial in Suffolk Superior Court, Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in Boston. Hernandez is on trial for the July 2012 killings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado who he encountered in a Boston nightclub. The former New England Patriots NFL football player is already serving a life sentence in the 2013 killing of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, Pool)
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Jose Baez, defense attorney for defendant Aaron Hernandez, holds an evidence photo as he speaks to the jury during Hernandez's double murder trial in Suffolk Superior Court, Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in Boston. Hernandez is on trial for the July 2012 killings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado who he encountered in a Boston nightclub. The former New England Patriots NFL football player is already serving a life sentence in the 2013 killing of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, Pool)
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Hawaii Attorney General Douglas Chin speaks at a press conference outside the federal courthouse, Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in Honolulu. Hearings were scheduled Wednesday in Maryland, Washington state and Hawaii on President Donald Trump's travel ban. Hawaii's lawsuit claims the ban harms Hawaii by highlighting the state's dependence on international travelers, its ethnic diversity and its welcoming reputation as the Aloha State. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
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Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca arrives with his wife at federal court in Los Angeles on Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Baca was convicted Wednesday of obstructing an FBI corruption investigation of jails he ran and of lying to federal authorities. He could face 20 years in prison. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Hawaii Attorney General Douglas Chin flashes a Hawaii shaka before entering federal court, Wednesday, March 15, 2107, in Honolulu. Legal efforts to overturn President Donald Trump's travel ban will be held Wednesday in Hawaii. The lawsuit claims the ban harms Hawaii by highlighting the state's dependence on international travelers, its ethnic diversity and its welcoming reputation as the Aloha State. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
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FBI Special Agent in Charge Jack Bennett speaks about a Yahoo security breach during a news conference Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in San Francisco. Two Russian intelligence agents and two hackers have been charged in a devastating breach at Yahoo that affected at least a half billion user accounts, the Justice Department said Wednesday in bringing the first case of its kind against Russian government officials. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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FILE- In this Nov. 15, 2012, file photo, Pedro Hernandez appears in Manhattan criminal court in New York. Hernandez was convicted Feb. 14, 2014, for the 1979 kidnap and murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz. His lawyer stated in court papers filed Wednesday, March 15, 2017, that Hernandez could not have gotten a fair trial because the jury was unfairly influenced by how close former jurors were to the Patz family. Members of the first jury who voted to convict Hernandez in 2015, a case that ended in mistrial, attended the second trial and often sat with the boy's father in court. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, Pool, File)
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FILE- In this Feb. 14, 2017 file photo, Stan Patz, father of 6-year-old Etan Patz, who disappeared on the way to the school bus stop 38 years ago, arrives at Manhattan Supreme Court in New York. Jennifer O'Connor, a juror in the first trial for Pedro Hernandez, who was charged with Etan's murder, accompanies Patz. Hernandez's attorney stated in court papers Wednesday, March 15, 2017 that Hernandez could not have gotten a fair trial because the jury was unfairly influenced by how close former jurors were to the Patz family. Members of the first jury who voted to convict Hernandez in 2015, a case that ended in mistrial, attended the second trial and often sat with Stan Patz in court. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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Ice covers the fire escape of an apartment building that caught fire, Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in Yonkers, N.Y. Authorities say the fire, which may have started on the fifth floor early Wednesday morning, has left one person dead and forced dozens of people into the cold. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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Yonkers fire department crews finish working on the scene of a fire at an apartment building, Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in Yonkers, N.Y. Authorities say the fire, which may have started on the fifth floor early Wednesday morning, has left one person dead and forced dozens of people into the cold. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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Yonkers fire department crews finish working on the scene of a fire at an apartment building, Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in Yonkers, N.Y. Authorities say the fire, which may have started on the fifth floor early Wednesday morning, has left one person dead and forced dozens of people into the cold. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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FILE - In this June 25, 2016 file photo shows United States defender Geoff Cameron (20) plays the ball during the Copa America Centenario third-place soccer match against Colombia at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Cameron was selected for the U.S. roster by coach Bruce Arena on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, for the team's World Cup qualifiers against Honduras and Panama. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
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Ice covers the fire escape of an apartment building that caught fire, Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in Yonkers, N.Y. Authorities say the fire, which may have started on the fifth floor early Wednesday morning, has left one person dead and forced dozens of people into the cold. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions gestures during a speech before law enforcement officers in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, March 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions gestures during a speech before law enforcement officers in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, March 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks to law enforcement officers in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, March 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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FILE- In this Jan. 30, 2017, file photo, Esteban Santiago, center, is led from the Broward County jail for an arraignment in federal court in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Prosecutors and defense attorneys for Santiago said at a hearing Wednesday, March 15, 2017, the death penalty decision process has just begun. Santiago is accused in the Jan. 6 shooting that killed five and wounded six at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
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Justin Cox of the National Immigration Law Center, representing all the plaintiffs, right, with Omar Jadwat of ACLU, speaks to reporters outside the courthouse 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)
