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Milwaukee Bucks' Spencer Hawes, left, collides with Philadelphia 76ers' Robert Covington during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, March 6, 2017, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Philadelphia 76ers' Richaun Holmes, left, tries to dunk against Milwaukee Bucks' Thon Maker during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, March 6, 2017, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo, right, dribbles past Philadelphia 76ers' Robert Covington during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, March 6, 2017, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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FILE - This Dec. 29, 2015 file photo shows guards walking a corridor in the death row adjustment center at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. A settlement of a lawsuit by inmates against the state of California, obtained by The Associated Press, says the state no longer will keep inmates in the center just for being gang members. Inmates can still be sent to the windowless cells if they are considered an immediate danger. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2016 file photo, Scott Pinholster stands in his cell in the adjustment center on death row at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. A settlement of a lawsuit by inmates against the state of California, obtained by The Associated Press, says the state no longer will keep inmates in the center just for being gang members. Inmates can still be sent to the windowless cells if they are considered an immediate danger. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2016 file photo, condemned inmate Donald DeBose does pushups in a caged recreation yard space of the adjustment center on death row at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. A settlement of a lawsuit by inmates against the state of California, obtained by The Associated Press, says the state no longer will keep inmates in the center just for being gang members. Inmates can still be sent to the windowless cells if they are considered an immediate danger. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
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On the 160th anniversary of the Dred Scott decision by U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney, descendants of Scott and Taney come together at the Taney statue in front of the Maryland State House, Monday, March 6, 2017, in Annapolis, Md. On March 6, 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Dred Scott v. Sandford, ruled 7-2 that Scott, a slave, was not an American citizen and therefore could not sue for his freedom in federal court. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
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Lynne Jackson, a descendant of Dred Scott, right, hugs Charles Taney III, a descendant of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney on the 160th anniversary of the Dred Scott decision in front of the Maryland State House, Monday, March 6, 2017, in Annapolis, Md. On March 6, 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Dred Scott v. Sandford, ruled 7-2 that Scott, a slave, was not an American citizen and therefore could not sue for his freedom in federal court. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
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Charles Taney III, a descendant of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney, center, offers apology to Lynne Jackson, a descendant of Dred Scott, right, on the 160th anniversary of the Dred Scott decision in front of the Maryland State House, Monday, March 6, 2017, in Annapolis, Md. On March 6, 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Dred Scott v. Sandford, ruled 7-2 that Scott, a slave, was not an American citizen and therefore could not sue for his freedom in federal court. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
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Quinnipiac guard Aryn McClure ,left, defends against Rider guard Lexi Posset (21) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the championship of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament on Monday, March 6, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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Attorney Robert Blume speaks to reporters outside federal court in Santa Ana, Calif., after an Afghan family of five who had traveled to the United States on special visas were detained on arrival, but were ordered released from custody Monday, March 6, 2017. The mother, father and their three young sons, including a baby, arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday. "The government swung and missed on this one, and they just got it wrong," said Blume, one of the family's attorneys. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Investigators prepare to leave Monday, March 6, 2017, after human remains were discovered in the backyard of a home in Buena Park, Calif. (Ken Steinhardt/The Orange County Register via AP)
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Milwaukee Brewers catcher Andrew Susac catches a ball before a spring training baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds Wednesday, March 1, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016 file photo, a state flag of Mississippi is unfurled by Sons of Confederate Veterans and other groups on the grounds of the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss. A long-running feud over the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag is moving onto a new legal battlefield. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday, March 7, 2017, over reviving a 2016 lawsuit filed by an African-American attorney, Carlos Moore. He contends the flag is “state-sanctioned hate speech.” (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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David Samson, left, the former chairman of the Port Authority who pleaded guilty to shaking down one of the nation's largest airlines for a more convenient non-stop flight to his South Carolina country estate, arrives at Federal Court with his attorney Justin Wilder to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jose Linares on Monday, March 6, 2017 in Newark, NJ. (Ed Murray/NJ Advance Media via AP)
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David Samson, second right, the former chairman of the Port Authority follows attorney Michael Chertoff, left, as they arrive at Federal Court for Samson's sentencing, Monday, March 6, 2017, in Newark, NJ. Samson pleaded guilty last year for pressuring the airline to revive a money-losing flight from Newark Liberty International Airport to an airport near his weekend home in South Carolina in 2012. (Ed Murray/NJ Advance Media via AP)
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U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman speaks to reporters outside the courthouse in Newark, N.J., Monday, March 6, 2017. David Samson, the former head of one of the nation's most powerful transportation agencies, was sentenced Monday to four years of probation after admitting he pressured United Airlines to reinstate a flight route to give him easier access to his weekend home. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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File - In this Dec. 28, 2016, file photo, Steven Capobianco stands as he is declared guilty in his trial in Wailuku. Hawaii. Jurors who found Capobianco guilty of murder in the death of his pregnant ex-girlfriend communicated with each other illegally over the phone, his defense attorney alleged Monday, March 6, 2017, in arguing for a new trial. (Matthew Thayer/The News via AP, File)
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FILE - In this July 16, 2014 file photo, Kimberlyn Scott poses for a portrait in Makawao, Hawaii. Scott's daughter, Carly "Charli" Scott, went missing in February 2014 and has not been seen since. Jurors who found Steven Capobianco guilty of murder in the death of his pregnant ex-girlfriend communicated with each other illegally over the phone, his defense attorney alleged Monday, March 6, 2017, in arguing for a new trial. The jury found Capobianco guilty of murder and arson in December for the death of Carly "Charli" Scott. (AP Photo/Oskar Garcia, File)
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Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell discusses a fatal shooting investigation on Monday, March 6, 2017, at the Genesee County Sheriff's Office in Flint, Mich.,in which 18-year-old Brady Morris was killed Saturday, March 4 at a home in Fenton Township. A 16-year-old was taken into custody at the time of the shooting, and is expected in court this afternoon. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
