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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 AT 1 A.M. EDT AND THEREAFTER-In this 2012 photo provided by a former member of the church, Jeffrey Cooper holds his infant daughter at her 2012 baby dedication at the Word of Faith Fellowship compound in Spindale, N.C. At second right is Frank Webster, an assistant North Carolina prosecutor who is married to church leader Jane Whaley's daughter, Robin, left. At right is Frank Webster's son, Brock. At second left is Jeffrey Coopers' wife, Natalie. Frank Webster and Chris Back _ church ministers who handle criminal cases as assistant DAs for three nearby counties _ provided legal advice, helped at strategy sessions and participated in a mock trial for four congregants charged with harassing a former member, according to former congregants interviewed as part of an AP investigation of Word of Faith. (AP Photo)
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Two known MS-13 gang members, formerly of El Salvador, Miguel Alvarez-Flores, right, and Diego Hernandez-Rivera appear in court Thursday, March 2, 2017, in Houston. The pair, who had a Satanic shrine in their Houston apartment, are suspects in the killing of one teenager and the kidnapping of another. (Steve Gonzales/Houston Chronicle via AP) **FILE**
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Two known MS-13 gang members, formerly of El Salvador, Miguel Alvarez-Flores, left, and Diego Hernandez-Rivera appear in court Thursday, March 2, 2017, in Houston. The pair, who had a Satanic shrine in their Houston apartment, are suspects in the killing of one teenager and the kidnapping of another. (Steve Gonzales/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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Police honor guard stand by the casket of Whittier police Officer Keith Lane Boyer during funeral services at Calvary Chapel Downey on Friday March 3, 2017 in Downey, Calif. Boyer was killed Feb. 20 when he went to help a driver involved in a car crash and the driver opened fire. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)
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Los Angeles County Sheriff officers salute the casket of slain Whittier police officer Keith Wayne Boyer as it arrives at a funeral service at Calvary Chapel Downey on Friday, March 3, 2017, in Downey, Calif. Boyer was killed Feb. 20 when he went to help a driver involved in a car crash and the driver opened fire. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Defense attorney Jose Baez addresses the jury before leaving for the "view" of locations pertinent in former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's double murder trial in Suffolk Superior Court, Friday, March 3, 2017, in Boston. Hernandez is accused in the killing Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado in Boston's South End, on July 16, 2012. (John Wilcox/The Boston Herald via AP)
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Judge Jeffrey Locke talks with the jury before leaving for the "view" of locations pertinent in former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's double murder trial in Suffolk Superior Court, Friday, March 3, 2017, in Boston. Hernandez is accused in the killing Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado in Boston's South End, on July 16, 2012. (John Wilcox/The Boston Herald via AP)
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Aaron Hernandez talks with a member of his defense team during his double murder trial in Suffolk Superior Court, Friday, March 3, 2017, in Boston. Hernandez is accused in the killing Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado in Boston's South End, on July 16, 2012. (John Wilcox/The Boston Herald via AP)
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Aaron Hernandez, left, talks with his attorney Jose Baez during his double murder trial in Suffolk Superior Court, Friday, March 3, 2017, in Boston. Hernandez is accused in the killing Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado in Boston's South End, on July 16, 2012. (John Wilcox/The Boston Herald via AP)
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FILE - In this July 16, 2012, file photo, Boston Police investigate a car in which Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado were shot to death near the intersection of Herald Street and Shawmut Avenue in Boston. Former New England Patriots NFL football player Aaron Hernandez is charged with their murders. The jury in his trial is scheduled to visit the crime scene on Friday, March 3, 2017. (AP photo/Courtney Sacco, File)
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Defense attorney Jose Baez addresses the jury before leaving for the "view" of locations pertinent in former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's double murder trial in Suffolk Superior Court, Friday, March 3, 2017, in Boston. Hernandez is accused in the killing Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado in Boston's South End, on July 16, 2012. (John Wilcox/The Boston Herald via AP)
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Assistant district attorney Teresa Anderson talks with the jury before leaving for the "view" of locations pertinent in former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's double murder trial in Suffolk Superior Court, Friday, March 3, 2017, in Boston. Hernandez is accused in the killing Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado in Boston's South End, on July 16, 2012. (John Wilcox/The Boston Herald via AP)
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Aaron Hernandez talks with a member of his defense team during his double murder trial in Suffolk Superior Court, Friday, March 3, 2017, in Boston. Hernandez is accused in the killing Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado in Boston's South End, on July 16, 2012. (John Wilcox/The Boston Herald via AP)
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In this Feb. 13, 2016 file photo, the Supreme Court building in Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
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FILE - This July 24, 2006 file photo shows a gray wolf at the Wildlife Science Center in Forest Lake, Minn. An appeals court ruled Friday, March 3, 2017, to lift federal protections for gray wolves in Wyoming. The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reverses a lower judge who sided with environmental groups and rejected Wyoming's wolf management plan. (AP Photo/Dawn Villella, file)
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Former State Sen. Irb Benjamin of Madison, walks to the federal courthouse in Jackson, Miss., for sentencing after having pleaded guilty to paying bribes for prison contracts to former state Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps, Friday, March 3, 2017. Benjamin faces up to 10 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Former State Sen. Irb Benjamin of Madison, walks to the federal courthouse in Jackson, Miss., for sentencing after having pleaded guilty to paying bribes for prison contracts to former state Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps, Friday, March 3, 2017. Benjamin faces up to 10 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Former State Sen. Irb Benjamin of Madison, foreground, leads his attorney Joe Hollomon, to the federal courthouse in Jackson, Miss., for sentencing after having pleaded guilty to paying bribes for prison contracts to former state Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps, Friday, March 3, 2017. Benjamin faces up to 10 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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San Bernardino County Fire Department and the San Bernardino County Sheriff Department investigate the scene after retrieving a vehicle that veered of eastbound Main Street for unknown reasons and crashed into the California Aqueduct in Hesperia, Calif., on Thursday, March 2, 2017. The cause of the crash is under investigation according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff Department. (David Pardo/The Daily Press via AP)
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San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department dive team members continue a search for a missing child after a car plunged into the California Aqueduct in the high desert city of Hesperia, Calif. on Friday, March 3, 2017. A woman and a child are dead, another child has been rescued and a third is missing after a car plunged into the aqueduct. (James Quigg/The Victor Valley Daily Press via AP)
