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FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2011 file photo, attorneys in the Casey Anthony case, defense counsel Jose Baez and Cheney Mason, listen to chief judge Belvin Perry during a hearing at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Fla. In a Wednesday, March 1, 2017 interview with the Orlando Sentinel Perry said Anthony may have been trying to quiet the child, Caylee, with chloroform and accidentally used too much. Perry says it’s a theory and if jurors in Anthony’s 2011 trial had come to that conclusion, they might have convicted her of second-degree murder or manslaughter. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, Pool)
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FILE - In this July 5, 2011 file photo, Casey Anthony sits at the defense table during the second day of jury deliberations in her murder trial in Orlando, Fla. In a Wednesday, March 1, 2017 interview with the Orlando Sentinel Judge Belvin Perry said Anthony may have been trying to quiet the child, Caylee, with chloroform and accidentally used too much. Perry says it’s a theory and if jurors in Anthony’s 2011 trial had come to that conclusion, they might have convicted her of second-degree murder or manslaughter. (AP Photo/Joe Burbank, Pool, File)
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ADVANCE FOR MONDAY MARCH 6, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In a Feb. 22, 2017 photo, Craig Hinden, a counselor at Longfellow Elementary School in Eau Claire, Wis., poses for a photo on the school playground. Hinden says the methamphetamine scourge is leaving children at risk. School administrators and staff, social services agencies and law enforcement officials in this part of the state report sharply rising meth use and arrests in recent years, resulting in the removal of more children from their homes when parents or guardians are incarcerated. (Dan Reiland/The Eau Claire Leader-Telegram via AP)
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Community members participate in a candlelight vigil for the victims of a house fire at a Riddle home earlier in the day, Wednesday night, March 1, 2017, in Riddle, Ore. Several children died in a house fire Wednesday in an Oregon timber town and their mother, her husband and a 13-year-old sibling were critically injured, a sheriff's official said. The cause of the blaze did not appear suspicious, but an investigation was continuing, authorities said. (Michael Sullivan/The News-Review via AP)
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Attendees spill out onto the sidewalk in front of the First Baptist Church of Riddle during a service held after a fatal home fire in the town earlier in the day, Wednesday night, March 1, 2017, in Riddle, Ore. Several children died in a house fire Wednesday in an Oregon timber town and their mother, her husband and a 13-year-old sibling were critically injured, a sheriff's official said. The cause of the blaze did not appear suspicious, but an investigation was continuing, authorities said. (Michael Sullivan/The News-Review via AP)
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Alyssa Bell, 9, of Riddle, Ore. participates in a candlelight vigil for the victims of a house fire at a Riddle home earlier in the day, Wednesday night, March 1, 2017, in Riddle, Ore. Several children died in a house fire Wednesday in an Oregon timber town and their mother, her husband and a 13-year-old sibling were critically injured, a sheriff's official said. The cause of the blaze did not appear suspicious, but an investigation was continuing, authorities said. (Michael Sullivan/The News-Review via AP)
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FILE - This file photo taken Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, shows the exterior of Brentwood High School in Brentwood, N.Y. where police were investigating the discovery of the remains of multiple Brentwood High School students in previous weeks. Federal agents said Thursday March 2, 2017, that they have caught the members of a violent El Salvadoran street gang who killed three teenagers last year, including two girls who were inseparable best friends at the high school. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2016 file photo, a poster displayed at a Suffolk County police precinct in Bay Shore, N.Y., offers a $15,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person(s) responsible for the slayings of Nisa Mickens and her lifelong friend Kayla Cuevas. Federal agents said Thursday March 2, 2017, that they have caught the members of a violent El Salvadoran street gang who killed three teenagers last year, including the two girls who were inseparable best friends at their Long Island high school. (AP Photo/Michael Balsamo, File)
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FILE - In this July 29, 2015 file photo, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during a hearing in Austin, Texas. A federal judge on Thursday, March 2, 2017, dismissed the U.S. government's securities fraud lawsuit against Paxton, though the Republican still faces criminal charges of duping wealthy investors. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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Then-National Rifle Association President Charlton Heston holds up a rifle as he addresses gun owners during a "get-out-the-vote" rally in Manchester, N.H., in this Oct. 21, 2002, file photo. A Philadelphia judge's clash with the late actor has indirectly led to a U.S. appeals court decision to overturn a 1998 murder conviction. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2016 file photo, George Zimmerman looks at the jury as he testifies in a Seminole County courtroom in Orlando, Fla. Florida doesn't just want to let people stand their ground, it also wants to make the state prove they didn't commit violence in self-defense before taking them to trial. While at least 22 states have similar laws that say people can use force — even deadly force — to defend themselves from threats, Florida could soon be the only one that spells out that prosecutors have to prove defendants weren't acting in self-defense before taking someone to trial.(Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel via AP, Pool)
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FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2011, file photo, Miami Dolphins cornerback Will Allen looks up during the second half of the team's NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills in Miami Gardens, Fla. Former NFL cornerback Allen and his business partner have been sentenced to prison for running a Ponzi scheme that took in more than $35 million. A federal judge in Boston on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, sentenced Allen, of Davie, Fla., and Susan Daub, of Coral Spring, Fla., each to six years in prison and three years of supervised release. They were also ordered to pay restitution totaling $17 million. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
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A medical staff member stands outside forensic department at Kuala Lumpur Hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Thursday, March 2, 2017. Two young women accused of smearing VX nerve agent on the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader were charged with murder Wednesday in a Malaysian court. (AP Photo/Daniel Chan)
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A police officer carrying a machine gun patrols inside forensic department at Kuala Lumpur Hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Thursday, March 2, 2017. Two young women accused of smearing VX nerve agent on the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader were charged with murder Wednesday in a Malaysian court. (AP Photo/Daniel Chan)
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A woman walk pass a wall marking the number of days of media coverage of the North Korean assassination outside the Kuala Lumpur Hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday, March 2, 2017. The Malaysian court on Wednesday charged two women with murder, over two weeks after North Korean leaders estranged half brother Kim Jong Nam was attacked in the Kuala Lumpur's international airport and later died. (AP Photo/Daniel Chan)
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This an undated photo provided by the Linn County Jail in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, shows Gervais Ngombwa. A federal judge is expected to sentence Ngombwa, a Rwandan man Thursday, March 2, 2017, for lying to gain citizenship in the U.S. after helping carry out deadly attacks during the country’s 1994 genocide. (Linn County Jail via AP)
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Denver Nuggets guard Emmanuel Mudiay, center, drives through the Milwaukee Bucks defense during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, March 1, 2017, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Darren Hauck)
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In this Feb. 28, 2017, photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions pauses while speaking at the National Association of Attorneys General annual winter meeting in Washington. Sessions had two conversations with the Russian ambassador to the United States during the presidential campaign. The Justice Department said March 1 that the two conversations took place last year when Sessions was a senator. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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President Trump still insists on building a wall along the southern border, but he is signaling a potential shift on a signature issue. He said he is open to giving legal status to some people living in the country illegally. (Associated Press)
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New York Knicks' Carmelo Anthony (7) makes a shot against Orlando Magic's Aaron Gordon (00) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, March 1, 2017, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
