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Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps, left, and Olympic shot-put champion Adam Nelson, right, arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, to testify before the House Commerce Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on the international anti-doping system. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, before the House Commerce Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on the international anti-doping system. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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President Donald Trump poses for a photo with the National Association of Attorneys General, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Wes Doughty appears in Peabody District Court in Peabody, Mass., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, for his arraignment on charges of double murder in the killings of 39-year-old Jennifer O'Connor and 37-year-old Mark Greenlaw, who were found in their Peabody home on Feb. 18. (Mark Lorenz/The Daily Item of Lynn via AP, Pool)
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Wes Doughty appears in Peabody District Court in Peabody, Mass., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, for his arraignment on charges of double murder in the killings of 39-year-old Jennifer O'Connor and 37-year-old Mark Greenlaw, who were found in their Peabody home on Feb. 18. (Mark Lorenz/The Daily Item of Lynn via AP, Pool)
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Wes Doughty appears in Peabody District Court in Peabody, Mass., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, for his arraignment on charges of double murder in the killings of 39-year-old Jennifer O'Connor and 37-year-old Mark Greenlaw, who were found in their Peabody home on Feb. 18. (Mark Lorenz/The Daily Item of Lynn via AP, Pool)
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Wes Doughty appears in Peabody District Court in Peabody, Mass., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, for his arraignment on charges of double murder in the killings of 39-year-old Jennifer O'Connor and 37-year-old Mark Greenlaw, who were found in their Peabody home on Feb. 18. (Mark Lorenz/The Daily Item of Lynn via AP, Pool)
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In this Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 photo, Michael Lask, left, and his attorney James Piazza, appear during Lask's plea hearing in front of Circuit Judge Andre R. Borrello in Saginaw, Mich. Lask pleaded guilty but mentally ill to killing his fiancee's 10-month-old baby in March 2016. (Jeff Schrier/The Saginaw News via AP)
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In this Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 photo, Michael Lask waits for his plea hearing in front of Circuit Judge Andre R. Borrello in Saginaw, Mich. Lask pleaded guilty but mentally ill to killing his fiancee's 10-month-old baby in March 2016. (Jeff Schrier/The Saginaw News via AP)
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In this Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 photo, Michael Lask waits for his plea hearing in front of Circuit Judge Andre R. Borrello in Saginaw, Mich. Lask pleaded guilty but mentally ill to killing his fiancee's 10-month-old baby in March 2016. (Jeff Schrier/The Saginaw News via AP)
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at the National Association of Attorneys General annual winter meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at the National Association of Attorneys General annual winter meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney surveys the damage at Mount Carmel Cemetery, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, in Philadelphia. Police investigated what they called an "abominable crime" after several hundred headstones were damaged during the weekend at the Jewish cemetery dating to the late 1800s, said Steven Rosenberg, chief marketing officer of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia. (David Swanson/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
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FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2017, file photo, a fire set by protesters burns in the background as opponents of the Dakota Access pipeline leave their main protest camp Wednesday near Cannon Ball, N.D. A federal judge will hear arguments Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, about whether to stop the final bit of construction on the disputed Dakota Access pipeline, perhaps just days before it could start moving oil.(Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP, File)
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Superior Court Judge William McClain announces the final sentences for Jose Torres and Kayla Norton at the Douglas County Courthouse in Douglasville, Ga., Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. Judge McClain sentenced Torres and Kayla Rae Norton, right, to lengthy prison terms Monday for their role in the disruption of a black child's birthday party with Confederate flags, racial slurs and armed threats. (Henry P. Taylor/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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An observer in the gallery for the sentencing for Jose Torres and Kayla Norton weeps in the Douglas County Courthouse in Douglasville, Ga., on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. Superior Court Judge William McClain sentenced Torres and Kayla Rae Norton, right, to lengthy prison terms Monday for their role in the disruption of a black child's birthday party with Confederate flags, racial slurs and armed threats. (Henry P. Taylor/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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Kayla Norton stands and speaks on her own behalf in front of Superior Court Judge William McClain at the Douglas County Courthouse in Douglasville, Ga, on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. Superior Court Judge William McClain sentenced Jose Torres and Norton to lengthy prison terms Monday for their role in the disruption of a black child's birthday party with Confederate flags, racial slurs and armed threats. (Henry P. Taylor/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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Hyesha Bryant stands and speaks to Kayla Norton and the court around her in response to Norton speaking on her own behalf while District Attorney Brian Fortner stands at her side at the Douglas County Courthouse in Douglasville, Ga., on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. Superior Court Judge William McClain sentenced Jose Torres and Norton to lengthy prison terms Monday for their role in the disruption of a black child's birthday party with Confederate flags, racial slurs and armed threats. (Henry P. Taylor/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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Kayla Norton yells "I love you guys!" to the crowd that gathered to support her at her sentencing at the Douglas County Courthouse in Douglasville, Ga., Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. Superior Court Judge William McClain sentenced Norton and Jose Torres to lengthy prison terms Monday for their role in the disruption of a black child's birthday party with Confederate flags, racial slurs and armed threats. (Henry P. Taylor/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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Jose Torres, left, weeps in his seat while during his sentencing at the Douglas County Courthouse in Douglasville, Ga., Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. Superior Court Judge William McClain sentenced Torres and Kayla Rae Norton, right, to lengthy prison terms Monday for their role in the disruption of a black child's birthday party with Confederate flags, racial slurs and armed threats. (Henry P. Taylor/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)