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John R.K. Howard stares ahead with a blank face during his sentencing hearing, Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, at the courthouse in Twin Falls, Idaho. District Judge Randy Stoker has sentenced John R.K. Howard, a high school football player to three years of probation and 300 hours of community service after prosecutors said he took part in a brutal locker room assault on a black football player in a small Idaho town. (Drew Nash/The Times-News via AP)
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John R.K. Howard takes a seat during his sentencing hearing, Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, at the courthouse in Twin Falls, Idaho. District Judge Randy Stoker has sentenced John R.K. Howard, a high school football player to three years of probation and 300 hours of community service after prosecutors said he took part in a brutal locker room assault on a black football player in a small Idaho town. (Drew Nash/The Times-News via AP)
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In this Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 photo, El Paso County Attorney Jo Anne Bernal, left, answers a question in El Paso, Texas, as County Judge Veronica Escobar and Center Against Sexual and Family Violence Executive Director Stephanie Karr listen as the three take questions from local media concerning the arrest of Irvin Gonzalez. The arrest by federal authorities in El Paso of the transgender woman who was seeking protection from an abusive boyfriend has led to questions about what lengths authorities will go to apprehend people under newly stepped-up immigration policies. (Mark Lambie /The El Paso Times via AP)
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In this Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 photo, El Paso County Attorney Jo Anne Bernal, from left, County Judge Veronica Escobar, District Attorney Jaime Esparza and Stephanie Karr, executive director of the Center Against Sexual and Family Violence, hold a teleconference in El Paso, Texas, with national and local media concerning Irvin Gonzalez, a transgender woman who was seeking protection from an abusive boyfriend, who was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The video on the screen shows ICE officers holding Gonzalez's arm as they escort her from the El Paso County Courthouse. (Mark Lambie/The El Paso Times via AP)
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FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2015, file photo, former Albuquerque Detective Keith Sandy, left, and Officer Dominique Perez speak with attorneys during a preliminary hearing in Albuquerque, N.M. A newly installed district attorney in New Mexico is expected to announce if he will retry the two former Albuquerque police officers charged with killing a homeless camper. Second Judicial District Attorney Raul Torrez has scheduled a news conference Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, to discuss the case involving the former officers. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras, File)
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This Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017 booking photo released by the Broward County Sheriff's Office shows Ana Lucia Gnecco in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Gnecco, a U.S. Navy sailor, is accused of deserting her post after having a baby in August. (Broward County Sheriff's Office via AP)
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Novelist Michael Peterson addresses reporters after his court hearing in Durham County, N.C., on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. Peterson agreed to an “Alford plea,” which enables him to maintain his innocence in the death of his wife Kathleen Peterson in 2001, even as he acknowledges that prosecutors had enough evidence to convict him of manslaughter. To Peterson’s right is defense attorney David Rudolf; behind him is defense attorney Butch Williams. (AP Photo/Skip Foreman)
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This undated photo provided by Lauren Anderson shows Deserae Turner, a Utah teenager who was shot in the head and left in a ditch. Residents of a small town in northern Utah are struggling to comprehend why two teenage boys plotted to rob and kill, Turner, 14, before shooting her in the head and leaving her critically wounded in a ditch, according to prosecutors. (Lauren Anderson via AP)
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Novelist Michael Peterson is directed to the exit of a Durham County, N.C., courtroom on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. Peterson agreed to an Alford plea to a charge of manslaughter in the 2001 death of his wife, Kathleen, in their mansion. (AP Photo/Skip Foreman)
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FILE - This Oct. 14, 2016 file booking photo provided by the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office in Wichita, Kan., shows Patrick Stein, the alleged leader of a militia group accused of plotting to bomb a apartment complex in western Kansas where Somali refugees lived. At a detention hearing Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, Klein's attorney said his client believed then President Barack Obama would declare martial law and not recognize the validity of the election if Donald Trump won - forcing militias to step in. (Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
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Law enforcement personnel investigate the patio area of Austins Bar & Grill on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Olathe, Kansas. Witnesses said a man accused of opening fire in a crowded bar yelled at two Indian men to "get out of my country" before pulling the trigger in an attack that killed one of the men and wounded the other, as well as a third man who tried to help. (Shane Keyser/The Kansas City Star via AP)
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Joe Trusty clears snow from his car parked along street near his home on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, in Rochester, Minn. Forecasters expected additional snow through Friday night. The heavy snow missed the Twin Cities in Minnesota and the Milwaukee metro area in Wisconsin. (Andrew Link/The Rochester Post-Bulletin via AP)
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A Rochester Municipal Parking crew clears snow around the First Street Ramp in downtown Rochester, Minn., on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. Forecasters expected additional snow through Friday night. The heavy snow missed the Twin Cities in Minnesota and the Milwaukee metro area in Wisconsin. (Andrew Link/The Rochester Post-Bulletin via AP)
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Conrad Truman, right, speaks with Mark Moffatt, his defense attorney, during the closing arguments in his murder trial Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Provo, Utah. A jury has begun deliberating in the case of Truman, a Utah man on trial for the second time in his wife's death. (Sammy Jo Hester/The Daily Herald via AP, Pool)
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Conrad Truman, right, speaks with Mark Moffatt, his defense attorney, during the closing arguments in his murder trial Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Provo, Utah. A jury has begun deliberating in the case of Truman, a Utah man on trial for the second time in his wife's death. (Sammy Jo Hester/The Daily Herald via AP, Pool)
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This Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, photo provided by the Johnson County Sheriff's Office in Olathe, Kan., shows Adam Purinton, who has been charged with murder and attempted murder in the Wednesday night shooting at a crowded bar in the Kansas City suburb of Olathe. One man was killed and two were injured in the shooting. (Johnson County Sheriff's Office via AP)
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This undated photo provided by the Harvey County Sheriff's Office in Newton, Kan., shows David Lee Montano, of Newton. Montano, who was suspected of gunning down three other men in a home before being fatally shot by a police officer early Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, knew his victims and targeted them, authorities said. (Harvey County Sheriff's Office via AP)
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A fake mummy representing the Supreme Court carries a sign criticizing court justices that reads in Portuguese: "The Supreme Mummy. Little causes. Big transactions," during the Nise da Silveira Mental Health Institute carnival parade, coined in Portuguese: "Loucura Suburbana," or Suburban Madness, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. Patients, their relatives and institute workers held their parade one day before the official start of Carnival. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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In this June 5, 2015, file photo, a view of the Homeland Security Department headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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An arson was reported at the Daarus Salaam Mosque on Morris Bridge Rd. in Thonotasassa, Fla., early Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. This fire has the signs of an intentional criminal act, and the local authorities and federal agents from A.T.F. (Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms) are presently investigating it. (James Borchuck/The Tampa Bay Times via AP)
