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In this Jan. 18, 2017 photo, Chrycynthia Davis, mother of Kharon Davis, poses for a portrait outside of her home in Dothan, Ala. Kharon Davis was 22-years-old when he was arrested on a capitol murder charge in 2007 and booked into the Houston County Jail. Davis has spent nearly a third of his life held without bond in the jail waiting for trial. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
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In this Jan. 18, 2017 photo, Chrycynthia Davis, mother of Kharon Davis, poses for a portrait in Dothan, Ala. Kharon Davis was 22-years-old when he was arrested on a capitol murder charge in 2007 and booked into the Houston County Jail. Davis has spent nearly a third of his life held without bond in the jail waiting for trial. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
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FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2016, file photo, real estate heir Robert Durst sits in a courtroom during a hearing in Los Angeles. Durst's close friend Nathan Chavin said Friday, Feb.17, 2017, that it took seven months for him to come clean and tell prosecutors what the real estate heir said about killing their close friend. Chavin said he struggled during that time to balance his loyalties to two best friends before deciding to tell "the whole truth" about what he knew about Susan Berman's death. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool, File)
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FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, file photo, real estate heir Robert Durst appears in a Los Angeles Superior Court Airport Branch for a pre-trial motions hearing in Los Angeles. Durst's close friend Nathan Chavin said Friday, Feb.17, 2017, that it took seven months for him to come clean and tell prosecutors what the real estate heir said about killing their close friend. Chavin said he struggled during that time to balance his loyalties to two best friends before deciding to tell "the whole truth" about what he knew about Susan Berman's death. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool, File)
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FILE - In March 17, 2015, file photo, New York real estate heir Robert Durst smiles as he is transported from Orleans Parish Criminal District Court to the Orleans Parish Prison after his arraignment on murder charges in New Orleans. Durst's close friend Nathan Chavin said Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, that it took seven months for him to come clean and tell prosecutors what the real estate heir said about killing their close friend. Chavin said he struggled during that time to balance his loyalties to two best friends before deciding to tell "the whole truth" about what he knew about Susan Berman's death. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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Shirley Vanegas, daughter of illegal immigrants, addresses Miami-Dade County commissioners in the county building, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in downtown Miami. Vanegas asked the commissioners to reverse Mayor Carlos Gimenez's position on immigration that requires local police to work with federal officers to enforce immigration law. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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Nora Sandigo Otero and several of the children under her legal guardianship, receive a standing ovation at their arrival at the Miami-Dade County immigration hearing, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in downtown Miami. Sandigo Otero, who is legal guardian to around 1,000 American-born children and minor teenagers who at least one of their parents has been deported, is asking the Miami-Dade commissioners to reverse Mayor Carlos Gimenez's position on immigration that requires local police to work with federal officers to enforce immigration law. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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Nora Sandigo Otero, right, and several of the children under her legal guardianship, arrive at the Miami-Dade County immigration hearing, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in downtown Miami. Sandigo Otero, legal guardian to around 1,000 American-born children and minor teenagers who at least one of their parents has been deported, is asking the Miami-Dade commissioners to reverse Mayor Carlos Gimenez's position on immigration, that requires local police to work with federal officers to enforce immigration law. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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Supreme Court associate justice Samuel Alito, right, swears in Scott Pruitt as the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex in Washington, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. Holding the bible is Marlyn Pruitt, wife of Scott Pruitt, and their son Cade Pruitt is standing second from right. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Supreme Court associate justice Samuel Alito, right, swears in Scott Pruitt as the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex in Washington, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. Holding the bible is Marlyn Pruitt, wife of Scott Pruitt, and their son Cade Pruitt is standing second from right. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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In this undated photo provided by Nina Robertson, her brother Chad Robertson of Minneapolis is shown. An Amtrak police officer, LaRoyce Tankson, has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death Feb. 8 of Robertson outside Chicago's Union Station. (Nina Robertson via AP)
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With charred foliage seen in the foreground, Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies patrol a road lined with K-rail and other barriers in Duarte, Calif., in a threatened area below a burn area known as the Fish Fire, as a powerful storm moves into Southern California, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. The saturated state faces a new round of wet weather that could trigger flooding and debris flows. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Dr. Larry Nassar, center, and his attorneys, Shannon Smith and Matt Newburg, listen to Judge Donald Allen Jr. rule that Nassar, a former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics sports doctor, should stand trial on sexual assault charges during a hearing, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Lansing, Mich. Nassar is accused of assaulting a girl from the age of 6 until the girl was 12 at his home in Holt, Mich. He's pleaded not guilty. (Robert Killips/Lansing State Journal via AP)
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Dr. Larry Nassar listens to testimony of a witness during a preliminary hearing Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Lansing, Mich. A judge on Friday ordered Nassar, a former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics sports doctor, to stand trial on sexual assault charges. He is accused of assaulting a girl from the age of 6 until the girl was 12 at his home in Holt, Mich. He has pleaded not guilty. (Robert Killips/Lansing State Journal via AP)
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Nora Sandigo Otero, right, comforts Yardley Vanegas, left, and Sherley Ramirez, right, children under her legal guardianship, as they leave the Miami-Dade County hearing, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in downtown Miami. Sandigo Otero, who is legal guardian to around 1,000 American-born children and minor teenagers who at least one of their parents has been deported, is asking the Miami-Dade commissioners to reverse Mayor Carlos Gimenez's position on immigration that requires local police to work with federal officers to enforce immigration law. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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Nora Sandigo Otero, right, talks to Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez, left, at the Miami-Dade County hearing, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in downtown Miami. Sandigo Otero, who is legal guardian to around 1,000 American-born children and minor teenagers who at least one of their parents has been deported, is asking the Miami-Dade commissioners to reverse Mayor Carlos Gimenez's position on immigration that requires local police to work with federal officers to enforce immigration law. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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Mark Rosenbaum, right, and Theodore Boutrous Jr., left, attorneys for Daniel Ramirez Medina, speak Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, outside the federal courthouse in Seattle, where a hearing was held for Medina, a Seattle-area man who was arrested by immigration agents despite his participation in a federal program to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children. A federal magistrate on Friday declined to release Medina saying he must request a hearing from a federal immigration judge. Ramirez's arrest thrust him into a national debate over the immigration priorities of President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Mark Rosenbaum, right, and Theodore Boutrous Jr., left, attorneys for Daniel Ramirez Medina, speak Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, outside the federal courthouse in Seattle, where a hearing was held for Medina, a Seattle-area man who was arrested by immigration agents despite his participation in a federal program to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children. A federal magistrate on Friday declined to release Medina saying he must request a hearing from a federal immigration judge. Ramirez's arrest thrust him into a national debate over the immigration priorities of President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Mark Rosenbaum, center-left, and Theodore Boutrous Jr., center-right, attorneys for Daniel Ramirez Medina, speak Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, outside the federal courthouse in Seattle, where a hearing was held for Medina, a Seattle-area man who was arrested by immigration agents despite his participation in a federal program to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children. A federal magistrate on Friday declined to release Medina saying he must request a hearing from a federal immigration judge. Ramirez's arrest thrust him into a national debate over the immigration priorities of President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Mark Rosenbaum, center right, and Theodore Boutrous Jr., center-left, attorneys for Daniel Ramirez Medina, speak at a podium Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, outside the federal courthouse in Seattle, where a hearing was held for Medina, a Seattle-area man who was arrested by immigration agents despite his participation in a federal program to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children. A federal magistrate on Friday declined to release Medina saying he must request a hearing from a federal immigration judge. Ramirez's arrest thrust him into a national debate over the immigration priorities of President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)