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Oriana Garcia is seen in an undated photo provided by the Hagerstown, Md., Department of Police. Prosecutors say they expect to strike a plea deal with a Garcia, whose 9-year-old son was fatally beaten over a missing piece of birthday cake. Washington County Assistant State's Attorney Gina Cirincion says she anticipates that Garcia will plead guilty Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017 to first-degree child abuse resulting in death. (Hagerstown Department of Police via AP)
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FILE - In this Monday, June 30, 2014 file photo, veteran entertainer Rolf Harris leaves the Southwark Crown Court in London. Harris, who is serving a prison sentence for a string of sexual abuses against young girls, has been cleared on another three charges of sexual assault. He was found not guilty Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 of three of seven assaults said to have taken place over four decades. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, file)
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FILE - In this Jan. 31, 1953, file photo, Supreme Court Associate Justice Robert Jackson poses arriving at the Statler Hotel in Washington, for the dinner of the Alfalfa Club where he was "nominated" for president in a fun fest. On the night Judge Neil Gorsuch was nominated to fill Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, he was thinking about history. “The towering judges that have served in this particular seat on the Supreme Court, including Antonin Scalia and Robert Jackson, are much in my mind at this moment,” Gorsuch said in the East Room of the White House following his nomination by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo)
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FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2016 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's courtroom chair is draped in black to mark his death as part of a tradition that dates to the 19th century, at the Supreme Court in Washington. In the year since Scalia’s death last February, the court’s empty place has often been referred to as “Justice Scalia’s seat.” But as Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch suggested, the seat’s history actually goes back more than 150 years. The lineage includes seven men, all but one nominated to the seat by Republican presidents. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, file photo, Attorney General-designate, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Senate is working overtime toward confirming President Donald Trump's close ally, Sessions, to become the nation's top law enforcement officer as attorney general. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department shows Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem. Sentencing is set Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, for the American-born Muslim convert convicted of helping to plot a 2015 attack on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas. Kareem also will be sentenced on his conviction for supporting the Islamic State group. (Maricopa County Sheriff's Department via AP, File)
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FILE - In this May 4, 2015 file photo, FBI crime scene investigators document evidence outside the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas. Sentencing is set Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, for American-born Muslim convert Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem, who was convicted of helping to plot a 2015 attack on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade, File)
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This Jan. 23, 2017 photo shows an interview room for small children at the Children's Advocacy Project in Casper, Wyo. . The non-profit group offers services for alleged victims of abuse. (Dan Cepeda, Casper Star-Tribune via AP)
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Forensic interviewer and therapist Baleigh Hite poses in an interview room Jan. 23, 2017 at the Children's Advocacy Project in Casper, Wyo. Three child advocacy facilities have seen their funding change repeatedly over the past few years as state agencies were asked to slash expenses. (Dan Cepeda, Casper Star-Tribune via AP)
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Auburn's Austin Wiley dunks against Mississippi State during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, in Auburn, Ala. Auburn won 98-92. (Todd J. Van Emst/Opelika-Auburn News via AP)
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Auburn guard T.J. Dunans (4) tries to shoot over Mississippi State guard Xavian Stapleton (3) in the first half of their NCAA college basketball game on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 in Auburn, Ala. (Todd J. Van Emst/Opelika-Auburn News via AP)
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Auburn forward Anfernee McLemore (24) dunks against Mississippi State in the first half of their NCAA college basketball game on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 in Auburn, Ala. (Todd J. Van Emst/Opelika-Auburn News via AP)
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Auburn guard Jared Harper (1) shoots against Mississippi State in the first half of their NCAA college basketball game on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 in Auburn, Ala. (Todd J. Van Emst/Opelika-Auburn News via AP)
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Mississippi State guard Xavian Stapleton (3) shoots against Auburn during an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, in Auburn, Ala. (Julie Bennett /AL.com via AP)
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Mississippi State coach Ben Howland gestures during the team's NCAA college basketball game against Auburn on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, in Auburn, Ala. (Julie Bennett /AL.com via AP)
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Auburn center Austin Wiley celebrates a dunk on Mississippi State during an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, in Auburn, Ala. (Julie Bennett /AL.com via AP)
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Auburn guard TJ Lang (23) celebrates a 3-point shot against Mississippi State with guard Bryce Brown (2) during an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, in Auburn, Ala. (Julie Bennett /AL.com via AP)
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Marquette's Duane Wilson blocks the shot of Butler's Avery Woodson during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Tom Lynn)
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Ann Carey holds up a sign outside of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. President Donald Trump's travel ban faced its biggest legal test yet Tuesday as a panel of federal judges prepared to hear arguments from the administration and its opponents about two fundamentally divergent views of the executive branch and the court system. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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A man walks outside of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. President Donald Trump's travel ban faced its biggest legal test yet Tuesday as a panel of federal judges prepared to hear arguments from the administration and its opponents about two fundamentally divergent views of the executive branch and the court system. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)