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This undated booking photo provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff shows William James Hartwell, who is scheduled to go on trial next week on charges that his pornography-production studio near Phoenix's airport operated as a front for a prostitution ring. Hartwell denies the allegations and accuses the government of criminalizing actions protected by the First Amendment. Prosecutors say Hartwell's actions aren't constitutionally protected. (Maricopa County Sheriff via AP)
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A police officer, right, keeps watch outside a house as an FBI agent walks by, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in Manchester, N.H. Authorities are searching a home in the case of a woman who once lived there and disappeared more than 35 years ago. The search is related to the missing person's case of Denise Beaudin. Her family last saw her on Thanksgiving 1981, when she was 23, with her boyfriend, Robert "Bob" Evans, and her infant daughter. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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A police officer ducks under tape after securing an area near a house on Hayward Street, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in Manchester, N.H. Authorities are searching a home in the case of a woman who once lived there and disappeared more than 35 years ago. The search is related to the missing person's case of Denise Beaudin. Her family last saw her on Thanksgiving 1981, when she was 23, with her boyfriend, Robert "Bob" Evans, and her infant daughter. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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A police officer keeps watch outside a house, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in Manchester, N.H. Authorities are searching a home in the case of a woman who once lived there and disappeared more than 35 years ago. The search is related to the missing person's case of Denise Beaudin. Her family last saw her on Thanksgiving 1981, when she was 23, with her boyfriend, Robert "Bob" Evans, and her infant daughter. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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A police officer walks up the driveway of a house, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in Manchester, N.H. Authorities are searching the home in the case of a woman who once lived there and disappeared more than 35 years ago. The search is related to the missing person's case of Denise Beaudin. Her family last saw her on Thanksgiving 1981, when she was 23, with her boyfriend, Robert "Bob" Evans, and her infant daughter. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2012, file photo, Franclot Graham leans over his son, Ramarley Graham, in his casket before funeral services in the Bronx borough of New York. Graham was gunned down in his home by police officer Richard Haste who mistakenly thought he had a gun. Haste's internal NYPD disciplinary trial is scheduled to get underway Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 to determine what punishment, if any, he incurs because of the fatal shooting. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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FILE - In this June 13, 2012, file photo, police officers and supporters clap as Officer Richard Haste, center, exits the courthouse after posting bail in New York. Haste pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges in the shooting death of Ramarley Graham, which were ultimately dismissed. His internal NYPD disciplinary trial is scheduled to get underway Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, to determine what punishment, if any, he incurs because of the fatal shooting. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows death row inmate Raymond Tibbetts, scheduled for execution in April 2017 for fatally stabbing Fred Hicks in 1997 in Cincinnati. Ohio Parole Board members met Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, to hear arguments for and against clemency for Tibbetts, whose attorneys provided family testimony and psychological evidence of the impact a traumatic and chaotic childhood had on Tibbetts' adult life. Tibbetts is also sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for the beating death of his wife Judith Crawford. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 3, 1986 file photo, Nicodemo Scarfo, lower right, and his nephew, Philip Leonetti, lower left, sit in court in Atlantic City, N.J., when the two were brought before a judge to hear new charges of racketeering, loansharking and gambling. Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo, whose reign over the Philadelphia Mafia in the 1980s was one of the bloodiest in its history, died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, at a federal medical center in North Carolina. He was 87. (AP Photo/Pool, File)
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Esteban Santiago, center, leaves the Broward County jail for a hearing in federal court, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Santiago is accused of a Jan. 6 shooting rampage at a Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport baggage claim area that left several people dead and others wounded. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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Esteban Santiago, right, leaves the Broward County jail for a hearing in federal court, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Santiago is accused of a Jan. 6 shooting rampage at a Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport baggage claim area that left several people dead and others wounded. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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A woman, identified as a neighbor who used to babysit a victim in a shooting that left three people dead, wipes tears as she talks to reporters, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in Jersey City, N.J. A person familiar with the investigation said police are trying to determine if the shooting was drug related. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to release information about the incident. The gunfire erupted at a home on Fulton Avenue around 10 p.m. Monday. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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A woman, identified as a neighbor who used to babysit a victim in a shooting that left three people dead, wipes tears as she talks to reporters, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in Jersey City, N.J. A person familiar with the investigation said police are trying to determine if the shooting was drug related. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to release information about the incident. The gunfire erupted at a home on Fulton Avenue around 10 p.m. Monday. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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FILE - In a Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 file photo, author Patricia Cornwell leaves federal court in Boston, after she took the stand in her lawsuit against her former financial management company. Cornwell settled a lawsuit Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, against her former business managers, avoiding a second trial for a case that dates to 2009. The author had claimed the New York accounting firm Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP was negligent in handling her finances and cost her millions in losses or unaccounted for revenue. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
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FILE - At left, in a June 23, 2011, file photo, former San Francisco Giants baseball player Barry Bonds leaves federal court in San Francisco. At right, in a July 14, 2011 file photo, former Major League baseball pitcher Roger Clemens leaves federal court in Washington. Tim Raines and Jeff Bagwell are likely to be voted into baseball's Hall of Fame on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, when Trevor Hoffman and Ivan Rodriguez also could gain the honor. Bonds and Clemens, shunned because of allegations of steroids use, appear set for big increases in their voters. (AP Photo/File)
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This undated photo provided by the Arizona Department of Public Safety shows Leonard Pennelas-Escobar. An Arizona state trooper who was beaten and shot while responding to a traffic collision on Interstate 10 was attacked Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, by Pennelas-Escobar, who was responsible for the one-vehicle rollover, authorities said. (Arizona Department of Public Safety via AP)
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FILE - In a Monday, June 27, 2016 file photo, abortion rights activists, from left, Ravina Daphtary of Philadelphia, Morgan Hopkins of Boston, and Alison Turkos of New York City, rejoice in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, as the justices struck down the strict Texas anti-abortion restriction law known as HB2. Even as the 2016 election outcome intensifies America's abortion debate, a comprehensive new survey released Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 by the Guttmacher Institute finds the annual number of abortions in the U.S has dropped to well under 1 million, the lowest level since 1974. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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In this Oct. 26, 2016, photo, the logo of Hyundai Motor Co. is displayed at the automaker's showroom in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles (2) shoots over Phoenix Suns center Alex Len in the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
