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Hundreds of people carry crosses for each person slain in Chicago this year during a quiet march along Michigan Avenue, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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Crosses are displayed for each person slain in Chicago this year during a quiet march along Michigan Avenue, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2016, file photo, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson speaks during a news conference in Chicago. One of the bloodiest years on record in Chicago ended with 762 homicides and more than 3,500 shooting incidents, in 2016, according to crime statistics released by police on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Tae-Gyun Kim, File)
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Veronica Aguilera, 31, carries the cross for her husband, Louis Antonio Torres, who was shot to death in November, during a quiet march along Michigan Avenue, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, in Chicago. Hundreds of people carried crosses for each person slain in Chicago in 2016 during the march. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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Roy Cooper, right, is sworn in as North Carolina governor by North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Mark Martin as Cooper's wife, Kristin, watches in the historic Capitol Building shortly after midnight in Raleigh, N.C., Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown, Pool)
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FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, file photo, Douglas Shine Jr., center, stands in the courtroom for sentencing in Cleveland. A decision by a Cleveland judge to overrule a jury’s death sentence recommendation for a triple killer highlights how rare such judicial decisions are. Judge Joan Synenberg cited defendant Shine’s childhood abuse as a child in sentencing him to life without parole on Dec. 19. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)
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Funeral services were held for victims of what Turkish authorities are calling a terrorist attack. A gunman shot his way into an Istanbul nightclub packed with New Year's revelers and killed 39 people before fleeing the scene. (Associated Press)
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San Jose Sharks goalie Martin Jones dives for a Los Angeles Kings shot that went wide during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker (1) guards Utah Jazz guard Rodney Hood (5) in the first half during an NBA basketball game Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Phoenix Suns center Tyson Chandler, rear, fouls Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) in the first half during an NBA basketball game Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Phoenix Suns guard Leandro Barbosa (19) shoots as Utah Jazz guard Raul Neto (25) defends in the first half during an NBA basketball game Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Phoenix Suns forward TJ Warren, right, guards Utah Jazz forward Gordon Hayward (20) in the first half during an NBA basketball game Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Chicago Bulls guard/forward Jimmy Butler reacts after hitting a 3-point shot against the Milwaukee Bucks during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo dunks against the Chicago Bulls during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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This undated photo provided by the Pennsylvania State Police shows Trooper Landon Weaver, who was killed responding to a domestic complaint Friday evening, Dec. 30, 2016, in a rural area in Huntingdon County, in central Pennsylvania. The suspect in the fatal shooting of Weaver was shot and killed after making threats to police who located him Saturday morning, authorities said. (Pennsylvania State Police via AP)
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FILE - In this June 18, 2015, file photo, prisoners stand in a crowded lunch line during a prison tour at Elmore Correctional Facility in Elmore, Ala. Alabama is trying to stave off federal intervention in its overcrowded prison system with a reform package approved this spring that includes a bond issue for additional prison space and a new law making sweeping changes to sentencing and probation standards. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
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FILE - In this June 7, 2016, file photo, cars pass charred ground, remnants at the scene of a fatal traffic accident involving former NASA astronaut James Halsell Jr., in rural Tuscaloosa County, Ala. Halsell was charged with murder after an early-morning car wreck Monday, June 6, killed two young sisters on the lonely stretch of highway in Alabama. (AP Photo/Phillip Lucas, File)
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FILE - In this May 16, 2016, file photo, Rep. Mike Hubbard of Auburn, Ala., walks into the Lee County Justice Center during jury selection for the indicted Alabama speaker of the House in Opelika, Ala. It was a tremendous fall for the Republican politician who in 2010 led the GOP to their first legislative majority since Reconstruction and was expected to be a contender for higher office. A judge sentenced Hubbard to four years in prison. He remains free on bond as he appeals his conviction. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
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FILE - In this Thursday, March 24, 2016, file photo, Montgomery Police Officer Aaron Smith, center, arrives for a hearing at the county courthouse in Montgomery, Ala. Smith is charged with murder in the shooting death of of a black man, Greg Gunn, who, a family lawyer says, was walking home when he was slain outside a neighbor's house. Smith was indicted on murder charges in a fatal shooting. Smith shot 58-year-old Greg Gunn in February. The fatal encounter began when Smith, who is white, stopped Gunn, who is black, as Gunn, as he was walking home late at night. Smith told investigators that Gunn disobeyed instructions, ran and fought with him. However, a state investigator said in a hearing that Smith gave inconsistent statements about the shooting and questioned the need to chase after Gunn. The shooting came amid simmering national tensions over black people who died in police encounters. Smith's defense lawyer argues that Smith was charged to appease those tensions. (Mickey Welsh/Montgomery Advertiser via AP, File) NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND/NEW YEAR'S EDITIONS - FILE - This Oct. 3, 2016, file photo shows Justin Ross Harris listening to jury selection during his trial at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga. A judge in December sentenced 36-year-old Justin Ross Harris to life in prison with no possibility of parole in the June 2014 death of his 22-month-old son, Cooper. The case was among the top stories of 2016 in Georgia. (Stephen B. Morton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool, File)
