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This undated photo provided by the Milwaukee Police Department shows Arlis Gordon. Gordon, the second man convicted of participating in a shooting in November 2014 that killed a 5-year-old girl as she sat on her grandfather's lap in Milwaukee, was sentenced Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, to 30 years in prison. (Milwaukee Police Department via AP)
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Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook, left, and South Carolina Corrections Department Director Bryan Stirling, center, discuss the recapture of escaped state prison inmate Michael Williamson on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
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The Capitol Building as seen in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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In this Dec. 6, 2016, photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally in Fayetteville, N.C. Trump’s promise to “work something out” for immigrants brought here illegally as kids is dividing fellow Republicans, underscoring how difficult it will be for Congress to take any action on immigration, whether it’s building a wall or dealing with immigrant youths. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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Despite including Thurgood Marshall, the Supreme Court's first black justice, the National Museum of African American History and Culture makes no mention of Justice Clarence Thomas. (Associated Press)
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The Smithsonian museum still has "no plans" to include in its exhibitions a reference to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, one of the high court's conservative stalwarts who celebrates his 25th anniversary on the bench this year. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows inmate Albert Leslie Love Jr. Texas' highest criminal court has thrown out the conviction of Love, sent to death row for the ambush slayings of two men outside a Waco apartment complex in March 2011. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled 6-3 Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, that 29-year-old Love should get a new trial because cellphone text messages that prosecutors used to tie him to the slayings and were admitted into evidence at his trial improperly were obtained by authorities without the use of a search warrant. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)
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This undated photo provided by the Michigan Department of Corrections, shows Richard Wershe Jr. Wershe, a Detroit-area drug dealer nicknamed "White Boy Rick," who has been in prison for 28 years for crimes when he was a teen, is making another effort to get his sentence reduced. (Michigan Department of Corrections via AP)
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FILE - In this Dec. 10, 1994, file photo, Colorado's Rashaan Salaam poses with his 1994 Heisman Trophy at the Downtown Athletic Club in New York. Authorities say Rashaan Salaam has been found dead in a park in Boulder, Colo. The Boulder County coroner’s office said Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, that it is still investigating the death of 42-year-old Salaam. (AP Photo/Adam Nadel, File)
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Philadelphia Flyers' Wayne Simmonds, left, scores a goal past Florida Panthers' James Reimer during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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FILE- In this Monday, Dec. 5, 2016 file photo, Michael Slager, at right, walks from the Charleston County Courthouse under the protection from the Charleston County Sheriff's Department after a mistrial was declared for his trial in Charleston, S.C. Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death. (AP Photo/Mic Smith, File)
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FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, file photo, Judy Scott, center, Walter Scott's mother, is comforted by her son Rodney Scott, as the family attorneys, Chris Stewart, left, and Justin Bamberg, right, hold a press conference after a mistrial was declared in the Michael Slager trial Monday Dec. 5, 2016, in Charleston, S.C. Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death. (AP Photo/Mic Smith, File)
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In this Dec. 12, 2013 file photo, a man passes by the Samsung Electronics Co. logos at its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. A unanimous Supreme Court on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, sided with smartphone maker Samsung in its high-profile patent dispute with Apple over design of the iPhone. The justices said Samsung may not be required to pay all the profits it earned from 11 phone models because the features at issue are only a tiny part of the devices. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) **FILE**
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CORRECTS DATE OF CRIMES TO OCTOBER 2015, INSTEAD OF OCTOBER 2016 - Word of Life Christian Church defendant Traci Irwin speaks during sentencing at Oneida County Court, Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, in Utica N.Y., for her role in the beatings that killed a teenager and inured another teen in New Hartford, Conn., in October 2015. (Sarah Condon/Observer-Dispatch via AP)
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Word of Life Christian Church defendant Traci Irwin arrives for sentencing at Oneida County Court, Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, in Utica N.Y., for her role in the beatings that killed a teenager and inured another in New Hartford, Conn., in October 2015. (Sarah Condon/Observer-Dispatch via AP)
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Dominic Ongwen, a senior commander in the Lord's Resistance Army, whose fugitive leader Kony is one of the world's most-wanted war crimes suspects, sits in the court room of the International Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool)
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Dominic Ongwen, a senior commander in the Lord's Resistance Army, whose fugitive leader Kony is one of the world's most-wanted war crimes suspects, is flanked by two security guards as he sits in the court room of the International Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool)
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FILE- In this May 21, 1992, file photo, Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger, left, talks with Edward Kelley Jr., a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, prior to a hearing of the House Banking Committee in Washington. Kelley, who served 14 years as a member of the Federal Reserve Board, has died. His death was confirmed Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, by the Fed. He was 84. (AP Photo/John Duricka, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2002, file photo, former Providence, R.I., Mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci waves to supporters after being sentenced to federal prison for his conviction on racketeering conspiracy charges. Cianci is one of the characters of the 2016 serial podcast "Crimetown," set in the capital of the smallest state in the union where politicians and cops often grow up together. The creators expect to produce at least 18 first-season episodes in Providence. Cianci died on Jan. 28, 2016, in Providence. He was 74. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
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Mathew Borges, 15, right, is brought into the prisoner dock before being arraigned in Lawrence District Court in Lawrence, Mass, Monday, Dec. 5, 2016. Borges was held without bail after pleading not guilty at the brief arraignment Monday on a first-degree murder charge. (Paul Bilodeau/The Eagle-Tribune via AP, Pool)
