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Kalief Browder, 22-year-old New Yorker who spent nearly three years at the infamous Rikers Island jail without being convicted of a crime, committed suicide Saturday, June 6, 2015, after a long battle with depression. (ABC 7)
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In this Nov. 3, 2014, file photo, Menachem Zivotofsky and his father Ari Zivotofsky speaks to media outside the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court has struck down a disputed law that would have allowed Americans born in Jerusalem to list their birthplace as Israel on their U.S. passports. It's an important ruling that underscores the president's authority in foreign affairs. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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National Edition Opinion cover for June 8, 2015 - The mistake of mistrusting officers of the law (Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times)
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Sarah S. Brown, the longtime chief executive of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, has witnessed both teen pregnancy and birthrates are at historically low levels.
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Charles Guest of the New York State Police speaks during a news conference as law enforcement officers search for two escaped prisoners Sunday, June 7, 2015, in Dannemora, N.Y. The two murderers who used power tools to escape from prison must have taken days to cut through steel walls and pipes and break through the bricks at the maximum-security prison, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday. (Rob Fountain/The Press-Republican via AP)
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This May 20, 2015 photo released by the New York State Police shows Richard Matt. On Saturday, June 6, 2015, authorities said 48-year-old Richard Matt and 34-year-old David Sweat, both convicted murderers, escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y. (New York State Police via AP)
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FILE-In this Nov. 18, 2003 file photo, John Hinckley Jr. arrives at U.S. District Court in Washington. Hinckley Jr. is currently awaiting a decision from a federal judge in Washington about whether he will be allowed to live full-time outside a mental hospital where he has been since being found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 1981 shooting that wounded Reagan and three others. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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Sarah S. Brown, chief executive of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. (Image courtesy of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy).
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FILE - In this March 18, 2015 file photo, the home of John Hinckley's mother in the Kingsmill resort in Williamsburg, Va. A federal judge is deciding whether to allow Hinckley to live full-time outside St. Elizabeths, the mental hospital that has been his home since he was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 1981 shooting that wounded Reagan and three others. Hinckley has spent longer stretches of time on the outside in recent years, staying at his mother's home in Williamsburg, Virginia, where the hospital says he's ready to live full-time. Prosecutors have pushed for tight restrictions including wearing an ankle bracelet, a requirement the judge has dismissed in the past. (AP Photo/ Steve Helber, File)
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Ingmar Guandique is escorted from the Violent Crimes Unit by police in Washington on April 22, 2009. Guandique was convicted of killing Washington intern Chandra Levy in 2010. (Associated Press)
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In this photo taken at the Modesto Centre Plaza in Modesto, Calif., on May 28, 2002, photos of Chandra Levy are on display as musicians stand by at her memorial service. Ingmar Guandique was convicted in 2010 of killing Levy, a Washington intern. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Julian Niccolini, managing partner of the Four Seasons restaurant, is interviewed in New York in this May 1, 2009, file photo. Niccolini, now a co-owner of the Four Seasons, is charged with sexually abusing an acquaintance during a May 9, 2015, party at the famed New York City restaurant. He was arraigned Wednesday night, June 3. Niccolini told reporters he is not guilty. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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In this March 13, 1991, file photo, William "Billy" Flynn, testifies on his 17th birthday in court in Exeter, N.H., how he shot Gregg Smart in the head and killed him in Derry, N.H., in 1990. Flynn was convicted and sent to prison for killing Gregg Smart, the husband of his lover, Pamela Smart. Flynn was released from prison in Maine on parole Thursday, June 4, 2015 after serving nearly 25 years. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)
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Caitlyn, named by rescuers, receives treatment at Veterinary Specialty Care in Mount Pleasant, S.C., on Tuesday June 2, 2015. Police in South Carolina have arrested a man after a dog was found with electrical tape around its muzzle last week. (Grace Beahm/The Post And Courier via AP)
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A Bosnian woman stands in front of a poster with the image of Pope Francis, ahead of his visit, in Sarajevo, Wednesday, June 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)
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Marijuana remains illegal under federal law, but four states and the District of Columbia have legalized the drug for recreational purposes. Nearly half the states, the District and Guam have medicinal pot programs. (Associated Press)
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A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent escorts a handcuffed illegal immigrant convicted of a felony that was taken into custody during an early morning operation in Dallas on March 6, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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This Dec. 2014 booking file photo provided by County of Los Angeles Probation Department shows Stuart Lynn Dunn. Los Angeles County authorities say they have recaptured Dunn who escaped from a mental health facility where he was sentenced for stalking Kunis. The county Probation Department and sheriff’s spokeswoman Nicole Nishida say Dunn was taken into custody Wednesday morning, June 3, 2015, by the sheriff’s major crimes division. (County of Los Angeles Probation Department via AP, File)
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Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, concludes a conference call in his Capitol Hill office in Washington, Wednesday, June 3, 2015, with representatives from religious nonprofits that are concerned about how the Supreme Court's upcoming gay marriage decision will affect their institutions and members of the media. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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A Mississippi superintendent has reportedly filed disturbing the peace charges against the family members who cheered for students during the graduation ceremony. Two family members of 18-year-old Lanarcia Walker, center, were issued warrants for their arrest. (WREG)
