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Sherry Shaver, left, holds a photo of her two daughters, Venus, left, and Telisha, right, as she stands with her husband Roger Shaver, right, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, during a news conference at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Telisha Shaver was murdered and Venus Shaver was beaten in a 1996 attack by Dwayne Woods, who is currently on death row in Washington state. The Shavers and other family members of murder victims were in Olympia to speak in favor of a measure seeking to prohibit Washington Gov. Jay Inslee from issuing a reprieve if a death penalty case comes to his desk. Earlier in February, Inslee announced a moratorium on executions under his watch. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Sherry Shaver, left, holds a photo of her two daughters, Venus, left, and Telisha, right, as her husband Roger Shaver, right, stands near Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, during a news conference at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Telisha Shaver was murdered and Venus Shaver was beaten in a 1996 attack by Dwayne Woods, who is currently on death row in Washington state. The Shavers and other family members of murder victims were in Olympia to speak in favor of a measure seeking to prohibit Washington Gov. Jay Inslee from issuing a reprieve if a death penalty case comes to his desk. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Sherry Shaver holds a photo of her two daughters, Venus, left, and Telisha, right, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, during a press conference at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Telisha Shaver was murdered and Venus Shaver was beaten in a 1996 attack by Dwayne Woods, who is currently on death row in Washington state. Shaver and other family members of murder victims were in Olympia to speak in favor of a measure seeking to prohibit Washington Gov. Jay Inslee from issuing a reprieve if a death penalty case comes to his desk. Earlier in February, Inslee announced a moratorium on executions under his watch. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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CORRECTS SPELLING OF RIPLEY'S FIRST NAME TO JESSIE INSTEAD OF JESSE - Jim Hungerford, left, stands near his niece, Jessie Ripley, second from right, as she talks about the murder of his sister and Ripley's mother, Jane Hungerford, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, during a news conference at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Hungerford was murdered by Cecil Davis, who is currently on death row in Washington state. Family members of murder victims were in Olympia to speak in favor of a measure seeking to prohibit Washington Gov. Jay Inslee from issuing a reprieve if a death penalty case comes to his desk. Earlier in February, Inslee announced a moratorium on executions under his watch. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Sherry Shaver, second from right, holds a photo of her daughters Venus and Telisha, as she stands with her husband Roger Shaver, right, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, during a news conference hosted by Sen. Steve O'Ban, R-University Place, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Telisha Shaver was murdered and Venus Shaver was beaten in a 1996 attack by Dwayne Woods, who is currently on death row in Washington state. The Shavers and other family members of murder victims were in Olympia to speak in favor of a measure seeking to prohibit Washington Gov. Jay Inslee from issuing a reprieve if a death penalty case comes to his desk. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Sherry Shaver, left, holds a photo of her two daughters, Venus, left, and Telisha, right, as she stands with her husband Roger Shaver, right, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, during a news conference at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Telisha Shaver was murdered and Venus Shaver was beaten in a 1996 attack by Dwayne Woods, who is currently on death row in Washington state. The Shavers and other family members of murder victims were in Olympia to speak in favor of a measure seeking to prohibit Washington Gov. Jay Inslee from issuing a reprieve if a death penalty case comes to his desk. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Sen. Steve O'Ban, center, R-University Place, stands in front of a group of family members of murder victims, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, during a news conference at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The family members of murder victims were in Olympia to speak in favor of a measure seeking to prohibit Washington Gov. Jay Inslee from issuing a reprieve if a death penalty case comes to his desk. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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With the Arizona Capitol in the background and dozens of gay right supporters and members of the media surrounding them, Democratic representative Sen. Steve Gallardo, D-Phoenix, speaks at a podium about Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's veto of SB1062, a bill designed to give added protection from lawsuits to people who assert their religious beliefs in refusing service to gays, at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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In this photo tweeted by the office of Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, Brewer vetoes Senate Bill 1062, a Republican bill that set off a national debate over gay rights, religion and discrimination and subjected Arizona to blistering criticism from major corporations and political leaders from both parties, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, in Phoenix. The caption that accompanied the photo on Twitter read, "Moments ago, I vetoed #SB1062." (AP Photo/Office of Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer)