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Judge Glen Dawson listens as Nathan Sloop enters his guilty plea Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, in Farmington, Utah. Sloop has pleaded "guilty and mentally ill" to aggravated murder in the 2010 death of his 4-year-old stepson, Ethan Stacy. The plea means Sloop, 35, likely faces a lifetime behind bars, but he avoids the death penalty. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Keith Johnson, Pool)
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Nathanael Sloop, right, listens while the prosecution accepts his plea in Judge Glen Dawson's courtroom on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, in Farmington, Utah. Sloop has pleaded "guilty and mentally ill" to aggravated murder in the 2010 death of his 4-year-old stepson, Ethan Stacy. The plea means Sloop, 35, likely faces a lifetime behind bars, but he avoids the death penalty. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Keith Johnson, Pool)
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Nathanael Sloop, right, stands next to his attorneys Richard Mauro, left, and Scott Williams, during an appearance in Judge Glen Dawson's courtroom on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, in Farmington, Utah. Sloop has pleaded "guilty and mentally ill" to aggravated murder in the 2010 death of his 4-year-old stepson, Ethan Stacy. The plea means Sloop, 35, likely faces a lifetime behind bars, but he avoids the death penalty. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Keith Johnson, Pool)
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Nathanael Sloop, right, makes a statement to the court after entering his plea in Judge Glen Dawson's courtroom on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, in Farmington, Utah. Sloop has pleaded "guilty and mentally ill" to aggravated murder in the 2010 death of his 4-year-old stepson, Ethan Stacy. The plea means Sloop, 35, likely faces a lifetime behind bars, but he avoids the death penalty. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Keith Johnson, Pool)
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From left: Bill Brooks, former assistant secretary of labor; Louis W. Sullivan, former health secretary and Ohio Supreme Court Judge Sara J. Harper are awarded the 2nd annual Black Republican Trailblazer Award by the Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Tuesday. (ANDREW HARNIK/THE WASHINGTON TIMES)
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** FILE ** In this March 23, 2010, file photo, President Barack Obama reaches for a pen to sign the health care bill in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)