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** FILE ** In this Dec. 13, 2011, file photo released by the Missouri Department of Corrections is death-row inmate Herbert Smulls who was scheduled to die by injection one minute after midnight Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, for killing St. Louis County jeweler Stephen Honickman in 1991. The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a stay of execution for the Missouri death row inmate. (AP Photo/Missouri Department of Corrections)

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A protester is removed by Utah Highway Patrol officers after disrupting a rally with opponents of gay marriage at the Utah State Capitol Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Salt Lake City. Opponents and supporters of gay marriage held twin rallies at the Utah State Capitol on Tuesday evening. A little more than a month after a surprising federal court ruling overturned this conservative state's ban on gay marriage, the battle over the issue hit the Capitol building Tuesday as hundreds of opponents and supporters of same-sex marriage held twin rallies. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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Vice President Joe Biden (L) and Speaker of the House John Boehner applaud as President Barack Obama finishes his State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 28, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

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President Barack Obama signs his speech for members of Congress as he departs after delivering his State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 28, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel (L), Treasury Secretary Jack Lew (2nd L) and Secretary of State John Kerry applaud following the end of President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 28, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

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President Barack Obama shakes hands with attendees as he departs after delivering his State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 28, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

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President Barack Obama shakes hands with attendees as he departs after delivering his State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 28, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)