Social Issues

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FILE - In this April 22, 2004, file photo, Gregory Lott during an interview at the Mansfield Correctional Institution in Mansfield, Ohio. Lott, a condemned Ohio killer is suing to stop his March execution, alleging the state’s capital punishment policy leaves open the chance an inmate could remain clinically alive after being pronounced dead. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane, File)

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Conservative Activist Alison Howard is introduced as one of the GOP's rising stars at the Republican National Committee's annual winter meeting, Washington, D.C., Thursday, January 23, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Mass. Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr gestures during a news conference with Mass. Sen. Barry Finegold at the Statehouse in Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. The two Massachusetts senators will introduce new legislation in response to a recent ruling from the state's highest court that sentencing juveniles convicted of murder to life without parole is unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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Kellie Schaffer, the sister of murder victim Beth Brodie, is embraced following a news conference at the Statehouse in Boston, Thursday, Jan. 23 2014. Mass. Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr and Mass. Sen. Barry Finegold, left, will introduce new legislation in response to a recent ruling from the state's highest court that sentencing juveniles convicted of murder to life without parole is unconstitutional. Tarr and Finegold's bill calls for a 35-year minimum term, before parole could be considered. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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** FILE ** In this June 26, 2012, file photo, a shackled illegal immigrant from El Salvador walks to an aircraft for a repatriation flight back to El Salvador from Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York,File)

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Students gather near the entrance to Columbine High School after a lockout was lifted at the school in Littleton, Colo., on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Columbine High School, where a school shooting left 13 people dead in 1999, went on high security alert after receiving a series of threatening phone calls, law enforcement said Thursday.(AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

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A student leaves Columbine High School after a lockout was lifted at the school in Littleton, Colo., on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Columbine High School, where a school shooting left 13 people dead in 1999, went on high security alert after receiving a series of threatening phone calls, law enforcement said Thursday.(AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

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FOR USE MONDAY, JAN. 28 AND THEREAFTER - In this Jan. 14, 2014 photo, Sgt. Maj. Jerry W. Hochstedler poses with his bicycle at Fort Bliss, Texas. Hochstedler has always been an avid bicyclist, but he has rededicated himself to the sport since getting wounded. He cycles at least 250 miles a week and hopes one day to qualify for the Paralympics, an Olympic games for athletes with disabilities. (AP Photo/The El Paso Times, Mark Lambie) EL DIARIO OUT; JUAREZ MEXICO OUT; IF USE ON LAM OR LAT AND EL DIARIO DE EL PASO OUT

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House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan speaks during a San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce event, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, in San Antonio. Ryan said House Republicans will tackle immigration reform in pieces rather than the Senate's comprehensive approach. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)