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FILE - In this May 26, 2017, file photo, defense attorney Shannon Smith talks to her client, Dr. Larry Nassar, during the second portion of his preliminary hearing on sexual assault at the 55th District Court in Mason, Mich. USA Gymnastics needs to undergo a “complete cultural change” to become better equipped at protecting athletes from abuse according to an independent review of the embattled organization’s practices. USA Gymnastics ordered the review last fall following a series of civil of lawsuits filed against the organization and the former team doctor by a pair of gymnasts who claim the physician sexually abused them during their time on the U.S. national team.(Julia Nagy/Lansing State Journal via AP, File)

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FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2015, file photo, former federal prosecutor Deborah Daniels speaks about the newly-formed Indiana Coalition to End Sexual Assault, at the Statehouse in Indianapolis. USA Gymnastics needs to undergo a “complete cultural change” to become better equipped at protecting athletes from abuse according to an independent review of the embattled organization’s practices. The 144-page report led by former federal prosecutor Deborah Daniels, released on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, following a six-month study, makes 70 recommendations on how USA Gymnastics can serve its athletes going forward. The recommendations include requiring all USA Gymnastics members to “report suspected sexual misconduct immediately to the appropriate legal authorities and the U.S. Center for SafeSport.” (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

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Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y. speaks to reporters after GOP leadership announce they are delaying a vote on the Republican health care bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y. accompanied by Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., right, speaks to reporters after GOP leadership announce they are delaying a vote on the Republican health care bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., center, who has expressed opposition to his own party's health care bill, walks to a policy meeting as the Senate Republican legislation teeters on the brink of collapse, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., needs 50 members of his conference to back the GOP health care bill in order to pass it. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., center, who has expressed opposition to his own party's health care bill, walks to a policy meeting as the Senate Republican legislation teeters on the brink of collapse, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., needs 50 members of his conference to back the GOP health care bill in order to pass it. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., center, who has expressed opposition to his own party's health care bill, walks to a policy meeting as the Senate Republican legislation teeters on the brink of collapse, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., needs 50 members of his conference to back the GOP health care bill in order to pass it. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Angela Agrusa, attorney for entertainer Bill Cosby, who is accused of sexual assault by Judy Huth at the Playboy Mansion more than 40 years ago, speaks outside Los Angeles Superior Court after a hearing, Tuesday, June 27, 2017, in Santa Monica, Calif. The purpose of the hearing was to set a trial date in the civil case. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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Gloria Allred, attorney for Judy Huth, who alleges entertainer Bill Cosby sexually assaulted her at the Playboy Mansion more than 40 years ago, speaks outside Los Angeles Superior Court after a hearing, Tuesday, June 27, 2017, in Santa Monica, Calif. The purpose of the hearing was to set a trial date in the civil case. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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Angela Agrusa, attorney for entertainer Bill Cosby, who is accused of sexual assault by Judy Huth at the Playboy Mansion more than 40 years ago, speaks outside Los Angeles Superior Court after a hearing, Tuesday, June 27, 2017, in Santa Monica, Calif. The purpose of the hearing was to set a trial date in the civil case. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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FILE - In this June 17, 2017 file photo, Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. Cosby's next legal challenge shifts to California with a hearing scheduled Tuesday, June 27, to set a trial date in a lawsuit accusing him of sexually assaulting a teen at the Playboy Mansion more than 40 years ago. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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FILE - In this June 22, 2017, file photo, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., walks through a group of reporters after Republicans released their long-awaited bill to scuttle much of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act at the Capitol in Washington. Conservatives and liberals alike in Wisconsin both see hope in Johnson's steadfast refusal to back the current version of the GOP Senate health care bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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FILE - In this Tuesday, June 20, 2017 file photo, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, pauses for a reporter's question as he arrives at a closed-door GOP strategy session on the Republican health care overhaul with Vice President Mike Pence, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and others, at the Capitol in Washington. Days after it's release, Portman faces intense pressure back home to oppose the Senate’s GOP health care bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, joined by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., right, and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., left, speaks during a new conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 26, 2017, about the Senate Republicans health care bill. Senate Republicans unveil a revised health care bill in hopes of securing support from wavering GOP lawmakers, including one who calls the drive to whip his party's bill through the Senate this week "a little offensive." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, pauses as he speaks to reporters outside his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 26, 2017. Senate Republicans unveil a revised health care bill in hopes of securing support from wavering GOP lawmakers, including one who calls the drive to whip his party's bill through the Senate this week "a little offensive." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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The administration building of the South Carolina Department of Correction in Columbia, S.C., is seen here on June 14, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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This undated photo released by Kirkland Correctional Institution shows Jason Kelley in Columbia, S.C. Determined not to spend their lives in prison, two inmates decided to court the death penalty by turning their cell block into a slaughterhouse, Denver Simmons tells The Associated Press. In the course of about a half-hour, he says he and his partner lured four fellow inmates to his cell and killed them. Kelley was one the four victims. (Kirkland Correctional Institution via AP)

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This undated photo released by Kirkland Correctional Institution shows John King in Columbia, S.C. Determined not to spend their lives in prison, two inmates decided to court the death penalty by turning their cell block into a slaughterhouse, Denver Simmons tells The Associated Press. In the course of about a half-hour, he says he and his partner lured four fellow inmates to his cell and killed them. King was one the four victims. (Kirkland Correctional Institution via AP)

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This undated photo released by Kirkland Correctional Institution shows Jimmy Ham in Columbia, S.C. Determined not to spend their lives in prison, two inmates decided to court the death penalty by turning their cell block into a slaughterhouse, Denver Simmons tells The Associated Press. In the course of about a half-hour, he says he and his partner lured four fellow inmates to his cell and killed them. Ham was one the four victims. (Kirkland Correctional Institution via AP)

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This undated photo released by Kirkland Correctional Institution shows William Scruggs in Columbia, S.C. Determined not to spend their lives in prison, two inmates decided to court the death penalty by turning their cell block into a slaughterhouse, Denver Simmons tells The Associated Press. In the course of about a half-hour, he says he and his partner lured four fellow inmates to his cell and killed them. Scruggs was one the four victims. (Kirkland Correctional Institution via AP)