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Dozens of inmates who couldn't afford bail were set to be released from a Houston jail Wednesday after a federal appeals court upheld a ruling that the county's bail system unfairly discriminates against the poor. (AP Photo file/Eric Gay)
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Joy Miller of Boulder, Colo., holds up a placard during a protest against the polices of President Donald Trump Saturday, June 3, 2017, in downtown Denver. More than 300 people were on hand for the anti-Trump rally, which featured speakers calling for resistance to the administration. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Hollie Wyllie hugs her daughter Brielle, 11, while visiting a memorial for the victims of a fatal shooting Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Sandy, Utah. Utah investigators and residents of a middle-class Salt Lake City suburb were trying Wednesday to understand what led a man to open fire on a woman and children inside a car leaving the woman and one of her sons dead, another son in critical condition and a girl injured. The suspect was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene in a quiet neighborhood of the city of Sandy. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Brielle Hollie, 11, carries flowers to a memorial for the victims of a fatal shooting Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Sandy, Utah. Utah investigators and residents of a middle-class Salt Lake City suburb were trying Wednesday to understand what led a man to open fire on a woman and children inside a car leaving the woman and one of her sons dead, another son in critical condition and a girl injured. The suspect was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene in a quiet neighborhood of the city of Sandy. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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People leave items at a memorial for the victims of a fatal shooting Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Sandy, Utah. Utah investigators and residents of a middle-class Salt Lake City suburb were trying Wednesday to understand what led a man to open fire on a woman and children inside a car leaving the woman and one of her sons dead, another son in critical condition and a girl injured. The suspect was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene in a quiet neighborhood of the city of Sandy. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Ava Linsenmeyer, 5, drops off balloons to a memorial for the victims of a fatal shooting Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Sandy, Utah. Utah investigators and residents of a middle-class Salt Lake City suburb were trying Wednesday to understand what led a man to open fire on a woman and children inside a car leaving the woman and one of her sons dead, another son in critical condition and a girl injured. The suspect was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene in a quiet neighborhood of the city of Sandy. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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This June 1, 2017 photo released by the San Francisco Sheriff's Department shows Montana Le. Prosecutors have charged the San Francisco man with filing fraudulent applications for disabled parking placards, some of which they say he sold for $1000. The California Department of Motor Vehicles announced the arrest of 35-year-old Le Wednesday, June 7, 2017. Prosecutors have charged Le with three counts of filing false information and three counts of unauthorized use of personal identifying information. The DMV says Le filed more than two dozen disabled placard applications with a forged doctor's signature. (San Francisco Sheriff's Department via AP)
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FILE - This undated photo provided by Cornelia Reynolds shows her son Gabriel Taye when he was in second grade. Authorities say the grave of Taye, who killed himself in Jan. 2017 after his mother says he was bullied at school, was opened to remove a computer tablet sought by investigators, Wednesday, June 7, 2017. The family's attorneys say the mother buried the tablet with him "to make sure he had something to play with in heaven." (Cornelia Reynolds via AP)
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Attorney Gloria Allred arrives at the Montgomery County Courthouse for Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (Mark Makela/Pool Photo via AP)
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A man reacts as he talks to a Sandy police officer after a fatal shooting in the Salt Lake City suburb that left several people dead with another two injured, Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Sandy, Utah. The shooting in a middle-class neighborhood in Sandy was reported to police as a domestic dispute, said Police Sgt. Jason Nielsen. (Scott G Winterton/The Deseret News via AP)
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Police Sgt. Jason Nielsen, center, speaks with reporters following a fatal shooting Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Sandy, Utah. A man opened fire on a woman and children inside a car in the street of a Salt Lake City suburb Tuesday afternoon, leaving the woman, a boy and the man dead and two other children injured, police said. The shooting outside a home in a middle-class neighborhood in Sandy was reported to police as a domestic dispute, said Nielsen. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Jodie Ferguson leaves flowers at a small memorial for the victims of a fatal shooting Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Sandy, Utah. Utah investigators and stunned residents of a middle-class Salt Lake City suburb are trying to understand what led a man to open fire on a woman and children inside a car, leaving the woman, a boy and the man himself dead and two other children injured. Police went out to the area in Sandy, Utah, after getting a 911 call Tuesday afternoon about a domestic disturbance, said police Sgt. Jason Nielsen. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Crime scene investigators begin their work as Sandy police investigate a fatal shooting in a Salt Lake City suburb that left several people dead with another two injured, Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Sandy, Utah. The shooting in a middle-class neighborhood in Sandy was reported to police as a domestic dispute, said Police Sgt. Jason Nielsen. (Scott G Winterton/The Deseret News via AP)
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Michigan state Sen. John Proos, left, R-St. Joseph, speaks in support of a $2 billion corrections budget that won approval from a House-Senate conference committee on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at the Capitol in Lansing, Mich. Panel member Rep. Dave Pagel, R-Berrien Springs,is at right. Majority Republicans are approving individual budgets without the blessing of Gov. Rick Snyder due to an impasse over teacher pensions. (AP Photo/David Eggert)
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Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele arrives for Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (Mark Makela/Pool Photo via AP)
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Defense lawyer Brian McMonagle laughs outside the courtroom at Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (Mark Makela/Pool Photo via AP)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Wednesday, June 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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In this Tuesday, May 30, 2017 photo, Ricardo Negron, a survivor of the Pulse Nightclub shooting reflects at his office in Orlando, Fla. A year after the Pulse Nightclub shooting, the city's gay Latinos are trying to build up their community by forming support groups, seeking seats at the tables of power and creating a foundation to champion gays and Latinos. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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In this Tuesday, May 30, 2017 photo, Ricardo Negron, a survivor of the Pulse Nightclub shooting, poses for a photo at his office in Orlando, Fla. A year after the Pulse Nightclub shooting, the city's gay Latinos are trying to build up their community by forming support groups, seeking seats at the tables of power and creating a foundation to champion gays and Latinos. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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In this Tuesday, May 30, 2017 photo, Christopher Cuevas, founder of the support group QLatinx, spends time at Lake Eola park in downtown Orlando, Fla. A year after the Pulse Nightclub shooting, the city's gay Latinos are trying to build up their community by forming support groups, seeking seats at the tables of power and creating a foundation to champion gays and Latinos. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
