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Bill Cosby, center, accompanied by lawyers Fortunato N. Perri, Jr., top left, and Brian McMonagle, left, walks from the Montgomery County Courthouse during his sexual assault trial, Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Pool)
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In this Monday, June 5, 2017 photo, Senate Minority Leader Michael Roberson, R-Henderson, speaks during the last day of the Nevada Legislature at the Legislative Building in Carson City, Nev. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
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Kansas Senate tax committee Chairwoman Caryn Tyson, R-Parker, speaks against overriding Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's veto of a bill that would have increased income taxes to fix the state budget and provide additional funds for public schools, Tuesday, June 6, 2017, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The bill would have raised $1.2 billion over two years by increasing income tax rates and ending an exemption for more than 330,000 farmers and business owners (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Andrea Constand walks to the courtroom during Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, June 6, 2017. Cosby is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting Constand at his home outside Philadelphia in 2004. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Pool)
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Bill Cosby walks from the Montgomery County Courthouse during his sexual assault trial, Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Andrea Constand walks from the courtroom after testifying at Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, June 6, 2017. Cosby is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting Constand at his home outside Philadelphia in 2004. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Pool)
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Bill Cosby, second from left, and Defense attorney Brian McMonagle exit the Montgomery County Courthouse during his sexual assault trial Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Pool Photo via AP)
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Christina Von der Ahe Rayburn, an attorney who challenged a measure to speed up implementation of the death penalty in California, talks with reporters after a California Supreme Court hearing on Proposition 66, in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 6, 2017. California Supreme Court justices considering whether a ballot measure to speed up executions is unconstitutional expressed skepticism Tuesday about a provision that would require death sentence appeals to be completed within five years. (AP Photo/Brian Melley)
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Unionized government employees gather at the state Capitol in Salem, Ore., to rally lawmakers to raise new revenue and avoid upcoming budget cuts, Tuesday, June 6, 2017. Lawmakers advanced an $8.2 billion K-12 education budget bill today, the biggest to-date. (AP Photo/Kristena Hansen)
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Unionized government employees gather at the state Capitol in Salem, Ore., to rally lawmakers to raise new revenue and avoid upcoming budget cuts, Tuesday, June 6, 2017. Lawmakers advanced an $8.2 billion K-12 education budget bill today, the biggest to-date. (AP Photo/Kristena Hansen)
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Injured Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Chad Bettis jokes with teammates during a practice session Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Denver. Bettis has been on the disabled list since March after his testicular cancer spread. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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FILE - This Sept. 21, 2010 file photo shows an armrest in the interior of the lethal injection facility at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. The California Supreme Court heard arguments over whether to block a voter-approved measure to speed up executions at a hearing in Los Angeles Tuesday, June 6, 2017. The case was brought by death penalty foes after voters approved Proposition 66 in November. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
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FILE - This Sept. 21, 2010 file photo shows the interior of the lethal injection facility at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. The California Supreme Court heard arguments over whether to block a voter-approved measure to speed up executions at a hearing in Los Angeles Tuesday, June 6, 2017. The case was brought by death penalty foes after voters approved Proposition 66 in November. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
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FILE- In this Aug. 2, 2016, file photo, Lee Donald Kaplan, front in yellow, and Daniel Stoltzfus, back in yellow, are led to a preliminary hearing outside Bucks County Magisterial District in Feasterville, Pa. Kaplan was convicted Tuesday, June 6, 2017, of sexually assaulting six girls in the same family, fathering two children by one of them. Authorities allege the girls' parents had "gifted" their oldest daughter to Lee Donald Kaplan because he helped the family out of financial ruin. Jurors in Bucks County convicted Kaplan, 52, on all 17 counts of rape of a child, statutory sexual assault and other offenses. The conviction came a year after a neighbor's tip prompted authorities to search his Feasterville home. (AP Photo/Megan Trimble, File)
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Bill Cosby walks from the courtroom during a break in his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, June 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Pool)
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Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace is among the network's anchors enjoying increased ratings, besting his Sunday talk rivals on the broadcast networks in a key viewer demographic. (Fox News) ** FILE **
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FILE- This March 1, 2017, file photo shows an exterior view of the headquarters of Uber in San Francisco. Uber has fired more than 20 employees after a law firm investigated complaints of sexual harassment, bullying, discrimination and other violations of company policies. An Uber spokeswoman says the firm Perkins Coie was hired after former engineer Susan Fowler posted a blog in February about sex harassment at the ride-hailing company. Fowler wrote that on her first day at work her boss propositioned her in a series of messages. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announces that there will be a special session of the Texas Legislature, Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas. With the special session, beginning July 18, Gov. Abbott is reviving a so-called "bathroom bill" targeting transgender people after the last try ended with Republican lawmakers angry and deadlocked. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announces that there will be a special session of the Texas Legislature, Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas. With the special session, beginning July 18, Gov. Abbott is reviving a so-called "bathroom bill" targeting transgender people after the last try ended with Republican lawmakers angry and deadlocked. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announces that there will be a special session of the Texas Legislature, Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas. With the special session, beginning July 18, Gov. Abbott is reviving a so-called "bathroom bill" targeting transgender people after the last try ended with Republican lawmakers angry and deadlocked. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
