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Corey Jacob plays with his cat, Nighty, outside the van he has been sleeping in, Tuesday April 18, 2017 in Rochester, Minn. Pulling together all of his resources, Jacob got the van in March. A drunk driver slammed into the van a few nights ago while it was parked disabling it. (Ken Klotzbach/The Rochester Post-Bulletin via AP)
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A inmate stands on his bunk at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Los Angeles. One of the world's largest jail complexes is located in Los Angeles and within it resides perhaps the world's largest group of inmates whose mental illness is attributed to drug abuse, mainly from highly addictive methamphetamine. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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A Sheriff officer stands guard over inmates at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Los Angeles. One of the world's largest jail complexes is located in Los Angeles and within it resides perhaps the world's largest group of inmates whose mental illness is attributed to drug abuse, mainly from highly addictive methamphetamine. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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A Sheriff officer stands guard over inmates at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Los Angeles. One of the world's largest jail complexes is located in Los Angeles and within it resides perhaps the world's largest group of inmates whose mental illness is attributed to drug abuse, mainly from highly addictive methamphetamine. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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In this March 24, 2017 photo, Fargo City Commissioner Dave Piepkorn talks about the city's refugee resettlement program during an interview at his lawn care business in Fargo, N.D. A group of refugee supporters are collecting signatures to try and recall Piepkorn because they say his stance against the program does not support diversity. Piepkorn says he is merely asking how much taxpayer money is being spent on refugees. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack)
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ADVANCE FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 2017, AT 3:01 A.M. EDT - In this March 15, 2017, photo children leave at the end of the school day at Stichting Mytylschool Suriname, a school for children with disabilities in Paramaribo, Suriname. (Stephanie Strasburg/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
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Candles and flowers are arranged outside the home of Fusako Petrus in North Highlands, Calif., on Friday, April 28, 2017. Petrus, 86, was sexually assaulted and beaten to death during a morning walk with a friend at the track of Highlands High School on Wednesday. Neven Glen Butler, 18, was arrested that afternoon on unrelated sexual assault and elder abuse charges and homicide detectives were able to tie him to the scene of of the assault on Petrus. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Don Hines pauses as he talks about the death of his neighbor, Fusako Petrus, Friday, April 28, 2017, in North Highlands, Calif. Petrus, 86, was sexually assaulted and beaten to death during a morning walk around the track with a friend, Wednesday. Neven Glen Butler, 18, was arrested that afternoon on unrelated sexual assault and elder abuse charges and homicide detectives were able to tie him to the scene of the assault on Petrus. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Lloyd Miller talks about the death of his neighbor, Fusako Petrus, Friday, April 28, 2017, in North Highlands, Calif. Petrus, 86, was sexually assaulted and beaten to death during a morning walk around the track with a friend, Wednesday. Neven Glen Butler, 18, was arrested that afternoon on unrelated sexual assault and elder abuse charges and homicide detectives were able to tie him to the scene of the assault on Petrus. Butler is being held on suspicion of murder without bail, and will be arraigned in Sacramento County Superior Court, Monday.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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FILE - In this April 18, 2017, file photo, debate on Gov. Bill Haslam's road and bridge funding bill takes place in the House of in Nashville, Tenn. The bill ultimately passed and Haslam signed it into law on April 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
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FILE – This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows Dennis McGuire, who was executed with the use of the sedative midazolam on Jan. 16, 2014. McGuire's execution lasted 26 minutes and remains the longest execution to date since Ohio resumed putting inmates to death in 1999. Questions about whether midazolam can prevent prisoners from suffering while they die have persisted since several states in 2014 began using the drug as part of their lethal injection protocols. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP, File)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 1, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-In this March 18, 2017 photo, Chaz Wing records the weather forecast at a radio station in Brunswick, Maine. Wing has testified that he was raped by other kids three times in his first year in junior high, even after repeatedly complaining of harassment to teachers and administrators. Chaz’s saga is more than a tale of escalating bullying. Across the U.S., thousands of students have been sexually assaulted, by other students, in high schools, junior highs and even elementary schools _ a hidden horror educators have long been warned not to ignore. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 1, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-In this Wednesday, March 29, 2017 photo, Adele Kimmel, senior attorney with the law firm Public Justice and head of its anti-bullying campaign, speaks during an interview at their national headquarters in Washington. "The notion of holding schools accountable and making sure they make changes to address sexual assault is very important to victims," said Kimmel. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 1, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-In this Feb. 24, 2017 photo, Chaz Wing walks down Maine Street in Brunswick, Maine. Wing has testified that he was raped by other kids three times in his first year in junior high, even after repeatedly complaining of harassment to teachers and administrators. Chaz’s saga is more than a tale of escalating bullying. Across the U.S., thousands of students have been sexually assaulted, by other students, in high schools, junior highs and even elementary schools _ a hidden horror educators have long been warned not to ignore. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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Donna Farrell places plastic flowers to remember Fusako Petrus on a fence surrounding the track of Highlands High School, Friday, April 28, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Petrus, 86, was sexually assaulted and beaten to death during a morning walk around the track with a friend, Wednesday. Neven Glen Butler was arrested that afternoon on unrelated sexual assault and elder abuse charges and homicide detectives were able to tie him to the scene of of the assault on Petrus. Butler is being held on suspicion of murder without bail, and will be arraigned in Sacramento County Superior Court, Monday. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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A make shift memorial to remember Fusako Petrus is displayed on a fence surrounding the track of Highlands High School, Friday, April 28, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Petrus, 86, was sexually assaulted and beaten to death during a morning walk around the track with a friend, Wednesday. Neven Glen Butler was arrested that afternoon on unrelated sexual assault and elder abuse charges and homicide detectives were able to tie him to the scene of of the assault on Petrus. Butler is being held on suspicion of murder without bail, and will be arraigned in Sacramento County Superior Court, Monday.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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A woman passes a make-shift memorial to remember Fusako Petrus, that has been erected at a fence surrounding the track of Highlands High School, Friday, April 28, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Petrus, 86, was sexually assaulted and beaten to death during a morning walk around the track with a friend, Wednesday. Neven Glen Butler was arrested that afternoon on unrelated sexual assault and elder abuse charges and homicide detectives were able to tie him to the scene of of the assault on Petrus. Butler is being held on suspicion of murder without bail, and will be arraigned in Sacramento County Superior Court, Monday. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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This undated photo released by the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department on Friday, April 28, 2017, shows Neven Glen Butler. Authorities have arrested the 18-year-old man accused in the death of 86-year-old woman Fusako Petrus, who was sexually assaulted and beaten during a morning walk. (Sacramento County Sheriff's Department via AP)
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FILE - In this April 4, 2017 file photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington to talk about the failed health care bill. From cancer to addiction, doctors and patient groups are warning that the latest Republican health care bill would gut hard-won protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions. Some GOP moderates who may seal the legislation’s fate are echoing those concerns. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Nicole Alvarez holds a sign during a "die-in" protest against the National Rifle Association's annual convention where President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak a few blocks away in Atlanta, Friday, April 28, 2017. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
