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Postal workers gather to protest in Dallas, Thursday, April 24, 2014. Thousands of postal workers around the nation are expected to picket outside Staples' stores to protest a pilot program of postal counters in the stores that are staffed with Staples employees. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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FILE - These undated family photos provided by the Zion, Ill., Police department show Krystal Tobias, 9, and Laura Hobbs, 8. Prosecutors have urged a federal jury to impose the death penalty on an ex-Marine who murdered a Navy sailor, saying it's the only adequate punishment for a man who has committed a series of sexually motivated attacks. The jury heard closing arguments Thursday in federal court in Alexandria in the trial of 25-year-old Jorge Torrez. Prosecutor James Trump told jurors that execution is the only adequate punishment for a man who not only murdered Snell but killed two girls in his Illinois hometown. Torrez is charged but has not been convicted in those slayings. (AP Photo/Family photo via the Zion Police Department)
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This undated handout photo provided by the Arlington County, Va. Police Department shows Jorge Torrez. Prosecutors have urged a federal jury to impose the death penalty on an ex-Marine who murdered a Navy sailor, saying it's the only adequate punishment for a man who has committed a series of sexually motivated attacks. The jury heard closing arguments Thursday in federal court in Alexandria in the trial of 25-year-old Jorge Torrez. (AP Photo/Arlington County, Va. Police Department)
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FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2011 file photo, Oklahoma State forward Darrell Williams plays in an NCAA college basketball game against Texas in Stillwater, Okla. Oklahoma's criminal appeals court has overturned the conviction of former Oklahoma State basketball player Darrell Williams, accused of sexually assaulting two women at an off-campus party in 2010. The Court of Criminal Appeals on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, reversed the conviction for Williams because several jurors made unauthorized visits to the crime scene. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
