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In this April 1, 2014 photograph, defendant Calvin Rogers covers his face while waiting for the jury to return to the courtroom during the death penalty phase of his murder trial, in Memphis, Tenn. Rogers was convicted for his role in the 2010 Binghamton robbery and murder of Ameer Althaibani, 21, in Memphis, Tenn. The jury decided on a life sentence for Rogers. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Mike Brown)
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In this April 1, 2014 photograph, defendant Calvin Rogers, right, sits with attorney Robert Parris during the death penalty phase of his murder trial, in Memphis, Tenn. Rogers was convicted for his role in the 2010 Binghamton robbery and murder of Ameer Althaibani, 21, in Memphis, Tenn. The jury decided on a life sentence for Rogers. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Mike Brown)
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FILE - In this April 30, 2007 file photo is the headquarters of Cardinal Health in Dublin, Ohio. An Associated Press survey of the nation's 32 death penalty states found that the vast majority refuse to disclose the source of their execution drugs. Delaware, Nevada, Ohio and Virginia are exceptions with all but Ohio saying they have purchased their execution drugs from Cardinal Health. Ohio purchased its execution drugs, made by Hospira, from the distributor McKesson Corp. Hospira no longer sells drugs for use in executions. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 2005, file photo a stethoscope hands on a wall next to a bank of phones in a room next to the death chamber at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio. An Associated Press survey of the nation's 32 death penalty states found that the vast majority refuse to disclose the source of their execution drugs. While Ohio has been open about drugs purchased for executions, those cloaked in secrecy include states with some of the most active death chambers, Texas, Florida, Oklahoma and Missouri among them. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 2005, file photo the combinations and sequence for lethal injection drugs is posted on a wall in a room next to the death chamber at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio. An Associated Press survey of the nation's 32 death penalty states found that the vast majority refuse to disclose the source of their execution drugs. While Ohio has been open about drugs purchased for executions, those cloaked in secrecy include states with some of the most active death chambers _ Texas, Florida, Oklahoma and Missouri among them. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 2005, file photo is the witness room that adjoins the death chamber at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio. An Associated Press survey of the nation's 32 death penalty states found that the vast majority refuse to disclose the source of their execution drugs. While Ohio has been open about drugs purchased for executions, those cloaked in secrecy include states with some of the most active death chambers _ Texas, Florida, Oklahoma and Missouri among them. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
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A pedestrian walks into Hollywood/Wilshire Public Health Center in Los Angeles on Friday, April, 4, 2014. The Department of Public Health urged gay men who had HIV or multiple partners to be vaccinated against invasive meningococcal disease. Los Angeles County Public Health Clinics are offering free vaccines against invasive meningococcal disease to those without health insurance. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)