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Howard L. Brooks, a former campaign aide for Mayor Vincent C. Gray, leaves U.S. District Court after being sentenced Wednesday to 24 months of probation for lying to federal agents about money he gave to a Gray challenger to stay in the 2010 primary race and bash the sitting mayor, Adrian M. Fenty. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)

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**FILE** In this photo from Aug. 5, 2010, Hawo Mohamed Hassan (left) and Amina Farah Ali, both of Rochester, Minn., leave U.S. District Court after appearing at a hearing in St. Paul, Minn. The two women are accused of funneling money to a terrorist group in Somalia, and are the first to go on trial in Minnesota's years-long federal investigation into the recruiting and financing of al-Shabab. (Associated Press)

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Prince George's County Councilwoman Leslie Johnson, 59, wife of former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson, makes her exit after entering her plea of guilty to the charge of conspiring to obstruct a federal corruption investigation, at the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., Thursday, June 30, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Prince George's County Councilwoman Leslie Johnson, 59, wife of former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson, stops to make a brief statement to reporters as she makes her exit after entering her plea of guilty to the charge of conspiring to obstruct a federal corruption investigation, at the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., Thursday, June 30, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Prince George's County Councilwoman Leslie Johnson, 59, wife of former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson, stops to make a brief statement to reporters as she makes her exit after entering her plea of guilty to the charge of conspiring to obstruct a federal corruption investigation, at the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., Thursday, June 30, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Prince George's County Councilwoman Leslie Johnson, 59, wife of former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson, makes her exit after entering her plea of guilty to the charge of conspiring to obstruct a federal corruption investigation, at the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., Thursday, June 30, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Prince George's County Councilwoman Leslie Johnson, 59, (in sun glasses) wife of former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson, arrives to enter her plea of guilty to the charge of conspiring to obstruct a federal corruption investigation, at the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., Thursday, June 30, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Prince George's County Councilwoman Leslie Johnson, 59, (in sun glasses) wife of former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson, arrives to enter her plea of guilty to the charge of conspiring to obstruct a federal corruption investigation, at the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., Thursday, June 30, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Prince George's County Councilwoman Leslie Johnson, 59, (in sun glasses) wife of former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson, arrives to enter her plea of guilty to the charge of conspiring to obstruct a federal corruption investigation, at the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., Thursday, June 30, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Demonstrators marched to the U.S. District Court building in Los Angeles on Monday to demand that federal prosecutors bring charges against a white transit officer who was released from jail after serving half of a two-year sentence for fatally shooting Mr. Grant, an unarmed black man.

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** FILE ** Maj. Margaret Witt of the U.S. Air Force Reserve is seen in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, Wash., in 2006 after a hearing in her case challenging her dismissal for being a lesbian. (AP Photo/John Froschauer, File)

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** FILE ** Sen. Ted Stevens, Alaska Republican, leaves U.S. District Court in Washington on Thursday, July 31, 2008, after pleading not guilty to seven counts, including concealing more than $250,000 in gifts from an oil services company. (The Washington Times)

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Opponents of Proposition 8 cheer Wednesday after hearing the decision in the U.S. District Court proceedings challenging Proposition 8 outside of the Phillip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco. A federal judge overturned California's same-sex marriage ban in a landmark case that could eventually land before the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if gays have a constitutional right to marry in America. (Associated Press)