FILE - Chantemekki Fortson, mother of slain Roger Fortson, a U.S. Air Force senior airman, holds a photo of her son during a news conference with attorney Ben Crump on Monday, June 3, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

FILE - This photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, shows Senior Airman Roger Fortson in a Dec. 24, 2019, photo. (U.S. Air Force via AP)

Eddie Duran confers with defense attorney Michael Flowers in an Okaloosa County courtroom in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Kate Payne)

FILE - Florida Democratic Party Chairman Rod Smith speaks at the Party's State Convention Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

First Judicial Circuit Judge Terrance Ketchel presides over a hearing in the case of Eddie Duran in an Okaloosa County courtroom in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Kate Payne)

Eddie Duran sits in an Okaloosa County courtroom on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Kate Payne)

FILE - Candidate Rod Smith, center, announces his acceptance to run for lieutenant governor Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010, during a news conference at the Bo Diddley Downtown Community Plaza in Gainesville, Fla. (AP Photo/The Gainesville Sun, Aaron Daye, File)

This image taken from video provided by the First Judicial Circuit of Florida shows Eddie Duran in a holding room separate from court in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (First Judicial Circuit of Florida via AP)