May 2, 2008: Today in Pictures

Gary Michael Hilton leaves Friday in a secure vehicle after he acted as his own attorney in a Butts County court to argue that he should not be sent to Florida to face the death penalty if he is convicted of murdering and decapitating a nurse there. Hilton admitted to murdering hiker Meredith Emerson, in Georgia, and is a suspect in a North Carolina case as well. JOHN SPINK / AJC
