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Monday, April 29, 2013  State Senator John DeFrancisco, R-Syracuse, has proposed legislation that would allow for Family Court Clerks to provide juvenile records to prosecutors when a defendant is charged with a sex offense. Currently, those records are automatically sealed.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  The New York State prison system is coming under fire for not informing victims or prosecutors when it places a convict into an early release program.

Friday, April 12, 2013  The case of accused murderer and child rapist David Renz may result in a significant change in the way sealed juvenile records of sex offenses are handled.

Friday, April 05, 2013  Family members and Onondaga County's top prosecutor are asking the New York State Parole board to re-consider its decision to release a killer from prison

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  The case against attorney Martin J. Rothschild could be resolved this week.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  The family of a Jamesville woman murdered back in 1982 is outraged that the killer is about to be released from prison.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012  The New York Civil Liberties Union is speaking out in the wake of a scathing report on the 2010 death of a suspect at the Onondaga County Justice Center jail.

Monday, March 19, 2012  Anyone convicted of a felony and most misdemeanors will have to submit their DNA as part of new legislation signed into law today.

Thursday, March 15, 2012  Onondaga County's top prosecutor is publicly supporting a push by the governor to expand the state's DNA database.

Thursday, December 15, 2011  A New York prison inmate has come forward with accusations that he was sexually molested as a child by former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine, starting more than 40 years ago.

Friday, December 09, 2011  More than eight years ago, ESPN and a Syracuse newspaper had an audiotape on which the wife of a Syracuse University assistant basketball coach now accused of sex abuse said she knew "everything that went on" with him.

Thursday, December 08, 2011  Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor says university did its best on Bernie Fine allegations in 2005.

Wednesday, December 07, 2011  Donald Martin and Karl Sleight, Fine's attorneys issued a stement on the investigation following a news conference by District Attorney Fitzpatrick .

Wednesday, December 07, 2011  Onondaga County DA says two of the men who have accused Bernie Fine of sexual abuse, Bobby Davis and Michael Lang, are credible.

Wednesday, December 07, 2011  New information will be released Wednesday on the Bernie Fine investigation.