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Wednesday, May 15, 2013  DNA evidence leads to the arrest of a Liverpool man, accused of raping a 12 year old girl more than a decade ago.

Monday, May 06, 2013  New York's Nassau County is no longer using condoms as evidence in prostitution cases.

Thursday, April 18, 2013  The next time you look up, something may be watching you. More security cameras will soon pop up throughout Syracuse.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012  A 35-year-old upstate New York man has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for killing a mother of six while she worked at a group home for the developmentally disabled nearly two decades ago.

Tuesday, September 04, 2012  Authorities say a 35-year-old man tried to swallow several counterfeit $50 bills after he was caught trying to use the bogus money at a western New York amusement park.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012  A federal appeals court in New York has given new life to a man's claims that he was unjustly convicted in the 1987 murder of a pediatric nurse in Syracuse.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012  Advocates for New York sex workers are coming to Albany to push for legislation that would ban condoms as evidence in prostitution cases, arguing the law-enforcement tactic is bad for public health.

Thursday, January 05, 2012  Utica Police are defending their procedures following the release of a video, which critics say shows a police officer planting drugs at a traffic stop.

Wednesday, November 02, 2011  Several law enforcement agencies are combing for evidence where the body of an Auburn mother was found in June this year.

Monday, September 26, 2011  At a news conference Monday morning, Ithaca police announced that a man already in prison for another crime was linked to the murder through DNA.

Thursday, July 07, 2011  Casey Anthony will be freed next week after spending nearly three years in jail on accusations she murdered her 2-year-old daughter, a case that captured the nation's attention and divided many over whether a killer had been acquitted.

Wednesday, July 06, 2011  It is a case that has captivated the country and sparked outrage, anger, scorn, judgement and intrigue.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011  New evidence emerges in the 1964 cold case murder of an African-American man thanks, in part, to the work of Syracuse University law students and professors.

Thursday, July 08, 2010  The wife of a jailed college professor has been accused of helping her husband cover up evidence in a rape case.

Tuesday, February 09, 2010  The mother of a local murder victim says her daughter's case is caught in an Albany scandal.