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Tuesday, April 23, 2013  David F. McNamara, 36, was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering his ex-girlfriend Katie Socci. Socci’s parents and McNamara each spoke at sentencing and the District Attorney gave extensive detail about evidence in the case.

Thursday, April 18, 2013  A 39-year-old Syracuse convicted of beating his 18-year-old live-in girlfriend to death has been sentenced to from 25 years to life in prison.

Sunday, March 17, 2013  Two Ohio high school football players who were found guilty of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl have been sentenced to at least one year in juvenile jail.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013  A 31-year-old man has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for strangling a mother of four whose body was found behind a central New York fire station six years ago.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013  Jerry Sandusky isn't getting the new trial he asked for after arguing that his lawyers weren't given enough time to prepare for the proceeding that ended with a 45-count guilty verdict.

Thursday, December 13, 2012  Man convicted in ex-girlfriend's death charged with DWI again

Thursday, October 25, 2012  Ryan Brahney was sentenced to 54 years to life in state prison, the maximum sentence, for the brutal killing of his former girlfriend Bridget Bell last year.

Thursday, September 20, 2012  Cazenovia funeral director Brian Tait, 46, was sentenced in Madison County Court on Thursday.

Friday, July 13, 2012  A Utica woman who police say was so drunk she couldn't finish a sentence was arrested this week for allegedly neglecting her children.

Monday, June 11, 2012  A 21-year-old northern New York man has been sentenced to prison for fatally stabbing a 51-year-old woman and wounding her daughter, the mother of his young child.

Thursday, April 19, 2012  The owner of Princess, the pit bull at the center of a high profile animal abuse case, has been sentenced.

Friday, April 06, 2012  A man from South Carolina has been sentenced for kidnapping a woman and leaving her tied up in a Weedsport hotel.

Thursday, April 05, 2012  A 52-year-old former Syracuse-area man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing a man whose skeletal remains were found near a Central New York creek in 2010.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012  A man accused of tricking his neighbors out of money is going to prison.

Friday, March 02, 2012  A former OCM BOCES teaching assistant is going to jail after being accused of having a sexual relationship with a student.