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Thursday, May 23, 2013  The State Senate passed legislation today that requires certain violent felons to serve their maximum prison term, regardless of their behavior while in prison, if they pose an imminent threat to society.

Friday, May 03, 2013  A Syracuse man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a shooting that injured two people in April of 2012.

Monday, March 25, 2013  Jerry Sandusky says a key witness against him misinterpreted him showering with a young boy in the Penn State team showers more than a decade ago.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  A Utica woman has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for her role in faking a car crash in an insurance and healthcare fraud scheme.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  A Herkimer County man was sentenced to 151 months, or just over 12 and a half years, in prison for growing and selling marijuana at 162 McIntyre Road in Frankfort, according to US Attorney Richard S. Hartunian.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013  A Baldwinsville man was sentenced to 20 years to life on Tuesday for killing his wife back in December 2011.

Thursday, January 03, 2013  Ross Leone, the man who admitted to stealing and destroying seven swan eggs in April 2012, was sentenced to three years probation including four weekends in jail for the first month.

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

Thursday, December 13, 2012  An eastern New York man accused of tampering with a propane line before an explosion that killed six people is set to be sentenced.

Wednesday, December 05, 2012  A former Fort Drum soldier and Chaplin Assistant will spend more than 12 years in prison for enticing minors to engage in unlawful sexual contact.

Tuesday, December 04, 2012  The man who admitted to stabbing his father to death will be sentenced on Tuesday.The District Attorney's Office says the case was adjourned until Friday.

Friday, November 30, 2012  The man who killed 11 year old Erin Maxwell is now back in state prison.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012  Alan Jones, who was convicted of killing his stepsister Erin Maxwell in 2008, was given the maximum sentence of 5 to 15 years Wednesday morning for the reduced charge of manslaughter in Oswego County Court.

Thursday, October 11, 2012  Clay man admits to murdering his father

Tuesday, October 09, 2012  Jerry Sandusky has been sentenced to at least 30 years in prison in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall.