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Jon-Adrian Velazquez formally exonerated

NBC News on MSN · 6h

Sing Sing activist Jon-Adrian Velazquez exonerated in retired NYPD officer's murder

Velazquez had long maintained his innocence in the 1998 shooting death of a former police officer. NBC's "Dateline" chronicled his decades-long quest to clear his name.

Jon-Adrian Velazquez formally exonerated after 23 years in prison for murder he didn't commit

Velazquez had spent over two decades in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of the 1998 murder of a retired NYPD detective.

CBS New York on MSN · 9h

Jon-Adrian "JJ" Velazquez formally exonerated after spending more than 20 years behind bars

A man who spent more than two decades behind bars for a murder he didn't commit is officially a free man. Jon-Adrian Velazquez was granted clemency in 2021. Monday he was formally exonerated.

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Wrongful conviction of Jon-Adrian Velazquez in retired officer's killing vacated after over 20 years

According to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg's office, two individuals committed a robbery of a gambling parlor on ...

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‘Sing Sing Chronicles’ Docuseries to Investigate Wrongful Convictions of JJ Velazquez and Five Other Innocent Men

MSNBC will tell the story of 'Sing Sing' actor JJ Velazquez and five other wrongfully convicted men in a docuseries titled ...

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Sing Sing actor JJ Velazquez exonerated after serving 23 years in prison for wrongful murder conviction

In 1998, Velazquez was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison despite not matching the suspect’s description. At the time, ...

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