'Sing-Sing' star exonerated of murder | AP News - Associated Press News
WEB5 days ago · Velazquez appeared as himself in “Sing Sing,” a film starring other former inmates and actor Colman Domingo as an incarcerated man who helps lead a theater program at the nearly two century old maximum-security prison 30 miles (48 kilometers) upriver from New York City.. Velazquez had been sentenced to 25 years to life at Sing Sing before then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo granted him early release in ...
Jon-Adrian Velazquez, New York’s ‘One-Man Innocence Project,’ …
WEB6 days ago · Jon-Adrian Velazquez is the subject of a new book, a podcast and a coming documentary series. He has spoken at dozens of justice events and was invited to the White House in 2022 to meet President ...
Jon-Adrian Velazquez formally exonerated after 23 years in prison …
WEB5 days ago · Published September 30, 2024 7:08pm EDT. New York City. FOX 5 NY. Judge tosses Jon-Adrian Velazquez conviction. After spending 23 years in prison, Jon-Adrian "JJ" Velazquez was formally exonerated ...
Jon-Adrian "JJ" Velazquez formally exonerated after spending ... - CBS News
WEB5 days ago · Jon-Adrian "JJ" Velazquez exonerated after spending nearly 24 years in prison 02:41. NEW YORK - A man who spent more than two decades behind bars for a murder he didn't commit is officially a free ...
Sing Sing activist Jon-Adrian Velazquez exonerated in ... - NBC News
WEB4 days ago · NBC News. Inside the courtroom Monday, Velazquez, 48, hugged his family as his ordeal finally came to an end. Outside, surrounded by his mother, his two sons and a throng of supporters, he wore a ...
JJ Velazquez Exonerated After Decades Of Imprisonment - Forbes
WEB5 days ago · Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez, an actor who spent more than 23 years in prison for murder, was formally exonerated by a New York judge Monday more than a decade after a “Dateline” special ...
After 25 years, judge tosses murder conviction of Jon-Adrian Velazquez …
WEB5 days ago · 3 min. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D), whose conviction integrity unit pushed to vacate the conviction of Jon-Adrian Velazquez. (Jeenah Moon for The Washington Post) By Shayna Jacobs ...
‘Sing Sing’ Actor JJ Velazquez Exonerated of Wrongful ... - Variety
WEB5 days ago · Nearly a decade later, on Aug. 17, 2021, Velazquez was granted executive clemency by then New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. On Sept. 9, 2021, Velazquez was released from the Sing Sing prison after ...
Wrongful conviction of Jon-Adrian Velazquez in retired ... - ABC News
WEB5 days ago · The then-22-year-old Velazquez was arrested, along with Derry Daniels, and convicted for Ward's murder at trial in 1999. He served more than 23 years in prison until his sentence was commuted in 2021.
New York judge exonerates man wrongfully convicted of murder - NBC News
WEB5 days ago · Jon-Adrian "JJ" Velazquez spent nearly 24 years in prison for the murder of a retired New York City police officer -- a murder he did not commit. On Monday, a judge in Manhattan exonerated ...