Jon-Adrian Velazquez, convicted in ex-cop Albert Ward's murder, …
WEB5 days ago — Jon-Adrian Velazquez, who was just 22 when he was sentenced to 25 years to life in the 1998 murder of ex-cop Albert Ward during a botched robbery in Harlem, had his conviction vacated by a...
Jon-Adrian Velazquez formally exonerated after 23 years in …
WEB5 days ago — Velazquez, now 47, was wrongfully convicted of a 1998 murder during a robbery at an underground gambling parlor in Harlem. The victim, a retired NYPD detective, was shot and killed during the...
Jon-Adrian "JJ" Velazquez formally exonerated after spending ... - CBS News
WEB5 days ago — Jon-Adrian Velazquez was granted clemency in 2021. Monday he was formally exonerated. A man who spent more than two decades behind bars for a murder he didn't commit is officially a free man.
'Sing Sing' activist exonerated in retired NYPD officer's 1998 …
WEBJon-Adrian Velazquez spent close to 27 years caught in the criminal justice system — nearly all of it behind bars in New York's Sing Sing prison, convicted of a murder he insisted he did...
JJ Velazquez exonerated in killing of retired NYPD cop after 25 …
WEBJon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez, 48, walked into Manhattan Supreme Criminal Court already a free man, his sentence having been commuted in 2021. But after the hearing concluded, with supporters...
Jon-Adrian Velazquez, New York’s ‘One-Man Innocence Project,’ …
WEB5 days ago — Jon-Adrian Velazquez spent years in Sing Sing for a shooting he did not commit. Along the way, he helped others seek their freedom and became the face of a movement.
Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez Formally Exonerated After 24 Years
WEBJon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez, who was granted clemency and freed in 2021, has now been officially exonerated, clearing his name of a wrongful conviction that kept him behind bars for nearly 24...
Man exonerated after more than 25 years in prison
WEB5 days ago — Jon-Adrian Velazquez got his case thrown out after being in prison for more than 25 years; Velazquez was convicted for murdering a retired cop in 1999, according to officials
'Sing Sing' Actor Exonerated Of Murder | HuffPost Latest News
WEB5 days ago — NEW YORK (AP) — After serving nearly 24 years in prison before being granted clemency and starring in last year’s movie “ Sing Sing,” Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez has officially been exonerated of a murder prosecutors now say he didn’t commit.
Manhattan DA moves to vacate man's conviction in 1998 murder …
WEBSep 29, 2024 — NEW YORK -- Prosecutors on Monday will move to vacate the murder conviction of Jon-Adrian Velazquez, who received an apology from President Biden and whose case is featured in a movie....