Jon-Adrian 'JJ' Velazquez has been exonerated after spending nearly 24 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.

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Velazquez had long maintained his innocence in the 1998 shooting death of a former police officer. NBC's "Dateline" ...

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.

Sing Sing star Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez has been fully exonerated of his wrongful murder conviction. Velazquez, who starred ...

Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez, 48, walked into Manhattan Supreme Court already a free man, his sentence having been commuted in ...

A criminal justice reform advocate featured in the movie “Sing Sing” has been exonerated in the 1998 killing of a retired New York City police officer. Jon-Adrian Velazquez served nearly ...

Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez was exonerated in court on Monday after serving a 25-years-to-life sentence at Sing-Sing prison in ...

Jon-Adrian Velazquez was convicted of the 1998 murder of retired NYPD officer Albert Ward during an attempted robbery in Harlem.

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