Sing Sing' actor JJ Velazquez was wrongly convicted of murder in the ’90s, the Manhattan district attorney said Monday. Velazquez found no cause to celebrate.

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 “JJ” Velazquez was exonerated in court on Monday after serving a 25-years-to-life sentence at Sing-Sing prison in New York for the murder of a retired police officer. Velazquez had long maintained his innocence in the 1998 murder of retired NYPD Officer Albert Ward,

Sing Sing” actor Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez is finally heading home after serving nearly 24 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. He was exonerated Monday morning of his wrongful conviction at the Manhattan Supreme Court by Judge Abraham Clott,

Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez, who recently appeared in the movie Sing Sing, had his conviction overturned Monday, after being wrongfully imprisoned for murder for decades. Velazquez, now 48, was convicted by trial in 1999 of shooting and killing a retired police officer,

Jon-Adrian "JJ" Velazquez, the former prisoner who now appears with Colman Domingo in the A24 prison drama Sing Sing, has been exonerated.