Actor JJ Velazquez Formally Cleared
‘Sing Sing’ Actor JJ Velazquez Exonerated of Wrongful Murder Conviction After Serving Nearly 24 Years in Prison
After serving nearly 24 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, “Sing Sing” actor Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez has been exonerated of his wrongful murder conviction. The 48-year-old Velazquez held back tears, pounded his chest and pumped his ...
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.
JJ Velazquez exonerated: ‘Sing Sing' actor cleared of wrongful conviction in NYPD murder
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 JJ Velazquez Sees Murder Conviction Vacated After 23 Years in Prison
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,
‘Sing Sing’ actor exonerated of murder after nearly 24 years in prison
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.
‘Sing Sing’ Actor JJ Velazquez Officially Exonerated In Wrongful Murder Conviction
Jon-Adrian "JJ" Velazquez, the former prisoner who now appears with Colman Domingo in the A24 prison drama Sing Sing, has been exonerated.
'Sing Sing’ Actor JJ Velazquez Exonerated After 24 Years for Wrongful Murder Conviction: ‘This Is Not a Celebration'
Velasquez was released from prison in 2021 and began filming for the A24 film based on the prison of the same name.
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, witnesses described the shooter as being a light-skinned Black man. Velazquez is Latino. He also had an alibi that was corroborated by phone records.
After 25 years, judge tosses murder conviction of Jon-Adrian Velazquez
Newly available DNA evidence failed to link Velazquez to the killing of former New York police officer Albert Ward in 1998.
Actor exonerated after 24 years in prison for wrongful murder conviction
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,
‘Sing Sing’ actor exonerated of murder after serving more than 20 years in prison
Sing Sing' actor JJ Velazquez was wrongly convicted of murder in the ’90s, the Manhattan district attorney said Monday.
“Sing Sing” actor JJ Velazquez exonerated after 23 years in prison for wrongful conviction: 'End of an error'
This is an indictment of the system.” Sing Sing actor Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez has finally been exonerated after more than ...
‘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 ...