US EditionA man who spent 43 years in prison before his conviction was overturned now faces deportation
Vedam’s conviction was overturned after 43 years due to undisclosed ballistics evidence but he faces deportation from the U.S. under a 1999 drug-related order, lawyers say.
- Subramanyam Vedam, who spent 43 years in prison after a wrongful conviction, was taken into federal custody due to a deportation order stemming from a 1999 conviction.
- Vedam, who immigrated to the U.S. from India as a child, now faces a legal battle against deportation.
- Immigration lawyer Ava Benach stated, 'He was someone who's suffered a profound injustice,' highlighting his achievements in prison.
- The Department of Homeland Security stated, 'Criminal illegal aliens are not welcome in the U.S.' regarding Vedam's case.
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‘Mr. Vedam, where were you born?’: A man who spent 43 years in prison before his conviction was thrown out now faces deportation
After waiting more than four decades to clear his name in a friend’s 1980 killing, Subramanyam Vedam was set to walk free from a Pennsylvania prison this month. Vedam and Thomas Kinser were the 19-year-old children of Penn State University faculty. Vedam was the last person seen with Kinser and was twice convicted of killing him, despite a lack of witnesses or motive. In August, a judge threw out the conviction after Vedam’s lawyers found new ba…
Subramanyam Vedam may be deported after murder conviction thrown out
PHILADELPHIA — After waiting more than four decades to clear his name in a friend’s 1980 killing, Subramanyam Vedam was set to walk free from a Pennsylvania prison this month. Vedam and Thomas Kinser were the 19-year-old children of Penn State University faculty. Vedam was the last person seen with Kinser and was twice convicted of killing him, despite a lack of witnesses or motive. In August, a judge threw out the conviction after Vedam's lawye…
Subramanyam Vedam who spent 43 years in prison before his conviction was overturned now faces deportation - The Tribune
After waiting more than four decades to clear his name in a friend’s 1980 killing, India-born Subramanyam Vedam was set to walk free from a Pennsylvania prison this month.
Pennsylvania man who spent 43 years in prison before his conviction was overturned now faces deportation
A Pennsylvania man whose murder conviction was overturned after he served 43 years in prison hoped to walk free this month, but instead found himself in immigration custody
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