Subu Vedam Testifies as Judge Considers Request for Protection From Deportation Order

State College man detained by ICE after murder exoneration finally speaks

CENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) -- State College man Subu Vedam broke his silence in court for the first time after being detained by immigration officers immediately after his 2025 release on a 1985 murder charge. After 44 years in prison, Vedam, who was previously convicted of murder and exonerated of that conviction last year, could [...]

Subu Vedam Testifies as Judge Considers Request for Protection From Deportation Order

A federal immigration judge will decide on Thursday whether a State College man who spent more than 40 years in prison for a now-overturned murder conviction should be protected from a deportation order on separate, decades-old drug charges. Subramanyam "Subu" Vedam, 64, testified for more than two hours during a hearing for his request on Wednesday, the first time he has spoken in open court since his 1980s trials for the murder of Thomas Kinse…