Sing Sing actor JJ Velazquez exonerated after wrongful conviction
by Richard Luscombe from US news | The Guardian on (#6R4AG)
Velazquez was incarcerated for decades for a 1998 murder he didn't commit before starring in award-winning A24 film
A New York judge on Monday formally vacated the homicide conviction of a man incarcerated for almost 24 years before starring in the award-winning movie Sing Sing about the rehabilitative effects of a prison arts program.
Jon-Adrian JJ" Velazquez fought back tears as he hugged friends and family outside the Manhattan district courtroom where he was exonerated for the 1998 murder of a retired policeman during an armed robbery at an illegal gambling den in Harlem.
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