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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, Albert Ward, amidst the robbery of a gambling parlor in Harlem…
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‘Sing Sing’ Actor JJ Velazquez Exonerated After 23 Years in Prison on Wrongful Murder Conviction
Caitlin Huston
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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, Albert Ward, amidst the robbery of a gambling parlor in Harlem…
