Jon-Adrian Velazquez spent close to 27 years caught in the criminal justice system — nearly all of it behind bars in New York ...
After leaving prison, Velazquez has continued to fight for his own exoneration and criminal justice reform. He met in 2022 with President Biden, who apologized for his wrongful conviction. In the A24 ...
Sing Sing' actor JJ Velazquez was wrongly convicted of murder in the ’90s, the Manhattan district attorney said Monday.
A man who spent more than two decades behind bars for a murder he didn't commit is officially a free man. Jon-Adrian Velazquez was granted clemency in 2021. Monday he was formally exonerated.
Jon-Adrian Velazquez spent close to 27 years caught in the criminal justice system — nearly all of it behind bars in New York ...
MSNBC has announced a new docuseries titled “The Sing Sing Chronicles,” a four-episode investigative piece that will tell the ...
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.
Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez, who recently appeared in the movie Sing Sing, had his conviction overturned Monday, after being ...
After serving nearly 24 years in prison before being granted clemency and starring in last year’s movie “Sing Sing," ...
And inmates at Sing Sing have a disturbing tale of brutality by guards. By James Barron Dozens of inmates sued after the November incident, which sent seven to the hospital. They described ...