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New York Judge Exonerates Man Wrongfully Convicted of Murder After 24 Years

by Sonia Park
New York Judge Exonerates Man Wrongfully Convicted of Murder After 24 Years

Jon-Adrian "JJ" Velazquez, a man wrongfully convicted of murder, has been exonerated after spending nearly 24 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. On Monday, a Manhattan judge officially cleared Velazquez of all charges related to the 1998 murder of retired New York City police officer Albert Ward, marking the end of a decades-long legal battle.

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Velazquez was convicted in 1999 for the shooting death of Ward during a robbery at a Harlem betting parlor. Despite maintaining his innocence from the start, Velazquez was sentenced. . .

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