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How it took just four minutes for ‘Sing Sing’ actor JJ Velazquez to be exonerated of wrongful conviction after over 20 years in prison

How it took just four minutes for ‘Sing Sing’ actor JJ Velazquez to be exonerated of wrongful conviction after over 20 years in prison

After over two decades behind bars for a crime he did not commit, Jon-Adrian Velazquez was on Monday exonerated following a motion to vacate his wrongful conviction. He told NBC News, “For the first time I can breathe.” The proceeding was overseen by New York Supreme Court Justice Abraham Clott, who set aside the guilty…

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