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After 25 years, judge tosses murder conviction of Jon-Adrian Velazquez 
Manhattan prosecutors joined a motion with Velazquez’s lawyers to vacate his conviction for murdering retired police officer Albert Ward in 1998, a crime that occurred when two people robbed a gambling parlor in Harlem.
Judge vacates Manhattan murder conviction for man accused of killing retired cop in 1998 homicide
A man who served nearly a quarter-century in prison for a retired police officer’s murder had his name cleared Monday thanks to updates in DNA forensic technology, Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg announced.
NYC man who spent 27 years behind bars for ex-cop’s slay is exonerated thanks to DNA: ‘Lucky to be free’
A 48-year-old Manhattan man who spent more than half his life behind bars for the shooting death of a retired NYPD detective was freed Monday after he was cleared by new DNA evidence.
‘Sing Sing’ Actor JJ Velazquez Sees Murder Conviction Vacated After 23 Years in Prison
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.
Woman, 28, Receives Long Prison Sentence for Gruesome Upper East Side Murder
A 28-year-old woman will spend decades in prison after admitting to the gruesome murder of a 64-year-old antiques dealer whose body was discovered by a friend inside his Upper East Side apartment with his throat slit more than four years ago.
Oklahoma resident sentenced after admitting to fatal Upper East Side stabbing
A 28-year-old Oklahoma resident was sentenced to 22 years to life in New York state prison for fatally stabbing a man in an Upper East Side apartment in 2020, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said on Thursday.
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