Jon-Adrian Velazquez spent close to 27 years caught in the criminal justice system — nearly all of it behind bars in New York ...

After serving nearly 24 years in prison before being granted clemency ... and I hope that today brings with it a new chapter ...

A celebrated criminal justice advocate who spent 23 years in a New York prison for a murder he did not commit has finally ...

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 ...

Nearly 30 years after fatally stabbing a fellow inmate at a Northern Westchester prison because he wore a cross, a ...

2021 after serving 23 years, eight months, and seven days in Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, New York. Following his pardon, Velazquez starred in A24’s prison drama, Sing Sing ...

The film spotlights the Rehabilitation Through the Arts theater program for men incarcerated at the New York prison. “Sing Sing” also stars former incarcerated actors Clarence “Divine Eye” ...

Oscar-nominated actor Colman Domingo brings to life the inspiring story of a prison theater program in “Sing Sing,” a powerful A24 film that highlights the transformative impact of the arts within the ...

Allah-Son-Allah, 54, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the deadly 1995 stabbing of 32-year-old Michael Jones. Prosecutors say Son-Allah was part of the Five-Percent Nation, a Black ...

‘Sing Sing’ Actor Exonerated of Murder After Nearly 24 Years in Prison NEW YORK (AP) — After serving nearly 24 years in prison before being granted clemency and starring in last year’s ...

NEW YORK (AP) — After serving nearly 24 years in prison before being granted clemency and starring in last year’s movie “ Sing Sing," Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez has officially been ...