Subu Vedam
Coverage of Subu Vedam. A State College man who has spent the past 42 years in prison for a murder he says he did not commit.
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Hearing Date Set for State College Man Seeking to Overturn Murder Conviction After More Than 40 Years
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Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam will return in early 2025 to the courthouse where he was first convicted of murder more than 40 years ago for a hearing that will play a […]
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Judge Orders Hearing for State College Man Seeking to Overturn Decades-Old Murder Conviction
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A State College man who has spent the past 42 years in prison for a murder he says he did not commit is one step closer to getting a new […]
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No Decision Yet on Subu Vedam’s Plea for a New Trial
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BELLEFONTE – Having spent 42 of his 62 years in prison, Subu Vedam is probably used to waiting. After remotely watching a two-hour hearing of his petition for a new […]
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After 42 Years, Another Day in Court for Subu Vedam
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Maybe you’ve seen the yellow yard signs around town: “WE’RE FOR INTEGRITY/ #FairTrialFor Subu.” Subu is Subramanyam Vedam, four decades into a life sentence for the murder of his boyhood […]
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New Hope for Subu Vedam
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The case against Subramanyam Vedam was always flimsy. Now it may have disintegrated altogether. Vedam has been locked up for 40 years, having been arrested and then convicted of murdering […]
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It’s Time to Give Lifers a Chance at Life
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There’s a faint glimmer of hope for Pennsylvanians who are condemned to spend the rest of their lives in prison.
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A Mother Dies Without Seeing Her Son Go Free
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Nalini Vedam died on Saturday, still holding on to the hope that her son — sentenced to life in prison 30 years ago for a murder he maintains he did not commit — would some day be exonerated.
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Subu’s Story (Part 2)
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After I wrote about it last week I heard from two people who remain convinced that a white jury was biased against the accused, who was born in India. One called it “a racist miscarriage of justice.” The other wondered if the verdict would have been the same “if he had been a white male.”
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Life in Prison: It’s Not a Nice Place to Visit and You Wouldn’t Want to Live There
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I had asked Mrs. Vedam what she thought her son would have done with his life if he hadn’t gone to prison. Without hesitation, she said, “He would have been a physicist like his father.”