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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Court Grants Emergency Stay of Deportation After Subu Vedam’s Transfer to Unknown Location
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A federal court on Thursday granted an order that at least temporarily prohibits the U.S. government from deporting a State College man who was detained by immigration authorities just as he was released from prison after his 42-year-old murder conviction was overturned. The stay of deportation came after Immigration and Customs Enforcement transported Subramanyam “Subu”…
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ICE Seeking to Deport Subu Vedam
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Federal immigration authorities confirmed on Monday that they intend to deport the State College man who won his freedom after more than 40 years in prison on a now overturned murder conviction. Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam, 64, was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on a detainer issued in 1988 immediately upon his…
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DA Drops Murder Charge, Subu Vedam to Be Released After More Than 40 Years in Prison
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After more than four decades in state prison for a murder he maintains he did not commit, Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam will be released. Centre County District Attorney Bernie Cantorna said on Thursday that his office will not pursue further prosecution and would file to drop the charges, just over a month after Judge Jonathan Grine…
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Centre County DA Declines to Appeal Judge’s Decision Ordering New Trial in Subu Vedam Case
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A Centre County judge’s Monday deadline came and went without prosecutors appealing his decision to order a new trial for the State College man who has spent more than 40 years in prison for a murder he maintains he did not commit District Attorney Bernie Cantorna declined to comment on his office’s decision not to…
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Frank: Let Subu Vedam Go
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Let us boil down the state of things in the case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Subramanyam Vedam: No witnesses ever came forward and said they saw Subu Vedam shoot Tom Kinser. No evidence was ever produced that Subu was with Tom when he died. The Commonwealth’s case against Subu hinged on one fact and…
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Murder Conviction Overturned, New Trial Ordered for Subu Vedam
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Updated 5:23 p.m. Aug. 28, 2025 with comment from Subramanyam Vedam’s niece and attorney. A Centre County judge on Thursday vacated the conviction of a State College man who has spent more than 40 years in prison for a murder he says he did not commit. President Judge Jonathan Grine ruled that Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam…
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Will Subu Vedam Get a New Trial? Pivotal Evidentiary Hearing Concludes With Prosecution Experts
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A pivotal two-day evidentiary hearing for the man convicted of the 1980 murder of Thomas Kinser near State College wrapped up Friday afternoon in Bellefonte, but a judge’s decision on whether Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam will get a new trial is still months away. Back in the Centre County Courthouse where he was convicted at a 1983…
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Forensic Expert Challenges Key Evidence as Hearing Begins in Subu Vedam’s Pursuit for a New Trial
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About 100 people received a crash course in forensic anthropology in Centre County Court in Bellefonte on Thursday. It was the first installment of a two-day hearing to determine whether key evidence was suppressed when Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam was convicted of murdering Thomas Kinser in 1980. Vedam, now 63 and serving a life sentence in…
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Will Subu Vedam Prevail?
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Updated 12:28 p.m. Feb. 5 with new hearing times. It all comes down to the size of a bullet and a bullet hole, measured in fractions of an inch. Subramanyam Vedam, imprisoned 42 years on a murder rap, will be back in court on Thursday, hoping a ballistics expert will convince a judge to grant…
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Op-Ed: Getting to Know ‘Subu’ Vedam
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Subramanyam Vedam, a former State College resident incarcerated at the State Correctional Institute at Huntingdon, has for many years been seeking his freedom based on his claim that he is innocent of the 1980 crime of killing another State College resident, Thomas Kinser. This fall Centre County Judge Jonathan Grine ruled that Mr. Vedam is entitled…