Subramanyam “Subu" Vedam, an India-born Green Card holder who immigrated to the United States as an infant, was freed from a Pennsylvania prison earlier this month after spending over 43 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit. His conviction, dating back to 1983, was vacated after newly uncovered evidence revealed that prosecutors had withheld crucial FBI reports that could have proven his innocence. The Centre County District Attorney’s Office subsequently declined to appeal the ruling or pursue a retrial, finally clearing Vedam of all charges and bringing to an end one of the longest wrongful imprisonment cases in Pennsylvania’s history.

But just as Vedam’s long-awaited freedom arrived, it was swiftly interrupted. Moments after walking out of prison, he was taken into custody

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