Indian-origin man freed after 43 years faces US deportation
After 43 years in prison for a wrongful murder conviction, 64-year-old Subramanyam Vedam was freed in Pennsylvania, only to be detained by ICE under a 1999 deportation order linked to a 1980s drug case. His murder verdict was overturned after new evidence proved his innocence. Lawyers now seek mercy, calling his decades of unjust imprisonment punishment enough.