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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]