Subramanyam Vedam, a 64-year-old State College man released in 2025 after 43 years in prison for an overturned murder conviction, testified in a federal immigration hearing yesterday, to contest his deportation to India, where he was born, based on 1980s drug charges. A federal immigration judge is expected to rule today regarding the request for protection from deportation, which stems from a 1999 order that followed a no-contest plea to selling LSD when he was 19. Vedam testified via video yesterday from a room at the Moshannon Valley ICE Processing Center near Philipsburg, where he has been detained since his release from state prison last October. Most of yesterday’s questioning reportedly centered on Vedam’s criminal history in his teens.
Friday 3rd April 2026
