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‘Sing Sing Chronicles’ Docuseries to Investigate Wrongful Convictions of JJ Velazquez and Five Other Innocent Men
MSNBC will tell the story of 'Sing Sing' actor JJ Velazquez and five other wrongfully convicted men in a docuseries titled 'The Sing Sing Chronicles.'
The docuseries taps into more than 1,000 hours of original footage filmed between 2002 and 2024, centering on Velazquez, who was wrongfully convicted of the murder of a retired New York police officer in 1998. He was sentenced to 25 years to life, despite the fact that he did not match the suspect description and had an alibi corroborated by phone records. Slepian’s reporting on those cases helped lead to those men’s exonerations, but Velazquez remained in prison until he was granted clemency and released on parole in 2021.
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