Indian-Origin Man Faces Deportation After 43 Years of Wrongful Imprisonment in US Murder Case

Oct 14, 2025 08:16 pm CST

Subramanyam "Subu" Vedam, an Indian-origin permanent US resident who came to America as an infant, faces deportation to India after spending 43 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit. Despite his conviction being overturned due to suppressed evidence discovered by the Pennsylvania Innocence Project, ICE immediately detained him upon release due to a decades-old deportation order. Having built a life as an educator and mentor while incarcerated, Vedam's legal team is fighting to keep him in the US, where his entire family resides.