A man who spent 43 years in prison before his conviction was overturned now faces deportation

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Pennsylvania man whose murder conviction was overturned after he served 43 years in prison hoped to walk free this month, but instead found himself in immigration custody. Subramanyam Vedam was an infant when his family moved to the U.S. so his father could teach at Penn State University. The Trump Administration plans to act on a 1999 deportation order despite his murder conviction being overturned because Vedam also has a drug conviction from the 1980s. His lawyers say the years he wrongly spent in prison should outweigh that. They have asked the Board of Immigration Appeals to reopen the case.

Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh indicted over role in ICE protests

CHICAGO (AP) — According to court documents, a Democratic congressional candidate in Illinois has been indicted along with five others accused of blocking vehicles during protests outside a federal immigration enforcement building in suburban Chicago. The indictment filed last week by a special grand jury accuses Kat Abughazaleh of blocking a federal agent outside the immigration center. Abughazaleh says in a video posted on social media Wednesday: “This is a political prosecution and a gross attempt to silence dissent, a right protected under the First Amendment. This case is a major push by the Trump administration to criminalize protest and punish anyone who speaks out against them.”

Russian mobsters sentenced to 25 years for foiled plot to assassinate Iranian dissident journalist

NEW YORK (AP) — Two Russian mobsters have each been sentenced to 25 years in prison for agreeing to try to assassinate Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad for $500,000. The men were sentenced Wednesday. They were convicted in March. Judge Colleen McMahon said she wanted to send a message to foreign powers about trying to kill Americans in the United States. Prosecutors say Iranian officials tried to harass, smear and silence Alinejad for exposing corruption. Before the sentence was announced, Alinejad won applause as she addressed the court, saying the mobsters couldn’t break her despite turning her life upside down.

Detroit paying nearly $6M in second death connected to bus driver with many crashes

DETROIT (AP) — The city of Detroit has agreed to pay $5.85 million to settle a lawsuit over the death of a pedestrian who was struck by a city bus, the second fatality involving the same driver since 2015. Wayne County Judge Kathleen McCarthy signed off on the deal last week, court records show. Janice Bauer, 67, was hit by a city bus while walking in a downtown Detroit crosswalk in June 2023. The driver, Geraldine Johnson, was sentenced to six months in jail a year ago after pleading no contest to a moving violation causing death, a misdemeanor. Johnson was involved in 19 other accidents and was well-known to first responders as a risk behind the wheel, attorneys for Bauer’s estate said in a court filing. A man was struck and killed in 2015 while trying to remove his bike from the front of her bus.