Subramanyam Vedam, 64, was recently exonerated for murder after being sentenced to life in prison in 1983

A Pennsylvania man who was recently exonerated after spending more than four decades behind bars has now been taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) and faces possible deportation to India.

Earlier this month, Centre county’s district attorney dismissed murder charges against 64-year-old Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam. However, shortly after his exoneration, Vedam was detained by ICE based on a 1988 deportation order tied to his now-vacated convictions.

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        Alright well not everybody thinks it’s not fine to live with drugs. So there.

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        Do you believe it’s fine for you to decide who gets to “live with drugs”? If the state says it’s okay to “live with drugs”, do you believe that you should be able to supersede the mandate of the state?

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        We should string up the billionaire families that created and profited from the opiate epidemic, we agree on this.

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        How about the legal drugs pushed by our cooperate overlords Johnson and Johnson that caused the opiod epidemic. Not everyone thinks whatever ever religion you belong to is theirs.

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        “Live with drugs”? Wtf are you even talking about?

        Do you have any idea how many prescription drugs the average law-abiding American is on? Or how much worse for both the individual and society at large some common ones are than illegal ones?

        You’re clearly speaking from prejudice and gaslighting rather than knowledge and wisdom.

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        I’m happy you nor anyone you know and love has ever struggled with addiction. Must be nice