For Indian-origin man Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam life's challenges did not seem to have ended despite serving 43 years sentence in US jail after being wrongfully convicted. With a new ordeal looming, he faces the threat of deportation to India.

Convicted on murder charges of 19-year-old Thomas Kinser, the 64-year-old was finally released from Pennsylvania’s Huntingdon State Correctional Institution on October 3 after the case was overturned. However, the freedom was short-lived as he was promptly taken into custody by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

A permanent resident of the United States, Vedam was made to spend nearly his entire adult life behind bars. For the 1980 shooting death, he was convicted twice, first in 1983 and again in 1988. Sentenced to life without parol

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