Overview
- An immigration judge found Subramanyam Vedam rehabilitated and not a danger, opening the door to his release from federal detention.
- Homeland Security has a month to file an appeal, which could keep him in custody if the agency challenges the ruling.
- The government is still seeking to deport Vedam to India based on past LSD distribution convictions that are separate from the murder case.
- Vedam’s 1982 murder conviction was set aside after a judge said prosecutors failed to share key ballistics evidence, and the local district attorney declined a third trial due to the passage of time.
- ICE took Vedam into custody after prosecutors dropped the retrial, and his lawyer says he has housing with relatives and an offer to enter an Oregon State University doctoral program if released.