Unjust And Unsolved: JJ Velazquez

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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In 1998, JJ Velazquez was sentenced to life for the murder of a police officer in Harlem, New York. The twenty-one-year-old father had an alibi that day, yet was placed in a lineup and identified as the shooter. Since then, identifying witnesses have recanted their testimony that JJ was the shooter and there is no evidence placing JJ at the scene. In fact, new evidence points away from JJ. The real killer is still out there and JJ has been in prison for over 20 years.

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0:40.0	From Futuromiria, it's Latino USA, I'm Marieno Hosa.
0:46.0	Today, the wrongful incarceration of Jay-Jay Velasquez. In jail for 22 years, for a crime the evidence suggests he did not commit.
1:06.0	I'm here in the virtual studio with producer Maggie Freeling, which means that both of us are recording from home.
1:14.0	You might remember Maggie because she's been a part of our team at Latino USA in Futuromiria for several years now.
1:20.0	Today, Maggie is here to bring us her latest project. Hey Maggie.
1:24.0	Hey Maria, I'm so glad to be back with you.
1:27.0	So the name of your new podcast series is called Unjust and Unsolved. And well, okay Maggie, I'm super intrigued. So tell us about it.
1:38.0	Yeah, so as you know, I left Futuromiria in April to start my own project. Unjust and Unsolved and it's about wrongful convictions.
1:47.0	And of course, when you wrongfully incarcerate somebody, it goes into these now unsolved crimes.
1:54.0	All right Maggie, so tell us specifically about this episode and this story.
2:00.0	Yeah, so this episode is about John Adrian Velasquez or Jay-Jay as his friends call him.
2:07.0	And Jay-Jay was really one of the first people I talked to for this project.
2:12.0	I was, you know, we're in New York. We worked in Harlem. And so I was just googling New York wrongful convictions and Jay-J popped up.
2:20.0	And I was really drawn to this case because it took place down the street from the Futurom offices.
2:26.0	So to me, this was like, wow, I have to get in touch with this man.
2:30.0	So basically what happened is on the afternoon of January 28, 1998, retired NYPD officer Albert Ward was shot dead in Harlem, New York right down the street from us.
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