The Centre County District Attorney's office announced Thursday that it will not retry Subramanyam "Subu" Vedam, the State College man who had been convicted of first-degree murder and has been in prison for more than 40 years and who will now be released.

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The conservative political action committee is closely associated with two other groups urging voters to reject new terms for Supreme Court justices.
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Centre County prosecutors are not appealing a judge’s ruling to overturn the conviction of Subramanyam "Subu" Vedam, a State College man accused of murder who has been in prison for 42 years.
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