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A man who spent more than two decades in prison before his conviction for the murder of a retired NYPD detective was dismissed due to DNA evidence has sued New York City for $100 million.
Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez is suing city and law enforcement officials for his arrest, prosecution and incarceration, which he said tore him away from his two young children and violated his civil rights. His mother and two sons sued the city for $50 million in a separate suit, also filed in Manhattan federal court…