Vedam’s lawyer, Ava Benach, indicated she plans to seek her client’s release on bond. Vedam told the judge that he turned down plea bargain offers during his first trial and that prosecutors made similar overtures during his retrial. “I never stopped saying I was innocent of this charge,” Vedam told the judge. Vedam was arrested on drug charges and eventually accused and convicted of Kinser’s murder. Despite being cleared of Kinser’s murder, Vedam’s no-contest pleas to LSD distribution charges put him in danger of deportation.

Source: The Guardian April 03, 2026 22:21 UTC