If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Adnan Syed is back in the spotlight as a new episode of the HBO documentary series about his life debuts online this week — more than six years …
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The most recent twists in the murder case against Adnan Syed will be explored in a new installment of the HBO docuseries, The Case Against Adnan Syed, airing Sept. 18. Directed by Amy Berg, the original four-part series aired in 2019 after Syed’s case became a national sensation thanks to …
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Adnan Syed, whose murder conviction was the subject of the hit podcast Serial, was officially freed from prison after a judge agreed to reduce his sentence to time served. A judge approved Syed’s sentence reduction bid in a decision handed down March 6, just over a week after an emotional …
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Maryland’s highest court ruled Friday to uphold the murder conviction against Adnan Syed, the subject of the first season of the groundbreaking true-crime podcastSerial, agreeing with an appellate court’s previous decision to reinstate Syed’s conviction for the murder of Hae Min Lee. In September 2022, a Baltimore judge ordered the …
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Adnan Syed’s journey through the court system is getting a final act. It’s on a technicality, but one that is of great importance to the family of murder victim Hae Min Lee. On Tuesday, the Maryland Appellate Court reinstated Syed’s conviction for Lee’s murder, deciding that a lower court had …
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The family of murdered high school student Hae Min Lee has requested an evidentiary hearing regarding the decision to vacate the conviction of Adnan Syed in her death, claiming prosecutors treated the family in a “callous and unconstitutional manner” by not giving them enough notice or an opportunity to comment …
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Baltimore prosecutors have dropped their charges against Adnan Syed, subject of the hit 2014 podcast Serial, who was in prison for 23 years for the murder of his high school ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. His conviction was vacated last month, and prosecutors have said they will not pursue another trial. …
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The lead-up to and aftermath of Adnan Syed’s release from prison will be chronicled in a new follow-up episode of the HBO docuseries, The Case Against Adnan Syed. An exact release date for the episode hasn’t been announced, but it’s expected to arrive in 2023. Director Amy Berg started filming …
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Eight years after Serial made Adnan Syed a household name, the justice system has validated the heartbreaking truth the podcast’s reporting revealed to the public back in 2014: Syed’s trial was deeply flawed, and he was wrongfully convicted of the murder of Hae Min Lee. That means the justice system …
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Adnan Syed will be released from prison. On Monday, a Baltimore judge ordered the release of Syed — whose murder conviction was captured on the podcast Serial in 2014 — after prosecutors filed a motion to vacate his murder conviction earlier this year. The judge in the case, Baltimore Circuit …
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