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 …
Read More »Adnan Syed Will Not Return to Prison After Judge Agrees to Reduce Sentence
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 …
Read More »Maryland Supreme Court Upholds Adnan Syed's Murder Conviction
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 …
Read More »Court Reinstates Murder Conviction of Adnan Syed of 'Serial' — For Now
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 …
Read More »Victim's Family Wants to See the Evidence That Released Adnan Syed
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 …
Read More »Adnan Syed's Conviction Was Vacated — But Justice Is a Long Way Off
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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