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US Court Upholds Decision To Reinstate Conviction Of 'Serial' Podcast Subject

The top court in the US state of Maryland on Friday upheld a ruling by a lower court reinstating the conviction of the man at the center of the hit podcast "Serial, who had served more than 20 years in prison for his ex-girlfriend's murder.

International Business Times

Maryland appellate opinion in Adnan Syed case sparks debate over scope of crime victims’ rights

BALTIMORE — An opinion issued this week in the appeal of the family of Hae Min Lee from the notorious case of the man long held responsible for her killing, Adnan Syed, has touched off a debate in Maryland about crime victim rights.

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A Maryland appeals court reinstated Adnan Syed’s convictions. Here’s everything you need to know.

BALTIMORE — A Maryland appellate court sent shock waves around the globe this week when it ordered a redo of the legal hearing that set Adnan Syed, subject of the hit podcast “Serial,” free.

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Baltimore boxer Gervonta Davis pleads guilty in 2020 hit-and-run case

BALTIMORE — Baltimore boxing champion Gervonta Davis pleaded guilty Thursday to charges stemming from a November 2020 hit-and-run crash that left four people injured.

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Adnan Syed case: Maryland judges question whether Lee family appeal is ‘moot’

BALTIMORE — Lawyers for the state of Maryland, Adnan Syed and Hae Min Lee’s brother argued Thursday morning before the Appellate Court of Maryland about whether that body should reinstate Syed’s 22-year-old murder conviction and order a redo of the September hearing that set him free.

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Legal precedent at stake as Maryland court prepares to hear Lee family appeal over Adnan Syed case

BALTIMORE — With the Appellate Court of Maryland set to hear oral arguments Thursday morning in Adnan Syed’s ever-continuing legal journey, observers warn the court’s impending ruling could permanently change how criminal cases move through the court.

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Adnan Syed case: Attorneys for Hae Min Lee’s brother escalate allegations ahead of oral arguments in appeal

BALTIMORE — Baltimore prosecutors and a city judge collaborated behind closed doors to “choreograph” the hearing where Adnan Syed’s conviction stemming from the killing of Hae Min Lee was overturned, attorneys representing her brother in an appeal seeking to restore his conviction have alleged.

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Appealing Adnan Syed’s release, Hae Min Lee’s brother asks appeals court for new hearing

BALTIMORE — After two murder trials, multiple failed appeals, 23 years in prison and a public acquittal, Adnan Syed’s legal saga is not over yet.

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Family of Hae Min Lee continues fight for new hearing in Adnan Syed case, citing dispute over note that helped free him

BALTIMORE — The family of Hae Min Lee doubled down on its appellate request for a new hearing to overturn Adnan Syed’s murder conviction, citing a public dispute over what the handwritten note that helped free him means.

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Retired Baltimore judge who presided over Adnan Syed’s murder trial says substantial evidence supported his conviction

BALTIMORE — A jury’s finding that Adnan Syed was guilty of murdering Hae Min Lee was supported by the evidence, the retired judge who presided over Syed’s trial in 2000 states in an affidavit filed late Thursday night.

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Adnan Syed was exonerated in ‘Serial’ killing, but questions remain for Hae Min Lee’s family

BALTIMORE — The Baltimore murder case with international interest came to a sudden end in a Baltimore courtroom after winding its way through the legal system for more than two decades.

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Court orders Hae Min Lee’s family to explain why their appeal of the overturning of Adnan Syed’s conviction should continue

BALTIMORE — The Maryland Court of Special Appeals is ordering Hae Min Lee’s family to explain in writing within 15 days why their appeal of a trial judge’s decision to overturn Adnan Syed’s murder conviction should continue, given that the state dropped Syed’s charges Tuesday.

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Baltimore prosecutors drop charges against Adnan Syed, as last-ditch DNA tests exclude him

BALTIMORE — Adnan Syed, the man whose legal saga rose to international renown because of the hit podcast “Serial,” is free.

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Adnan Syed: Prosecutors drop charges against ‘Serial’ podcast subject who spent 22 years in jail

It comes after Syed was released from prison last month after his murder conviction was overturned

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Baltimore prosecutors drop charges against Adnan Syed

BALTIMORE — Baltimore prosecutors on Tuesday dropped the charges against Adnan Syed, the man whose legal saga rose to international renown because of the hit podcast “Serial.”

The Independent UK

Report: Prosecutors drop charges in 'Serial' podcast case

A newspaper reports that Baltimore prosecutors have dropped charges against Adnan Syed in the 1999 murder case chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial."

The Independent UK

Maryland AG joins family's appeal in 'Serial' murder case

The office of Maryland’s attorney general is supporting an appeal by a slain woman’s family after a Baltimore judge overturned a man’s murder conviction in a case chronicled by a groundbreaking podcast

The Independent UK

Family of victim in 'Serial' case asks court to halt case

The family of the victim in the murder case chronicled in the first season of the “Serial” podcast has asked Maryland’s intermediate appellate court to halt Adnan Syed’s court case pending the family’s appeal of a judge’s overturning of Syed’s murder conviction

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Hae Min Lee’s family asks Maryland appeals court to halt Adnan Syed’s case pending appeal

BALTIMORE — The family of Hae Min Lee is asking the Maryland Court of Special Appeals to halt Adnan Syed’s circuit court case pending the family’s appeal of a Baltimore judge’s overturning of Syed’s murder conviction in Lee’s death.

The Independent UK

Hae Min Lee’s family file motion to appeal Serial subject Adnan Syed’s release

Victim’s family said they were not given enough notice to attend the court hearing which culminated in the 41-year-old’s release

The Independent UK

Victim's family to appeal Syed’s release in ‘Serial’ case

The family of a young woman who was killed in 1999 will appeal a Baltimore judge’s recent decision to overturn the conviction of Adnan Syed, the man imprisoned for decades for Hae Min Lee’s death

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Family of Hae Min Lee to appeal Baltimore judge’s decision that freed Adnan Syed

BALTIMORE — The family of Hae Min Lee will appeal a Baltimore judge’s decision to overturn Adnan Syed’s 22-year-old murder conviction in Lee’s death, according to court papers filed Wednesday.

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Family of Hae Min Lee treated as afterthought in recent court hearing that freed Adnan Syed, attorney says

BALTIMORE — For the past two decades, Young Lee thought justice had been served when his sister’s killer was taken off the streets. He believed Baltimore prosecutors when they repeatedly expressed confidence in the case against Adnan Syed.

Daily Mirror

Serial's Adnan Syed's freeing over new evidence - DNA, mobile data & handwritten notes

Adnan Syed has been freed from jail after 23 years over the murder of Hae Min Lee. Doubts over his criminal case sparked the hit podcast series Serial, which examined what happened to the 18-year-old student after new evidence was brought to light

The Conversation

'Serial' podcast's Adnan Syed has murder conviction vacated. How common are wrongful convictions?

In 2000, 18-year-old Baltimore man Adnan Syed was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, in 1999. Syed was sentenced to life in prison and served close to 23 years in prison for the crime.

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