The Latest Breaking News from Melissa Phinn

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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