Adnan Syed

Prosecutors last week asked the court to vacate the conviction and release Syed pending a retrial.

It was the 2014 podcast Serial that focused worldwide attention on the case and cast doubt on Syed's guilt. It's killing me," said Young Lee. Neither suspect has been named, but officials said both had documented records of violence towards women, including convictions that occurred after Syed's trial. "Everyday when I think it's over... Steve Kelly, a victim's rights lawyer for the family, said the Lees had been "shut out of the legal process" and were "deeply disappointed" with the way they had been treated. They relied in part on mobile phone location data that has since been proven unreliable.

A Baltimore judge on Monday ordered the release of Adnan Syed after overturning Syed's conviction for the 1999 murder of high school student Hae Min Lee — a ...

Prosecutors said they weren’t asserting that Syed is innocent, but they lacked confidence “in the integrity of the conviction” and recommended he be released on his own recognizance or bail. The 12-episode podcast won a Peabody Award and was transformative in popularizing podcasts for a wide audience. That is entitled to the defendant, as well,” she added. The investigation “revealed undisclosed and newly-developed information regarding two alternative suspects, as well as unreliable cell phone tower data,” Mosby’s office said in a news release last week. The judge also said the state must decide whether to seek a new trial date or dismiss the case within 30 days. There were gasps and applause in the crowded courtroom as the judge announced her decision.

The judge ordered that Syed's conviction be vacated and approved the release of the now-41-year-old who has spent more than two decades behind bars.

The 12-episode podcast won a Peabody Award and was transformative in popularizing podcasts for a wide audience. The state’s attorney’s office had said if the motion were granted it would effectively put Syed in a new trial status, vacating his convictions, while the case remained active. The investigation “revealed undisclosed and newly-developed information regarding two alternative suspects, as well as unreliable cell phone tower data,” Mosby’s office said in a news release last week. But after the hearing, his lawyer Erica Suter described his reaction to the decision, saying: “He said he couldn’t believe it’s real.” The judge also said the state must decide whether to seek a new trial date or dismiss the case within 30 days. There were gasps and applause in the crowded courtroom as the judge announced her decision.

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore judge on Monday ordered the release of Adnan Syed after overturning Syed's conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee — a ...

The 12-episode podcast won a Peabody Award and was transformative in popularizing podcasts for a wide audience. That is entitled to the defendant, as well,” she added. But after a series of appeals, Maryland’s highest court in 2019 denied a new trial in a 4-3 opinion. The state’s attorney’s office had said if the motion were granted it would effectively put Syed in a new trial status, vacating his convictions, while the case remained active. The investigation “revealed undisclosed and newly-developed information regarding two alternative suspects, as well as unreliable cell phone tower data,” Mosby’s office said in a news release last week. Syed was led into the crowded courtroom in handcuffs Monday. But after the hearing, his lawyer Erica Suter described his reaction to the decision, saying: “He said he couldn’t believe it’s real." The judge also said the state must decide whether to seek a new trial date or dismiss the case within 30 days. His mother and other family representatives were in the room, as was Mosby. There were gasps and applause in the crowded courtroom as the judge announced her decision. Phinn ruled that the state violated its legal obligation to share evidence that could have bolstered Syed’s defense. Syed has always maintained his innocence.

Syed was 18 when he was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. Lee was murdered in 1999 when she was also 18.

Though prosecutors asked the judge to vacate the conviction in their recent motion, they are not saying Syed is innocent of the crime. HBO later released its own documentary, The Case Against Adnan Syed. This detail makes a new trial necessary, prosecutors said.

A judge on Monday approved a motion to vacate the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, the subject of the first season of the popular "Serial" podcast, ...

The investigation also revealed that one suspect was convicted of attacking a woman in her vehicle, according to the statement. [HBO docuseries ](https://www.hbo.com/the-case-against-adnan-syed)“The Case Against Adnan Syed,” an attorney for Syed said his client’s DNA was not found on any of the 12 samples retrieved from the victim’s body and car. That testing was not part of the official investigation by authorities. To corroborate his account, prosecutors presented cell phone records and expert witness testimony to place Syed at the site where Lee was buried. The state is not disclosing the names of the suspects but said that, according to the trial file, one of them said, “He would make her (Ms. The March motion asked that the victim’s clothing be tested for touch DNA, which was not available at the time of trial. At the time, Mosby said prosecutors were “not asserting, at this time, that Mr. In doing so, the podcast reached a huge audience and set off a But that mandate, Mosby said, is “separate and apart” from the investigation into who killed Lee. An innocent man spends decades wrongly incarcerated, while any information or evidence that could help identify the actual perpetrator becomes increasingly difficult to pursue.” Prosecutors moved to vacate Syed’s conviction following a nearly year-long investigation, they said in a news release last week. Her ruling was met by cheers and tears in the courtroom.

Judge had overturned Syed's conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee, a case that was chronicled in the hit podcast Serial.

From the day he was taken from his bed in the pre-dawn hours of 26 February 1999 until today, he has maintained his innocence and I, and my family, have believed him.” The podcast won a Peabody Award and did much to popularize the format. His mother and other family representatives were in the room, as was the state attorney, Marilyn Mosby. Chaudry also said: “Every piece of forensic evidence collected pointed to Adnan’s innocence. At his second trial, in February 2000, he was convicted of murder and Ruling that the state violated its legal obligation to share exculpatory evidence with Syed’s defense, the circuit court judge, Melissa Phinn, ordered Syed placed on home detention with GPS monitoring.

A Baltimore judge on Monday ordered the release of Adnan Syed after overturning Syed's conviction for the 1999 murder of high school student Hae Min Lee — a ...

Prosecutors said they weren’t asserting that Syed is innocent, but they lacked confidence “in the integrity of the conviction” and recommended he be released on his own recognizance or bail. The 12-episode podcast won a Peabody Award and was transformative in popularizing podcasts for a wide audience. That is entitled to the defendant, as well,” she added. The investigation “revealed undisclosed and newly-developed information regarding two alternative suspects, as well as unreliable cell phone tower data,” Mosby’s office said in a news release last week. The judge also said the state must decide whether to seek a new trial date or dismiss the case within 30 days. There were gasps and applause in the crowded courtroom as the judge announced her decision.

A Baltimore judge on Monday ordered the release of Adnan Syed after overturning Syed's conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee — a case that was ...

The 12-episode podcast won a Peabody Award and was transformative in popularizing podcasts for a wide audience. That is entitled to the defendant, as well," she said. But after a series of appeals, Maryland's highest court in 2019 denied a new trial in a 4-3 opinion. The State's Attorney's Office had said if the motion were granted, it would effectively put Syed in a new trial status, vacating his convictions, while the case remained active. Syed was led into the crowded courtroom in handcuffs on Monday. There were gasps and applause in the crowded courtroom as the judge announced her decision.

How a true crime podcast made a local news story from Baltimore, Maryland, go international.

They also said they believed people had been misinformed by the podcast and regretted that "so few [were] willing to speak up for Hae". The show premiered in autumn 2014 and each episode tried to piece together a timeline of what happened the night Lee was killed. But a judge also denied his request for bail. Serial helped ignite the popularity of podcasts. He remained imprisoned for years as his legal team argued for a new trial and tried to appeal his conviction all the way to the Supreme Court. For nearly 25 years Syed has maintained his innocence.

A Baltimore judge on Monday ordered the release of Adnan Syed after overturning Syed's conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee — a case that was ...

The 12-episode podcast won a Peabody Award and was transformative in popularizing podcasts for a wide audience. That is entitled to the defendant, as well," she said. But after a series of appeals, Maryland's highest court in 2019 denied a new trial in a 4-3 opinion. The State's Attorney's Office had said if the motion were granted, it would effectively put Syed in a new trial status, vacating his convictions, while the case remained active. Syed was led into the crowded courtroom in handcuffs on Monday. There were gasps and applause in the crowded courtroom as the judge announced her decision.

Syed served 23 years of a life sentence after his girlfriend Hae Min Lee was strangled to death when he was 17.

[omissions](https://www.awardsdaily.com/2015/05/27/why-is-nobody-talking-about-what-serial-left-out/) and “cherry-picking” details in the case. On Reddit, the hub for lively true crime discussion and debate, factions of “guilters” and “innocenters,” and, later, conspiracy theorists, formed. [vacated once before](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/us/adnan-syed-serial.html), in 2018; it was reinstated a year later. [told the court](https://twitter.com/justin_fenton/status/1571947845258706944), according to the Baltimore Banner. It's killing me,” [he said](https://twitter.com/LeeOSanderlin/status/1571946519133130753), the Baltimore Sun reported. She also addressed the Lee family: “Equally tragic, the family of the victim in this case, Hae Min Lee, recently had to learn that justice, in fact, has not yet been done for their daughter. In 2019, the Supreme Court [refused to hear his appeal](https://www.npr.org/2019/11/25/782575176/u-s-supreme-court-wont-hear-adnan-syed-s-appeal-keeping-serial-subject-in-prison). “It's really tough.” Although he doesn’t oppose the investigation, Lee said he felt “ [betrayed](https://twitter.com/justin_fenton/status/1571947845258706944)” by prosecutors. Prosecutor Becky Feldman, who filed the motion to vacate Syed’s conviction, detailed “an abundance of issues that give an overwhelming cause for concern” during her monthslong investigation. It became an unprecedented hit and spawned a tidal wave of true crime podcasts, docuseries, and books. Syed’s first trial, in December 1999, was declared a mistrial after jurors overheard the judge call Syed’s defense attorney a liar. Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby had just started a press conference on the courthouse steps when Syed was escorted away.

Adnan Syed, the man who was convicted in 2000 of killing his girlfriend Hae Min Lee, has had his conviction overturned.

For example, one of the prosecutors argued during the trial that the Pakistani American and the Muslim American communities were ready to abet Adnan Syed if he were to flee to Pakistan before sentencing. And Judge Phinn ruled today that Syed deserves a new trial, and that in the meantime, he can return home. Prosecutors now have 30 days to decide whether or not they want to drop the charges against him or try him again for murder. The prosecutors also note that these other suspects have a history of violent attacks on women, including after Syed was incarcerated. In 2000, Syed was convicted of murdering his former girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, the previous year when he was 17 years old. In a Baltimore courtroom, a judge has ruled that after 22 years in prison, Adnan Syed is going home today.

Une juge américaine a annulé lundi la condamnation Adnan Syed, détenu depuis 23 ans pour un meurtre qu'il a toujours nié. L'homme, aujoud'hui âgé de 42 ans, ...

Arrêté à l’âge de 17 ans, Adnan Syed avait été condamné à la prison à vie un an plus tard. L’affaire avait débuté en février 1999, quand la police avait retrouvé le corps de Hae Min Lee, 18 ans, à demi enseveli dans un bois de Baltimore. Marilyn Mosby avait expliqué avoir découvert l’existence de «deux suspects alternatifs», une information cruciale mal exploitée à l’époque et qui surtout n’avait pas été communiquée à la défense avant le procès.

BALTIMORE — Une juge de Baltimore a ordonné lundi la libération d'Adnan Syed après avoir annulé sa condamnation pour le meurtre de l'étudiante Hae Min Lee ...

La juge a également déclaré que l’État devait décider de demander une nouvelle date de procès ou de classer l’affaire dans les 30 jours. Il y a eu des exclamations et des applaudissements dans la salle d’audience bondée lorsque la juge a annoncé sa décision. Syed alors qu’elle approuvait la libération de l’homme de 41 ans qui a passé plus de deux décennies derrière les barreaux.

Une juge américaine a annulé lundi la condamnation d'un homme détenu depuis 23 ans pour un meurtre qu'il a toujours nié, un dossier au coeur du podcast au ...

L’affaire avait débuté en février 1999, quand la police avait retrouvé le corps de Hae Min Lee, 18 ans, à demi enseveli dans un bois de Baltimore. Pendant l’audience, le frère de la jeune femme, Young Lee, a pris la parole par téléphone pour expliquer son désarroi. Il a également inspiré un documentaire sur la chaîne HBO. Lundi, une magistrate a donc validé la demande de la procureure, lors d’une audience dans une salle bondée d’un tribunal de Baltimore. Des agents ont alors retiré les entraves d’Adnan Syed, tandis qu’une partie de la salle applaudissait avant d’être rappelée à l’ordre. Elle a 30 jours pour le faire.

Scrutée par les millions d'auditeurs de «Serial», l'affaire du meurtre d'une lycéenne de Baltimore en 1999 connaît un revirement inespéré.

Son deuxième fait de gloire, à combustion plus lente, aura abouti à la libération lundi d’Adnan Syed, 41 ans, dont vingt-trois à contester depuis sa cellule une condamnation à la prison à vie pour l’enlèvement et le meurtre de son ex-petite-amie, que la justice ne semble aujourd’hui plus convaincue qu’il ait commis. Distillés au fil de l’automne 2014, les douze épisodes du podcast Serial auront accompli au moins deux prodiges à huit ans d’intervalle. Quasi instantané, le premier avait consisté à convertir massivement l’Amérique à la consommation de ce format encore émergent face à la vieille radio, initiant au passage une vague, jamais tarie depuis, de créations sérielles relevant du

On the podcast, a team of journalists led by Sarah Koenig, the host of “Serial,” documented major problems with the case against Syed: The prosecution's ...

After, [use our bot](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/upshot/wordle-bot.html) to get better. [The Daily](https://www.nytimes.com/thedaily)” is about Adnan Syed. Huw Green thinks the term “mental health” [has become overly broad](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/20/opinion/us-mental-health-awareness.html). [expected to lower](https://theathletic.com/3607520/2022/09/19/nba-draft-age-rule-change-nbpa/) its entry age to 18 in the next collective bargaining agreement, clearing the way for high schoolers to re-enter the draft process. [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]). [has grown stronger](https://www.nytimes.com/article/tropical-storm-fiona-hurricane.html), after deluging Puerto Rico with rain. [a special episode of “Serial,” released this morning](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/20/podcasts/serial-adnan-syed.html), about the huge turn in the case. It will be years before any show approaches the record set by “Phantom.” The next-longest-running productions (as of Sept. [Wrongful conviction](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/06/briefing/wrongful-convictions-parole.html) seems to be a major problem in the U.S. [whose reporting helped free Curtis Flowers](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/briefing/winter-storm-adam-kinzinger-pelosi-congress.html), a Mississippi man who’d been jailed for more than 20 years, for murders he evidently did not commit. [but exacerbated others](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/20/opinion/us-mental-health-insight.html), Rachel Aviv writes. Barring some smoking-gun evidence, which we didn’t find (and it seems like no one else has either), there was no way for us to say definitively what happened.

Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby "railroaded" the family of Hae Min Lee by "ramming down their throats" her decision to ask a judge to release Adnan ...

His alleged accomplice testified at trial that he helped Adnan dispose of the body after Adnan confessed to the slaying. That led Baltimore State's Attorney, Marilyn Mosby, to reopen the case about a year ago and launch a new investigation, finding that the cell data used to convict Adnan was flawed and the accomplice had offered contradictory statements to police. Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby "railroaded" the family of Hae Min Lee by "ramming down their throats" her decision to ask a judge to release Family attorney Steve Kelly blasted Mosby during a CNN interview Tuesday morning, accusing her of blindsiding the family and "completely excluding" them from the process that led to Adnan's conviction being vacated. Adnan Syed Baltimore State's Attorney Allegedly 'Railroaded' Victim's Family Adnan Syed, Baltimore State's Attorney Allegedly Ignored Victim's Family