Adnan Syed

Adnan Syed served 22 years in prison for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee. His conviction was overturned last month. Prosecutors have decided ...

The names of those suspects were not made public in that motion, as the investigation was still ongoing. Mosby said that her office received the DNA results on Friday, but dropped the charges against Syed Tuesday, in hopes of contacting Lee's relatives first. Lee's death and Syed's conviction were the subject of the hit podcast Serial.

Syed has spent 23 years in prison for the murder of Hae Min Lee, but has long maintained his innocence.

Episodes of the show have been downloaded more than 340 million times. All of his applications were denied. They relied in part on mobile phone location data that has since been proven unreliable.

Prosecutors dropped charges against Adnan Syed on Tuesday in the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee, a case that was chronicled in the first season of the hit ...

Attorney Steve Kelly said Lee's family was not challenging Syed's release, but instead wanted the judge to hold another hearing that the family can attend in person and address the court. One of the suspects had threatened Lee, saying "he would make her (Ms. "The results of the DNA testing excluded Adnan and confirm what Adnan and his supporters have always known: that Adnan Syed is innocent. "It is my responsibility to acknowledge and to apologize to the family of Hae Min Lee and Adnan Syed. "Today's the day that Adnan Syed and his loved ones have been waiting for 23 long years," Suter said during a Zoom call with reporters. A Baltimore judge last month overturned Syed's murder conviction and ordered him released from prison, where the 41-year-old had spent more than two decades.

Baltimore prosecutors on Tuesday dropped the charges against Adnan Syed, the subject of the popular podcast “Serial,” and apologized for the 23 years he ...

Prosecutors moved to vacate Syed’s conviction after they uncovered new evidence suggesting two other potential suspects were overlooked in the original investigation. Several investigations—including the Serial podcast and an HBO docuseries The Case Against Adnan Syed—as well as advocacy efforts from those close to Syed have led to doubts about the evidence linking Syed to Lee’s death. Syed’s release from custody,” but argued that if “the wrong person has been behind bars for 23 years, the Lee family and the rest of the world want to understand what new evidence has led to that conclusion.” The investigations have alleged prosecutors relied on inconsistent testimony from a classmate of Syed’s, Jay Wilds, who claimed he helped Syed bury Lee’s body, as well as unreliable cell phone tower data to place him at the scene of the crime. Prosecutors at the time alleged Syed carried out the crime after becoming jealous of Lee’s new relationship after the two broke up. The news comes a week after Lee’s family asked a Maryland Court of Special Appeals to halt legal proceedings in Syed’s case because they argued they were not notified far enough in advance of prosecutors’ plans to vacate Syed’s conviction.

Adnan Syed served more than 20 years in prison for the strangling of Hae Min Lee, who was 18 at the time. In 1999, her body was found buried in a Baltimore ...

Prosecutors also noted unreliable cellphone data was used during Syed’s court case to corroborate his whereabouts on the day of the crime. One of the suspects had threatened Lee, saying “he would make her (Ms. He would kill her,” according to a court filing. The two suspects may have been involved individually or together, the state’s attorney’s office said. Lee’s family had asked Maryland’s intermediate appellate court to halt the case. Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn also gave prosecutors 30 days in which to decide whether to retry Syed or drop the charges.

Prosecutors dropped charges against Adnan Syed in the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee, a case that was chronicled in the first season of "Serial."

These suspects were known at the time of the first investigation but were not properly ruled out or disclosed to the defense, prosecutors said. Tuesday, Syed was exonerated after the charges against him were dropped. "Finally, Adnan Syed is able to live as a free man," Erica Suter, Syed's attorney and director of the Innocence Project Clinic at University of Baltimore Law School, said in a statement. Syed be afforded a new trial," Last month, Syed, now 41, was released from prison after Baltimore Judge Melissa Phinn granted a motion to vacate his conviction and request a new trial. Syed has maintained his innocence since he was 17 years old.

A prosecutor on Tuesday apologized to Adnan Syed and the family of Hae Min Lee after announcing that her office would not retry Syed for Lee's 1999 killing.

Syed, as a representative of the institution, it is my responsibility to acknowledge and to apologize to the family of Hae Min Lee and Adnan Syed. A prosecutor on Tuesday apologized to Adnan Syed and the family of Hae Min Lee after announcing that her office would not retry Syed for Lee's 1999 killing. Marilyn Mosby, the state's attorney for the city of Baltimore, said her office would continue to pursue justice for Lee but that it had closed its case against Syed, who spent 23 years in prison for the killing.