After years of legal battles, prosecutors had asked a judge to vacate the conviction. It remains possible Syed will be retried.
Syed was a 17-year-old high school student when he was arrested in late February 1999 in the killing of Hae Min Lee, his ex-girlfriend. He had long sought to overturn his conviction and get a new trial, but until recently, had faced opposition from prosecutors. Then
, the Baltimore City state’s attorney office said in a motion in circuit court that — while its investigation is ongoing — it wanted the conviction tossed and Syed released.Young Lee, Hae Min Lee’s brother, said at a hearing Monday that prosecutors’ motion to vacate the conviction left him feeling “betrayed.”Young Lee said he was “not against investigation or anything of that sort,” adding, “knowing that there could be someone out there free for killing my sister — it’s tough.
Becky Feldman, chief of the state’s attorney’s office’s Sentencing Review Unit, walked the courtroom through her “overwhelming cause for concern” about the integrity of Syed’s original trial. She discussed new evidence that pointed to two new suspects — whom she described as “credible, viable suspects” — and said that authorities had acted improperly in the course of the investigation.
Feldman said prosecutors believe the case has “an abundance of issues,” and that justice has been denied to Hae Min Lee. “I understand how difficult this is, but we need to make sure we hold the correct person accountable,” Feldman said.
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