Prosecutors have dropped charges against Adnan Syed, subject of the landmark podcast “Serial,” after a judge vacated his murder conviction last month
Baltimore prosecutors on Tuesday dropped all charges against Adnan Syed, the man who spent over two decades behind bars for the 1999 killing of his ex-girlfriend and whose murder case was featured in the landmark podcast “Serial.” The charges were dropped at a virtual hearing Tuesday morning, according to Emily Witty, public information officer for Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City. Further information is expected at a news conference at 1 p.m. ET.
He was ordered to wear an ankle monitor with tracking, according to Becky Feldman, chief of the Sentencing Review Unit of the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors had 30 days to decide whether to pursue a new trial and were waiting on DNA analysis to determine their next steps. Why prosecutors dropped charges The path to Syed’s release began in earnest last April, when attorneys for Syed brought the case to the attention of the Sentencing Review Unit.
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