Serial subject Adnan Syed freed from prison after 22 years. Adnan Syed was found guilty of murder of Hae Min Lee. He will now have a retrial.
September 19, 2022 - 21:38 BST Rebecca Lewis Adnan Syed, whose murder case gained international attention through the hugely popular podcast Serial, has been granted a new trial and released from prison.Baltimore City Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn said that she was vacating Adnan's conviction “in the interest of justice” and has requested a new trial after years of arguing he was innocent.Adnan, now 41, will be released on home detention.
The ruling Monday came after Baltimore prosecutors filed last week asking for a new trial. They alleged that newly discovered evidence revealed the possible involvement of other suspects.Adnan's attorneys filed a response in support, pointing to the revelations in the defense's motion. "Given the stunning lack of reliable evidence implicating Mr. Syed, coupled with increasing evidence pointing to other suspects, this unjust conviction cannot stand," Assistant Public Defender Erica Suter, Syed's attorney and director of the Innocence Project Clinic, said in a statement at the time.
The podcast raised questions about the reliability of Jay's testimony, and the evidence that prosecutors had used in their arguments. In 2019 HBO also released a documentary, The Case Against Adnan Syed, which explored Hae Min Lee's feath and and Adnan's subsequent conviction.
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