A Baltimore choose on Monday ordered the discharge of Adnan Syed after overturning Syed’s conviction for the 1999 homicide of Hae Min Lee – a case that was chronicled within the hit podcast Serial.
Circuit courtroom choose Melissa Phinn ordered that Syed’s conviction be vacated and accredited the discharge of the now 41-year-old who has spent greater than twenty years behind bars.
Syed, who has at all times maintained his innocence, obtained widespread consideration in 2014 when the debut season of Serial centered on Lee’s killing and raised doubts about a few of the proof prosecutors had used, inspiring numerous dinner desk debates about Syed’s innocence or guilt.
Final week, prosecutors filed a movement saying {that a} prolonged investigation performed with the protection had uncovered new proof that might undermine the 2000 conviction of Syed, Lee’s ex-boyfriend.
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