Maryland Supreme Court has scrutinised a hearing last year that vacated Adnan Syed’s murder conviction and released him after 23 years behind bars, as the victim’s family said they were not given adequate opportunity to take part in the proceedings.
The family also appealed to the state’s highest court, contending that crime victims in Maryland have a right to be heard and challenge evidence in hearings like the one last year that vacated Mr Syed’s conviction from 2000. “The terrifying spectre of reincarceration has hung over Mr Syed’s head every day for the past 10 months,” lawyer Erica Suter wrote in a brief filed with the court in August.
“Mr Lee was heard, and his counsel was heard, and it did not influence Judge Phinn’s decision,” she said.
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