Adnan Syed, 'Serial' podcast subject, returns to court as Maryland Supreme Court weighs victims’ rights

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Maryland Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in the decadeslong legal saga of Adnan Syed over whether the family of Hae Min Lee, whose killing is at the center of this case, was given proper time to participate in the hearing where a judge vacated his conviction last year. Syed, 42, served 23 years in prison stemming from charges that he killed Lee, his high school girlfriend.

The court could find that Lee’s rights were violated and that the proper remedy would be to hold the hearing that vacated Syed’s conviction all over again, Jaros said. But prosecutors have indicated that there is evidence pointing to other suspects and that Syed was released from prison in October, after then-Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby said DNA evidence supported his innocence. “We’ve got no new information coming out.

 

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