Adnan Syed was just granted a new trial partly because of ‘Serial’

Adnan Syed, who was convicted of the 1999 murder of his high school sweetheart Hae Min Lee and gained national interest for being the subject of the podcast “Serial,” was granted a new trial. 

The Maryland Court of Special Appeals, the state’s second highest court, upheld a judge’s ruling on Thursday with a vote of two to one that Syed’s attorney in the murder trial failed to provide evidence that could have “directly contradicted the State’s theory of when Syed had the opportunity and did murder Hae.” This sends his case back to the lower Circuit Court, granting him a new trial on all charges.  Read more…

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