Adnan Syed of ‘Serial’ denied new trial days before HBO series on the case premieres

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Adnan Syed, the focus of the first season of the hit podcast Serial, has been denied a retrial.

The highest court in Maryland, the Court of Appeals, overturned a ruling to grant Syed a new trial and vacate his previous murder conviction.

Since 2000, Syed has been in prison serving a life sentence for the 1999 murder of his high school girlfriend, Hae Min Lee. Syed has maintained his innocence throughout the years behind bars.

His argument rested on the failure of Syed’s defense lawyer at the time to call a witness who saw Syed in the library on the afternoon of Lee’s disappearance. The court ruled that while his lawyer was “deficient” in not having this witness testify, Syed was not “prejudiced” by the “deficient performance” because there was other evidence that proved him guilty. Read more…

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‘The Case Against Adnan Syed’ trailer brings the ‘Serial’ case to your TV

The Case Against Adnan Syed isn’t a retelling of the case that launched the hit podcast, Serial. It’s more a continuation, as this first look trailer makes clear.
The 2014 series covered the murder of Hae Min Lee, an 18-year-old student, and the …

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‘Serial’ Season 3 is coming your way — and it’s taking on criminal justice

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Get ready for a podcast to completely take over your life – againSerial is back Sept. 20 for Season 3, with new episodes every Thursday.

According to a press release from the Serial team, Season 1 was downloaded over 16 million times. The phenomenal popularity of Serial‘s 2014 debut was a key factor in the resurgence and rise of podcast culture. It also led, remarkably, to the revisiting of Adnan Syed’s contentious murder conviction (though things are moving slow).

In Season 3, Serial goes right into the nitty-gritty and often uncomfortable flaws of the criminal justice system, specifically in Cleveland. From drug possession to full-on felony, each episode or batch of episodes will focus on a different crime and how it goes through the system. Read more…

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Podcasts are television for the earbud generation. And although many podcasters make money, typically through sponsorships, the podcasting industry (such as it is) hasn’t received much in the way of venture funding — until quite recently.

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