Adnan Syed, convicted killer featured in 'Serial' podcast, gets new trial
A judge issued the decision Thursday for Syed, who was found guilty in 2000 of strangling his former high school girlfriend Hae Min Lee after she went missing and was found weeks later buried in Leakin Park in Baltimore. Syed was the focus of the hit podcast "Serial" that uses investigative journalism to tell a non-fiction story over multiple episodes. Syed, who arrived in court in shackles and a blue prison jumpsuit, drew international attention after Serial cast doubt on the conviction. Ref. USAToday.
Hae Min Lee Murder Case (Hover)
Court reinstates Adnan Syed's conviction in 'Serial' case; he will not be taken back into custody. A Maryland court did not give the family of the murder victim in the case chronicled in the hit podcast "Serial" enough time to attend a court hearing in person that led to Adnan Syed's release, a Maryland appellate court ruled Tuesday, and it ordered a new hearing to be held. Source 6k.