2022 court hearing that freed Adnan Syed from prison violated the legal rights of the victim's family and must be redone: court
2022 court hearing that freed Adnan Syed from prison violated the legal rights of the victim's family and must be redone: courtThough Syed's conviction has been reinstated, he will not be taken back into custody.
The court concluded that in an effort to remedy what was perceived to be an injustice to Syed, prosecutors and a lower court "worked an injustice" against Lee's brother, Young Lee. The court ruled that Lee was not treated with "dignity, respect, and sensitivity," because he was not given reasonable notice of the hearing that resulted in Syed being freed.
In a dissenting opinion, Justice Michele Hotten wrote that "this case exists as a procedural zombie." The panel of seven judges weighed the extent to which crime victims have a right to participate in hearings where a conviction could be vacated. To that end, the court considered whether to uphold a lower appellate court ruling in 2023 in favor of the Lee family. It reinstated Syed's murder conviction a year after a judge granted a request from Baltimore prosecutors to vacate it because of flawed evidence.
However, in March 2023, the Appellate Court of Maryland, the state's intermediate appellate court, ordered a redo of the hearing that won Syed his freedom and reinstated his conviction. The court said the victim's family didn't receive adequate notice to attend the hearing in person, violating their right under state law to be "treated with dignity and respect.
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