Maryland’s highest court has ruled a 2022 court hearing that freed Adnan Syed from prison violated the legal rights of the victim’s family and must be redone. The Maryland Supreme Court’s 4-3 ruling on Friday marked the latest development in the long-running legal saga that gained global attention years ago through the hit podcast “Serial.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A 2022 court hearing that freed Adnan Syed from prison violated the legal rights of the victim’s family and must be redone, Maryland ’s Supreme Court ruled Friday, marking the latest development in the ongoing legal saga that gained global attention years ago through the hit podcast “Serial.”last October in a case that has been fraught with legal twists and divided court rulings since Syed was convicted in 2000 of killing his high school ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee .
Syed, 43, has maintained his innocence and has often expressed concern for Lee’s surviving relatives. The teenage girl was found strangled to death and buried in an unmarked grave in 1999. Syed was sentenced to life in prison, plus 30 years.Maryland awards contract for Francis Scott Key Bridge rebuild after deadly collapsethat won Syed his freedom and reinstated his conviction.
Syed appealed his conviction’s reinstatement, and the Lee family also appealed to the state’s highest court, contending that crime victims should be given a larger role in the process of vacating a conviction.During oral arguments last year, his attorneys argued the Lee family’s appeal was moot because prosecutors decided not to charge him again after his conviction was vacated.
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