During a yearlong investigation conducted alongside Syed’s attorney, prosecutors said they discovered two alternative suspects in the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee.
BALTIMORE — Baltimore prosecutors on Tuesday dropped the charges against Adnan Syed, the man whose legal saga rose to international renownThe abrupt move from the city state’s attorney’s office comes after Syed’s murder conviction was overturned last month.
Adnan Syed, center, the man whose legal saga spawned the hit podcast "Serial," exits the Cummings Courthouse a free man after a Baltimore judge overturned his conviction for the 1999 murder of high school student Hae Min Lee, Monday, Sept, 19, 2022, in Baltimore. Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn gave prosecutors 30 days from the date Syed’s convictions were vacated on Sept. 19 to decide whether they’d drop his charges or retry him in his Woodlawn High School sweetheart’s death.
Mosby has said she would be prepared to certify Syed’s innocence, making him eligible to apply for wrongful conviction compensation from the state, if the DNA testing came back inconclusive or pointed to another suspect. She maintained that her office would retry Syed if DNA implicated him in the killing.
Just last week, Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh joined Lee’s family in asking the state’s intermediate appellate court to put a hold on Syed’s case in the trial court.
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