BREAKING: After more than two decades—and one wildly successful podcast—Adnan Syed will be released from prison after a judge tossed his conviction for murdering his high school ex-girlfriend.
After more than two decades—and one wildly successful podcast—will be released from prison after a judge tossed his conviction for murdering his high school ex-girlfriend.
Syed was serving a life sentence plus 30 years at the Patuxent Institution after being convicted of fatally strangling 18-year-old Lee, whose body was found in a Baltimore park in January 1999. The case was the focus of the first season of the hit podcast Serial and a“No one has been able to provide any shred of evidence that I had anything but friendship towards her—like love and respect for her. I had no reason to kill her,” Syed insisted on Serial.
“This is not a podcast for me. This is real life—a never-ending nightmare for 20-plus years,” Young Lee added, noting that he is not against an investigation to find out the truth about his sister’s murder. “It’s tough for me to swallow, especially for my mom. I ask you to make the right decision.” Lee, who emigrated with her family to the United States from South Korea and attended Woodlyn High School, went missing on Jan. 13, 1999. Her body was discovered on Feb. 9 at Leakin Park. Days later, the Baltimore City Police Department received an anonymous tip pinning the murder on Syed, who was eventually arrested at the end of that month.
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