Adnan Syed

Adnan Syed and his mother Shamim Rahman arrive at Maryland's Supreme Court in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, to hear arguments in an appeal by Syed, whose conviction for killing his ex-girlfriend more than 20 years ago was chronicled in the hit podcast "Serial." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Maryland Supreme Court weighs victims’ rights in case of Adnan Syed from ‘Serial’ podcast

The Maryland Supreme Court is scrutinizing the outcome of a hearing that vacated Adnan Syed’s murder conviction after he spent 23 years behind bars.
 
Adnan Syed, right, presents evidence of alleged prosecutorial misconduct during a media conference at his family's home as his younger brother Yusuf Syed listens, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, in Windsor Mill, Md. (Amy Davis/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

Adnan Syed calls for investigation into prosecutorial misconduct on protracted legal case

 
FILE - Adnan Syed gets emotional as he speaks to reporters outside the Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal building after a hearing, Feb. 2, 2023, in Annapolis, Md. Briefs filed this month before Maryland’s highest court presented dueling notions of the Adnan Syed case, a protracted legal saga that received widespread attention from the “Serial” podcast and has since pitted crime victims’ rights advocates against supporters of criminal justice reform. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)

Exonerees support Adnan Syed in recent court filing as appeal drags on

 
FILE - Adnan Syed, center right, leaves the courthouse after a hearing, Sept. 19, 2022, in Baltimore. The Supreme Court of Maryland announced Wednesday, June 28, 2023, that it will hear appeals from Syed, whose conviction for killing an ex-girlfriend was reinstated by a lower court earlier this year after he was released from prison. The court also said it will hear appeals from the victim's family. (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)

Maryland’s highest court to hear appeals in case chronicled by ‘Serial’ podcast

 
FILE - Adnan Syed gets emotional as he speaks to reporters outside the Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal building after a hearing, Feb. 2, 2023, in Annapolis, Md. Syed, whose protracted legal odyssey was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial,” is asking Maryland’s highest court to deny a petition to expand the rights of crime victims in post-conviction proceedings. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)

Adnan Syed asks appeals court to deny request from victim’s family

 

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FILE - Adnan Syed gets emotional as he speaks to reporters outside the Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal building after a hearing, Feb. 2, 2023, in Annapolis, Md. The brother of the woman Syed was once convicted of killing more than two decades ago is asking Maryland's highest court Thursday, June 8, to rule that crime victims in Maryland have a right to be heard and challenge the evidence at hearings like the one that vacated Syed's conviction. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)

Family of ‘Serial’ podcast murder victim demands right to take part in hearings

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The family of the murder victim whose case is chronicled by the hit podcast “Serial” asked Maryland’s highest court on Thursday to give crime victims a right to be heard and challenge evidence at hearings.
 
FILE - Adnan Syed, center right, leaves the courthouse after a hearing on Sept. 19, 2022, in Baltimore. Maryland's highest court issued an order on Thursday, May 25, 2023, that prevents the reinstatement of Syed's murder conviction by a lower court, while the Supreme Court of Maryland decides whether to hear his appeal. (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)

Adnan Syed’s murder conviction on hold for now, as Maryland Supreme Court considers appeal

Maryland’s highest court has issued an order to prevent Adnan Syed’s murder conviction from being reinstated by a lower court, as the court decides whether to hear his appeal of the lower court’s decision.
 
FILE - Adnan Syed, center, leaves the Elijah E. Cummings Courthouse on Sept. 19, 2022, in Baltimore. Syed’s lawyer has asked Maryland’s highest court Wednesday, May 24, 2023, to overturn a lower court’s ruling that reinstated his murder conviction from more than two decades ago - after he was freed last year in a legal case that gained international attention from the hit podcast “Serial.” (AP Photo/Brian Witte, File)

Adnan Syed’s lawyer appeals to Maryland Supreme Court

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Adnan Syed’s lawyer asked Maryland’s highest court on Wednesday to overturn a lower court’s ruling that reinstated his murder conviction from more than two decades ago — after he was freed last year in a legal case that gained international attention from the hit podcast “Seria
 
FILE - Adnan Syed gets emotional as he speaks to reporters outside the Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal building after a hearing, Feb. 2, 2023, in Annapolis, Md. A Maryland appellate court on Tuesday, May 2, denied a request by Syed's lawyer to reconsider its recent decision to reinstate his murder conviction, and his lawyer said she will appeal to the Maryland Supreme Court. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)

Appeals court refuses to reconsider Adnan Syed’s sentence

A Maryland appellate court on Tuesday denied a request by Adnan Syed’s lawyer to reconsider its recent decision to reinstate his murder conviction.
 
FILE - Adnan Syed gets emotional as he speaks to reporters outside the Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal building after a hearing, Feb. 2, 2023, in Annapolis, Md. Attorneys for Syed filed a motion, Wednesday, April 26, 2023, asking a Maryland appellate court to reconsider its recent decision to reinstate his decades-old murder conviction and life sentence, a ruling that upheld arguments from the victim’s family claiming a lower court violated their rights. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)

Adnan Syed asks court to reconsider backing victim’s family

BALTIMORE (AP) — Attorneys for Adnan Syed filed a motion Wednesday asking a Maryland appellate court to reconsider its recent decision to reinstate his decadesold murder conviction and life sentence, a ruling that upheld arguments from the victim’s family claiming a lower court violated their rights
 
FILE - Adnan Syed, center right, leaves the courthouse after a hearing on Sept. 19, 2022, in Baltimore. 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 Syed's release, a Maryland appellate court ruled Tuesday, March 28, and it ordered a new hearing to be held. (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)

Adnan Syed case pits victims’ rights against justice reform

Legal experts say a Maryland appellate court ruling that sided with the victim’s family and reinstated Adnan Syed’s murder conviction could have serious implications in Maryland and beyond.
 
FILE - Adnan Syed gets emotional as he speaks to reporters outside the Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal building after a hearing, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, in Annapolis, Md. 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 Syed's release, a Maryland appellate court ruled Tuesday, March 28, and it ordered a new hearing to be held. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)

Court backs victim’s family in Adnan Syed’s ‘Serial’ case

A Maryland appellate court has reinstated Adnan Syed’s murder conviction and ordered a new hearing in the case, marking the latest development in the protracted legal odyssey chronicled in the podcast “Serial.”
 
Adnan Syed gets emotional as he speaks to reporters outside the Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal building after a hearing, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, in Annapolis, Md. The protracted legal odyssey of Syed, whose murder case rose to prominence through the hit podcast “Serial,” marked its latest development Thursday when a Maryland appeals court considered whether the victim’s family experienced improper treatment when a Baltimore court overturned Syed’s conviction last year, allowing his release after more than two decades behind bars. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

Judges hear appeal from victim’s family in Adnan Syed case

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The protracted legal odyssey of Adnan Syed, whose murder case rose to prominence through the hit podcast “Serial,” marked its latest development Thursday when a Maryland appeals court considered whether the victim’s family experienced improper treatment when a Baltimore court o
 
FILE - Adnan Syed, center, leaves the Cummings Courthouse, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, in Baltimore. An appeal of the court proceedings that freed Adnan Syed from prison filed by the family of the murder victim in the case chronicled in the true-crime podcast “Serial” can move forward. Maryland’s intermediate appellate court made the ruling Friday, Nov. 4, 2022 (AP Photo/Brian Witte, File)

Court rules family’s appeal can advance in ‘Serial’ case

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — An appeal of the court proceedings that freed Adnan Syed from prison filed by the family of the murder victim in the case chronicled in the true-crime podcast “Serial” can move forward, Maryland’s intermediate appellate court ruled Friday.
 

Appeals court refuses to intervene in ‘Serial’ ruling

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland appeals court refused on Wednesday to intervene in a lower court’s decision to free a man who served over 20 years in prison for the killing of a high school student, a case chronicled by the groundbreaking “Serial” podcast.
 
Marilyn Mosby, Maryland State Attorney for Baltimore City, speaks during a news conference pertaining to a case against Adnan Syed, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Baltimore. Mosby apologized to Syed and the family of Hae Min Lee after announcing that her office would not retry Syed for Lee's 1999 killing. A Baltimore judge last month overturned Syed's murder conviction and ordered him released from prison, where the 41-year-old had spent more than two decades. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Prosecutors drop charges against Adnan Syed in ‘Serial’ case

Prosecutors have dropped charges against Adnan Syed in the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee after additional DNA testing excluded him as a suspect in a case chronicled by the hit podcast “Serial.”
 
FILE - Adnan Syed, center right, leaves the courthouse after a hearing on Sept. 19, 2022, in Baltimore. Hae Min Lee's brother, Young Lee, has asked the Maryland Court of Special Appeals to halt court proceedings for Syed, whose conviction in Lee's 1999 killing was reversed by Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn in September 2022. Now, the office of Maryland's attorney general is supporting the brother's appeal. (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)

Maryland AG joins family’s appeal in ‘Serial’ murder case

BALTIMORE (AP) — The office of Maryland’s attorney general is supporting an appeal by a slain woman’s family after a Baltimore judge overturned a man’s murder conviction in a case chronicled by a groundbreaking podcast.
 
FILE - Adnan Syed, center, the man whose legal saga spawned the hit podcast "Serial," exits the Cummings Courthouse after a Baltimore judge overturned his conviction for the 1999 murder of high school student Hae Min Lee on Sept, 19, 2022, in Baltimore. The family of the victim has asked Maryland’s intermediate appellate court to halt Syed’s court case, pending the family’s appeal of a judge’s overturning of Syed’s murder conviction. Prosecutors must decide whether to drop the charges against Syed or retry him for the killing by Oct. 18. (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)

Family of victim in ‘Serial’ case asks court to halt case

The family of the victim in the murder case chronicled in the first season of the “Serial” podcast has asked Maryland’s intermediate appellate court to halt Adnan Syed’s court case pending the family’s appeal of a judge’s overturning of Syed’s murder conviction.
 
Adnan Syed, center, leaves the Elijah E. Cummings Courthouse, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, in Baltimore. A judge has ordered the release of Syed after overturning his conviction for a 1999 murder that was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.” (AP Photo/Brian Witte)

‘Serial’ case: Victim’s family wants to redo Syed hearing

The family of a young woman who was killed in 1999 will appeal a Baltimore judge’s recent order overturning the conviction of Adnan Syed, the man imprisoned for decades for Hae Min Lee’s death.
 
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. (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

‘Serial’ host: Evidence that freed Syed was long available

The creator of a true-crime podcast that helped free a Maryland man imprisoned for murder said that she feels a mix of emotions over how long it took authorities to act on evidence that’s long been available.
 
Adnan Syed, center, leaves the Elijah E. Cummings Courthouse, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, in Baltimore. A judge has ordered the release of Syed after overturning his conviction for a 1999 murder that was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.” (AP Photo/Brian Witte)

‘Serial’ case: Adnan Syed released, conviction tossed

A Baltimore judge has ordered the release of Adnan Syed after overturning Syed’s conviction for a 1999 murder that was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.”
 
FILE - Adnan Syed enters Courthouse East prior to a hearing on Feb. 3, 2016, in Baltimore. A court hearing has been set for Monday, Sept. 19, 2022 in Baltimore to consider a request from prosecutors to vacate the 2000 murder conviction of Adnan Syed, whose case was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.”(Barbara Haddock Taylor/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)

Court hearing set for Monday in Baltimore’s Adnan Syed case

A court hearing has been set for Monday in Baltimore to consider a request from prosecutors to vacate the 2000 murder conviction of Adnan Syed, whose case was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.”
 
FILE - Adnan Syed enters Courthouse East prior to a hearing on Feb. 3, 2016, in Baltimore. A court hearing has been set for Monday, Sept. 19, 2022 in Baltimore to consider a request from prosecutors to vacate the 2000 murder conviction of Adnan Syed, whose case was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.”(Barbara Haddock Taylor/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)

‘Serial’ case: Prosecutors move to vacate Syed’s conviction

Baltimore prosecutors have asked a judge to vacate Adnan Syed’s conviction for a 1999 murder that was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.”
 
FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2016 file photo, Adnan Syed enters Courthouse East prior to a hearing in Baltimore. Baltimore prosecutors and attorneys for Syed, a Maryland man whose murder conviction was chronicled in the podcast “Serial” are seeking a new look at the case. The prosecutors signed on to a motion Thursday, March 10, 2022, that asks a judge to order a retest of some evidence in the case against Adnan Syed, The Baltimore Sun reported.(Barbara Haddock Taylor/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)

Baltimore judge orders new look at ‘Serial’ evidence

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore judge has ordered new testing for evidence in the case of a Maryland man whose murder conviction was chronicled in the podcast “Serial.”
 

DNA links dead criminal to a 1996 South Carolina cold case

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — A cold-case slaying in South Carolina has been closed, as police believe the killer died in a Louisiana jail more than a decade ago.
 
In this June 20, 2019 photo, The Supreme Court is seen under stormy skies in Washington. The justices on Monday left in place a Maryland court ruling that denied a new trial to Adnan Syed, who was ...

Justices reject call for new trial in ‘Serial’ podcast case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Maryland man’s bid for a new trial based on information uncovered by the hit podcast “Serial.”
 
FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2016 file photo, Adnan Syed enters Courthouse East in Baltimore prior to a hearing. Maryland’s highest court has denied a new trial for Syed whose murder convi...

Court denies new trial in ‘Serial’ podcast murder case

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s highest court denied a new trial Friday for a man whose murder conviction was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.”
 
FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2016 file photo, Adnan Syed enters Courthouse East prior to a hearing in Baltimore. Maryland's highest court is set to hear arguments in the high-profile case of Syed whose murder conviction was chronicled in the hit "Serial" podcast. Two years after a new trial was ordered for Syed, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, will hear oral arguments in the case. He was convicted in 2000 of strangling his ex-girlfriend and burying her body in a Baltimore park. Syed is serving a life sentence. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)

Arguments in “Serial” case focus on lawyer, alibi witness

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Roughly two years after a new trial was ordered, Maryland’s highest court on Thursday heard arguments in their review of the high-profile case of a man whose murder conviction was chronicled in the hit “Serial” podcast that attracted millions of armchair detectives.
 

Appeals court upholds new trial for subject of ‘Serial’

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland appeals court on Thursday upheld a ruling granting a new trial to a man whose conviction in the murder of his high school sweetheart became the subject of the popular podcast “Serial.”