![]() Phinn then ordered Syed to be released from prison, where he was serving a life sentence, and put him on home detention. Their identities were known to the original prosecutors but not disclosed to the defense as required by law. Prosecutors said they had discovered new information about two alternative suspects, whom they have not named, including one who had threatened to kill Lee, and both of whom have a history of violent crimes against women. Several problems were found with witnesses and evidence from the trial, the investigation found.įour days later, prosecutors told Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn that they no longer had confidence in "the integrity of the conviction," and that justice required that Syed at least be afforded a new trial. ![]() ![]() 15 to vacate the conviction after conducting a yearlong investigation alongside a public defender representing Syed. The podcast "Serial," produced by Chicago public radio station WBEZ, drew national attention to the case in 2014. Syed has maintained he was innocent and did not kill Lee, who was 18 when she was strangled and buried in a Baltimore park. Mosby said the investigation into who killed Lee remains open. Adnan Syed, whose case was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial,” departs the courthouse with his attorney Erica Suter, after a judge overturned Syed's 2000 murder conviction and ordered a new trial during a hearing at the Baltimore City Circuit Courthouse in Baltimore, Maryland U.S., September 19, 2022.
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