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I can’t recall whether we talked about this on the Oldbow, but the Adnan Syed case was the subject of the first season of the Serial podcast.

This guy had the. worst. criminal defense attorney. He was 17 when he was arrested, and he’s been in prison for 23 years, and today, upon motion *by the state* has had his conviction overturned.

The state has 30 days in which to reinstate the charges, but I doubt they will.

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime ... story.html
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Only one mention on Oldbow, HBO streams something about him during pandemic free programming.

https://formerly.thefogbow.com/forum/vi ... ?p=1168913
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Maybenaut wrote: Mon Sep 19, 2022 7:14 pm I can’t recall whether we talked about this on the Oldbow, but the Adnan Syed case was the subject of the first season of the Serial podcast.

This guy had the. worst. criminal defense attorney. He was 17 when he was arrested, and he’s been in prison for 23 years, and today, upon motion *by the state* has had his conviction overturned.

The state has 30 days in which to reinstate the charges, but I doubt they will.

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime ... story.html
Yes, I'd agree his attorney was horrid, but the prosecutors were not exactly playing by the rules either.
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Syed on Serial was my introduction to the world of podcasting. The wife said, "You've got to hear this," and that was it. I did have to hear it!

Glad he's free after all these years.
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/1 ... y-s-appeal
Maryland AG supports appeal against judge’s decision to vacate Adnan Syed’s conviction

Since his temporary release, several updates have been made in Adnan Syed’s case—a case that took the public by storm after being featured in the hit podcast Serial. Now 41, Syed was convicted for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee at the age of 17. He walked out of prison for the first time in over 20 years last month after a judge vacated his murder conviction due to newly found evidence and indications that his conviction was flawed.

According to The Baltimore Sun, several pieces of evidence were not disclosed to the defense, including two other suspects and their statements, one of whom allegedly had a motive to kill Lee. While that suspect has not been identified publicly, prosecutors are allegedly looking into him and his actions. The public is also speculating this new suspect is a friend of Syed’s who was represented by Syed’s initial attorney in a separate trial and called as a witness for Syed’s trial

In addition to these other suspects, Baltimore prosecutors also said some of the evidence used against Syed at trial has since been deemed unreliable, with a key testimony being not credible.

But while prosecutors claim that Syed was not given a fair trial and have been considering either a retrial or dropping the charges, Lee’s family is asking the Maryland Court of Special Appeals to pause Syed’s circuit court case as they appeal the judge’s decision to vacate Syed’s murder conviction.

In a filing that came days after Syed walked free, Lee’s brother Young Lee asked the appellate court to pause any further proceedings in the case because the family was not given enough notice about the hearing to overturn Syed’s conviction.
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Well, the prosecutors formally dismissed the charges against Syed, so a retrial is unlikely.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va ... e-dropped/
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