Adnan Syed has been released after a judge overturned his conviction for a 1999 murder that was chronicled in the Serial podcast. Read more:
'Serial' podcast subject Adnan Syed walks out of the Baltimore Circuit Court after a judge vacated his murder conviction on 19 September, 2022.A US judge on Monday threw out the conviction of a man who has served over 20 years in prison for his ex-girlfriend's murder — a case that received worldwide attention thanks to the hit podcast "Serial.
The move was prompted by the discovery of "undisclosed and newly-developed information regarding two alternative suspects, as well as unreliable cell phone tower data," she said. Mr Syed's case earned attention when it was taken up by "Serial," a weekly podcast that saw a US journalist revisit his conviction and cast doubt on his guilt.
Both Mr Syed and Ms Lee were high school honour students and children from immigrant families — he Pakistani, she South Korean — who had concealed their relationship from their conservative parents.