The Appellate Court of Maryland on Tuesday reinstated the convictions of Adnan Syed for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee, agreeing with Young Lee that prosecutors and the presiding judge who vacated the conviction didn’t give him enough time to attend the hearing in person. Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn vacated Syed’s 2000 conviction …
The attorney for a murdered victim’s family issued a statement today, following the news of Adnan Syed’s prison release who served over 20 years behind bars for murder As CrimeOnline previously reported, Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn vacated Syed’s 2000 conviction after prosecutors and Syed’s attorneys revealed other possible suspects in Hae Min Lee’s 1999 …
Adnan Syed left a Maryland courthouse a free man on Monday after a judge overturned his conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee. Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn vacated Syed’s 2000 conviction after prosecutors and Syed’s attorneys revealed other possible suspects in Lee’s strangling death. Prosecutors also noted that Syed, 41, was convicted …
Baltimore prosecutors have filed a motion to vacate the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, whose case gained international prominence as a result of the podcast “Serial.” Syed, 42, was convicted in 2000 of killing his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee, who was 18 at the time of her death in 1999, as CrimeOnline previously reported. The …
North Myrtle Beach police have solved a 24-year-old murder using DNA evidence, naming a man tapped as a possible suspect in the 1999 death of Hae Min Lee by the podcast “Serial,” according to WPDE. Ronald Lee Moore, who had also been named in a series of burglaries, sexual assaults and another unsolved homicide case …
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a request from Adnan Syed’s legal team to hear an appeal of his nearly two decades-old murder conviction, the Baltimore Sun reports. Syed, 38, was convicted in 2000 of murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee, who was 18 at the time of her death in 1999. Syed’s case later …
The widespread attention his case received as part of a popular podcast was not enough to secure one Maryland convict a new trial. According to KFYR, Adnan Syed will remain behind bars to serve a life sentence despite the fact that the state’s court of appeals agreed his legal team presented a deficient defense during …
Adnan Syed’s first-degree murder and kidnapping conviction received nationwide attention after the release of the blockbuster “Serial” podcast and now, he may get out of prison. But should he? Top legal analysts Nancy Grace and Dan Abrams discuss the high-profile Syed case in Thursday night’s “Grace vs. Abrams” on A&E, including a look at the 2018 …
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (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.” Adnan Syed was convicted in 2000 of killing Hae Min Lee and burying her body in a …
