Adnan Syed was found not guilty of the murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee, but in March 2023, an appeals court upheld his conviction, ruling that the lower court had not given Young Lee, Ms. Lee’s brother, enough notice of the hearing that freed Syed. This decision represents yet another twist in the case made famous by the popular podcast Serial, as it now returns to a lower court for a new hearing.
By stating that the lower court judge had “worked an injustice” by failing to provide Young Lee enough notice of the hearing, the Maryland Supreme Court on Friday upheld this ruling in a 4-3 ruling. A lower court will hear the case again to determine whether Syed’s murder conviction should be overturned as a result of the ruling. He is free to stay that way while his case is pending because the court made no modifications to his release. Syed’s attorney, Erica Suter, said in a statement that the court had made a ruling that his team “could not disagree with more.”
“The highest court’s decision may be final but that does not make its reasoning right,” stated Ms. Suter. “Though this latest ruling is a roadblock in the way of Adnan’s exoneration, we have faith that justice will prevail, and will work tirelessly to clear his name once and for all,” she said. When Hae Min Lee vanished in January 1999, Syed and Lee were Baltimore County, Maryland, high school classmates. After three weeks, her body was discovered in a jungle. At the time, prosecutors said that after the two split up, Syed committed the murder out of jealousy for Lee’s new relationship.
Millions of people learned about Syed’s story from the HBO documentary and the NPR podcast Serial, both of which questioned the veracity of the evidence connecting Syed to Lee’s demise. According to the investigations, Syed’s classmate’s conflicting evidence and shaky cell phone tower data were used by the prosecutors to establish his presence at the crime site. The Lee family has resisted Syed’s release and persisted in asserting his guilt.
Young Lee, the brother of Hae Min Lee, stated in 2022 that he would have liked to attend the hearing that resulted in Syed’s release from prison, but he was unable to do so at short notice. Young Lee’s rights were upheld, according to Syed’s attorney, Ms. Suter, because he was able to participate in the court through video. I’m not into podcasts like this one. During the 2022 hearing, Young Lee informed the court that it was “real life.”
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