Adnan Syed calls press conference to claim he has two NEW pieces of information about Hae Min Lee’s murder, a year after Serial podcast ‘star’ had murder conviction overturned
- On Tuesday, Syed sat down with his mother and brother at the family home for an impromptu press conference – held without a spokesperson or lawyer.
- He said he called the conference on the first anniversary of his release from prison to highlight “two new pieces of information.”
Adnan Syed called a news conference from his Maryland living room, a year after his murder conviction was overturned and he was released from prison.
Exactly a year ago, a judge ordered the release of Syed, sentenced to life in prison for strangling Hae Min Lee – after serving 23 years in prison – because they could no longer justify his continued detention based on new information .
He was tried in 2000 and convicted of burying the body of his high school sweetheart in a shallow grave in Baltimore’s Leakin Park. His case was popularized by the podcast Serial – with thousands of people around the world captivated by the story.
On Tuesday, Syed sat down with his mother and brother at the family home in Windsor Mill for an impromptu two-hour news conference – held without a spokesperson or lawyer.
He called for an investigation into his case, “basically to understand how our rights as a family were violated.”
Adnan Syed called a last-minute news conference from his Maryland living room, a year after his murder conviction was overturned and he was released from prison.
On Tuesday, Syed sat down with his mother and brother at the family home in Windsor Mill for an impromptu news conference – held without a spokesperson or lawyer.
He said he called the conference on the one-year anniversary of his release from prison to highlight “two new pieces of information” that he wants the attorney general to know about.
He urged AG Anthony Brown to open an investigation into his case. He alleged there was prosecutorial misconduct – particularly on the part of Kevin Urick and Kathleen Murphy.
Syed said he had always demanded justice for his “friend” Lee and her family.
“We have the utmost respect and concern for Lee’s younger brother,” Syed told the room.
He said there is evidence that Urick committed a Brady violation and the attorney general should question him for it.
A representative from the public defender’s office said, “Out of respect for our client’s autonomy, Adnan Syed’s legal team is not making any comment at this time.”
In March this year, his conviction was reinstated by an appeals court and ruled that his hearing should be reheard.
Hae Min Lee’s brother, who represents the victim in the case, has long argued that he did not have enough time to attend the holiday hearing. The Baltimore City Attorney gave him less than a business day, he claims.
The 42-year-old was serving a life sentence after being convicted in 2000 of strangling Hae Min Lee and burying her body in a shallow grave in Baltimore’s Leakin Park.
Syed was convicted of strangling Lee (with him at the prom in 1998). The two were high school classmates who had dated. He went to prison for this crime, but in 2022 a judge ruled that it was no longer justifiable to keep him behind bars due to new information.
The panel ruled in his favor. The circuit court judge did indeed violate Young Lee’s rights in the manner in which he conducted Syed’s vacation hearing. But Syed was still released.
Syed’s sensational release from prison in September 2022 was due to the work of Becky Feldman, head of the Sentencing Review Unit of the State’s Attorney’s Office.
Feldman began investigating Syed’s case in June 2022 after a new Maryland law allowed prosecutors to modify the sentences of offenders who were under 18 at the time of their crimes and had served at least 20 years in prison. prison.
Syed met the criteria because he was 17 in 1999 and had been imprisoned since 2000.