Adnan Syed’s murder conviction reinstated by appeal court panel after “the rights of the victim’s family were violated during the case”
- Adnan Syed’s original convictions and sentences will be reinstated, it was ruled
- That’s because his vacation hearing must be rerun, an appeals court said.
- Syed had served more than two decades behind bars, but was sensationally released after the repopularization of his case, thanks to the ‘Serial’ podcast.
Adnan Syed’s murder conviction has been reinstated by an appeals court panel.
In September 2022, a judge ordered Syed released from his life sentence for strangling Hae Min Lee, after serving 23 years, because they could no longer justify keeping him locked up based on new information.
He was tried in 2000 and found guilty of burying the body of his high school sweetheart in a shallow grave in Baltimore’s Leakin Park.
But now, the Maryland court has ruled that the lower court violated the right of the victim’s family to attend a critical hearing of the case.
Syed had served more than two decades behind bars, but was sensationally released after the repopularization of his case, thanks to the ‘Serial’ podcast.
Adnan Syed, the subject of the ‘Serial’ podcast, had his murder convictions overturned last year. However, a movement today has reinstated them.
The Maryland court of appeals ordered the rehearing in which Syed’s conviction was vacated, resulting in “the reinstatement of the original convictions and sentences.”
Hae Min Lee’s brother, who represents the victim in this case, argued for a long time that he was not given enough time to attend the hearing on vacation. The Baltimore City state’s attorney gave him less than a business day, he says.
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