AdnanSyed was released from prison—why the 'Serial' subject's murder conviction was overturned.
True crime podcasts are a dime a dozen these days, but back in 2014, Serial was a game-changer. It has also been a life-changer for Adnan Syed who was released on September 20, 2022, after spending 23 years incarcerated for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee. A crime he maintains he didn’t commit.
Millions of people know about Adnan’s case thanks to Serial, a podcast led by Sarah Koenig and her team of investigative journalists. In weekly episodes, their reporting cast doubts on the prosecutor’s case against Adnan as well as the competence of his defense team, though she told NPR at the time that she sent out to report on, not necessarily exonerate Adnan. “I’m not here to exonerate Adnan,” she said. “I’m here to report this story.
Why was Adnan Syed released? Adnan Syed was released because Baltimore judge Melissa Phinn overturned his murder conviction on September 20, 2022. It comes after prosecutors discovered undisclosed evidence implicating two other suspects. Adnan was released from jail and placed in home detention and the State has 30 days to decide whether it will pursue a new trial or drop the charges against Adnan. “To be clear, the State is not asserting, at this time, that Mr.
Serial wrapped eight years ago but in light of Adnan’s release, a new once-off, 16-minute-long episode dropped. In it, Koenig reflects on what the decision to release Adnan means to the larger failures of the justice system. “There was a lot of talk about fairness. But most of what the State put in that motion to vacate all the actual evidence was either known or knowable to cops and prosecutors back in 1999,” she said.
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