Appeals Court Upholds New Trial For Adnan Syed, Subject Of 'Serial'

New Trial For Syed

A three-judge panel of the MARYLAND Court of Special Appeals has upheld on a 2-1 vote a lower court's 2016 decision vacating the murder conviction of ADNAN SYED, whose case was the subject of the first season of the podcast "SERIAL," and granting SYED a new trial.

SYED was sentenced to life in prison in 2000 for the murder of his ex-girlfriend HAE MIN LEE, and the podcast, as well as the "UNDISCLOSED" podcast co-hosted by SYED family friend RABIA CHAUDRY, raised questions about cell phone tower expert testimony that placed SYED, then 17, in a park where LEE's body was found. MARYLAND's Attorney General's Office did not immediately indicate whether it will appeal.

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