Baltimore prosecutors have dropped all charges against Adnan Syed, the man whose conviction on murder charges was chronicled in the hit podcast Serial.
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Ethan Shanfeld After Adnan Syed was released from prison on Sept. 19 after serving 23 years for the murder of Hae Min Lee, HBO Documentary Films announced it is in production on a follow-up episode to its 2019 docuseries “The Case Against Adnan Syed,” set for release in 2023. Directed by Amy Berg, the four-part series followed the killing of 18-year-old Lee and the trial and conviction of Syed, her ex-boyfriend. Berg has been filming the follow-up episode in Maryland since early 2021 and was in the courthouse Monday when a Baltimore judge approved the motion to vacate Syed’s murder conviction. The investigation from “The Case Against Adnan Syed” was referenced as evidence in this week’s hearing.
“We knew the end of ‘The Case Against Adnan Syed’ was not the end of this story, and we’ve been closely following every twist and turn in the case since the series premiered in March 2019,” Berg said. “It’s gratifying to see many of the questions and issues probed in the original episodes come to bear on the events of this week.” “The Case Against Adnan Syed” was produced by Working Title TV and Instinct Productions and was a production of HBO Documentary Films in association with Sky. Henrietta Conrad, Jemima Khan and Rabia Chaudry serve as executive producers. “Serial,” the 2014 podcast that first popularized the case, also put out a follow-up episode, which detailed all the reasons for Syed’s release. While the state has 30 days to decide whether to move to a new trial or drop the case against Syed, host Sarah Koenig predicted: “The chances of the state ever trying to prosecute Adnan again are remote at best.”
Baltimore prosecutors have dropped all charges against Adnan Syed, the man whose conviction on murder charges was chronicled in the hit podcast Serial.
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vacated on Monday. His case attracted major publicity because of its spotlight on the hit true-crime podcast “Serial.”According to NPR, Phinn’s decision relied on an extensive review of Syed’s case by prosecutors in Maryland, which revealed that authorities knew of at least two alternative suspects to Syed in the murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 1999.According to The Associated Press, Phinn ruled that the state violated its legal obligation to share exculpatory evidence with Syed’s defense.
HBO Documentary Films is in production on a follow-up episode to the critically acclaimed, four-part docuseries The Case Against Adnan Syed. Directed by Amy Berg, the episode will feature exclusive access to Syed leading up to and following his release from prison earlier this week, after 23 years behind bars. The new episode will debut in 2023.
The Daily Show host Trevor Noah took note of the latest developments in the Serial case – the overturning of the conviction of Adnan Syed – joking about the popularity of podcasts before turning serious about the role of true justice in the justice system.
Adnan Syed‘s criminal case has been an ongoing topic of discussion since the “Serial” podcast generated new interest in his conviction.
https://t.co/0O60tPrtxS“Adnan’s case was a mess — is a mess. That’s pretty much where we were when we stopped reporting in 2014,” Koenig said.
#WeFreedAdnan pic.twitter.com/CAr1DDuzB7"I arise full of joy," Rabia captioned the image. She added the hashtag, "We Freed Adnan."Another of Adnan's attorneys also shared a snap of him enjoying his newfound freedom with his mother, Shamim SyedWelcome home Adnan. pic.twitter.com/x2oG6VKBCI"Welcome home Adnan," attorney Erica J.
In a new 17-minute episode of Serial updating the latest developments in the murder case that rocketed the podcast to international success, host and exec producer Sarah Koenig says she believes “the chances of the state ever trying to prosecutor Adnan [Syed] again are remote at best.”
podcast released Tuesday, a day after Adnan Syed walked out of court following the vacating of his murder conviction, host Sarah Koenig noted that most or all of the evidence cited in prosecutors' motion to overturn the conviction was available since 1999.«Yesterday, 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,» Koenig said in concluding the new episode. «So even on a day when the government publicly recognizes its own mistakes, it's hard to feel cheered about a triumph of fairness.
Ethan Shanfeld Adnan Syed has been released from prison after serving 23 years behind bars for the murder of Hae Min Lee, after a Baltimore judge overturned the case. As his story continues, so does true crime podcast “Serial,” which popularized the case and made Syed a household name in its record-setting first season, which investigated the murder. Returning to the mic on Tuesday morning with “Serial’s” first new episode since 2018 was host Sarah Koenig, who was at the Baltimore City Circuit Court when Syed was released Monday. Prosecutors were given 30 days to decide whether to move for a new trial or drop the case against Syed, who is now 41. Here are the main takeaways from the brand new episode of “Serial”:
The case of Adnan Syed, whom you may know as the subject of podcast Serial‘s 2014 season, has taken a huge turn.