WOW!! Judge Overturns Serial's Adnan Syed’s 1999 Murder Conviction & Releases Him From Prison
20.09.2022 - 04:47
/ perezhilton.com
The case of Adnan Syed, whom you may know as the subject of podcast Serial‘s 2014 season, has taken a huge turn.
If you need a refresher, the then 17-year-old boy was arrested and charged with the first degree murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 1999. Law enforcement at the time suspected Adnan strangled the 18-year-old girl to death and buried her body in a clandestine grave in Leakin Park. Police theorized the former honors student at Woodlawn High School didn’t take it well and eventually killed her. His first trial in 1999 was a mistrial, but in 2000 he was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years — a sentence which he has been serving for the past 23 years.
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Now prosecutors are saying they no longer have faith in the conviction. Yeah, over 2 decades later!
As of last Wednesday, Becky Feldman of the Maryland Chief Attorney’s Office Sentencing Review Unit wrote in a motion there was more evidence and more suspects which should have been pursued:
The motion named two “alternative” suspects who may be guilty of the crime. One of which threatened the victim in the past, saying he would kill her. Another has even been described as a “serial rapist”…
Wow, if the evidence was — well, evident — why wasn’t it pursued back then? Well, apparently, the state didn’t disclose those alternative suspects to the defense. Adnan’s attorney’s couldn’t argue what they didn’t know about! Completely unfair, and quite honestly, despicable. This is supposed to be the justice system we’re talking about. SOCIETY. Not some game of chess for prosecutors.
In a statement last week, Syed’s attorney said he was “grateful” for his day in court:
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