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How "The Case Against Adnan Syed" Differs From "Serial" Podcast
Adnan Syed is erstwhile again a escaped man.
On Sept. 20, the 41-year-old was released from situation aft Baltimore City Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn approved the question to vacate Syed's execution conviction. And it turns out, cameras were rolling successful the courthouse arsenic Syed learned helium was going home, according to a Sept. 21 media merchandise from HBO.
The footage is acceptable to beryllium included successful a follow-up occurrence to the critically acclaimed four-part docuseries The Case Against Adnan Syed. "We knew the extremity of The Case Against Adnan Syed was not the extremity of this story, and we've been intimately pursuing each twist and crook successful the lawsuit since the bid premiered successful March 2019," director Amy Berg said successful a statement. "It's gratifying to spot galore of the questions and issues probed successful the archetypal episodes travel to carnivore connected the events of this week."
While the caller occurrence isn't owed retired until 2023, HBO teased that it volition diagnostic "exclusive entree to Adnan Syed starring up to and pursuing his merchandise from prison."
This announcement comes aft the merchandise of a caller occurrence of Serial, Sarah Koenig's hit existent transgression podcast which brought nationalist attraction to Syed's case. The much-anticipated occurrence outlined the reasons wherefore Syed was freed and suggested that determination are 2 caller suspects being investigated successful connection to the 1999 execution of Hae Min Lee.
The authorities has 30 days from the day of the determination to driblet the lawsuit oregon statesman a caller 1 against Syed.
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"The authorities isn't naming these radical close now, but detectives decidedly knew who they were astatine the time," Koenig told The New York Times Sept. 20. "The authorities is saying these suspects (either 1 oregon both) person transgression histories that are applicable to the crime. And that 1 of them has a household transportation to the determination wherever Hae Min Lee's car was found."
Following Syed's release, prosecutors said successful a connection that they mean to "bring a fishy oregon suspects to justice."
The Case Against Adnan Syed is streaming present connected HBO Max.
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