How "The Case Against Adnan Syed" Differs From "Serial" Podcast

Adnan Syed has been released from prison.

A Baltimore justice vacated 41-year-old's conviction for the 1999 execution of his erstwhile woman Hae Min Lee—which transgression was famously chronicled successful the deed existent transgression podcast Serial. 

On Sept. 19, City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn ruled that prosecutors made a compelling statement that Syed's condemnation was flawed, according to NBC News. The justice declared that the state violated its ineligible work to stock grounds that could have supported Syed's defense.

Tossing retired the murder, kidnapping, robbery and mendacious imprisonment convictions, Judge Phinn bid that Syed—who spent implicit 2 decades down bars—be released connected his ain recognizance and placed successful location detention.

The judge also gave prosecutors 30 days to proceed with a caller proceedings oregon driblet the lawsuit entirely.

After the ruling, Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh issued a statement saying that the accusation of evidence being withheld from the defence was "incorrect." 

"Among the different superior problems with the question to vacate, the allegations related to Brady violations are incorrect," the connection read. "Neither State's Attorney [Marilyn] Mosby nor anyone from her bureau bothered to consult with either the Assistant State's Attorney who prosecuted the lawsuit oregon with anyone successful my bureau regarding these alleged violations. The record successful this lawsuit was made disposable connected respective occasions to the defense."

A Sept. 14 property merchandise from Mosby and main of the Sentencing Review Unit Becky Feldman revealed "undisclosed and newly-developed accusation regarding 2 alternate suspects, arsenic good arsenic unreliable compartment telephone operation data."

Lee was a precocious schoolhouse pupil who was last seen alive connected January 13, 1999. Her assemblage was recovered 4 weeks aboriginal successful a Baltimore parkland and it was aboriginal determined that she had been killed by manual strangulation.

In February 2000, a assemblage recovered Syed blameworthy of first-degree murder, kidnapping, mendacious imprisonment and robbery, with the then-17-year-old being sentenced to beingness successful prison, positive 30 years for the murder.

Syed has ever maintained his innocence.

In 2014, the archetypal play of Serial covered Lee's murder, which brought renewed attraction to the case. According to the podcast's official Twitter account, big Sarah Koenig was wrong the courthouse erstwhile Syed's condemnation was vacated and a caller occurrence discussing the updates volition driblet Sept. 20.