On Feb. 25, 2000, 19-year-old Adnan Syed was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping, robbery, and false imprisonment. He would go on to spend over 20 years in prison for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, 17-year-old Hae Min Lee. The Baltimore teen was found buried in a shallow grave in 1999 and it didn’t take long … Read more
Twitter / @LinhBuiWJZ Video Screenshot Last spring brought good news for Adnan Syed, who was convicted in 2000 of a murder he always maintained he didn’t commit: His conviction was vacated after a new investigation turned up evidence that exposed the sloppiness of the original trial. But about half a year after Syed was set … Read more
A Maryland appeals court on Tuesday reinstated the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, the Baltimore man who has spent two decades in prison for the 1999 killing of ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee and who was featured in the first season of the hit 2014 podcast Serial. In a 2–1 decision, the Appellate Court of Maryland … Read more
Amy Berg‘s 4-part HBO series The Case Against Adnan Syed is about to have a fifth part. The Oscar-nominated, crime-focused documentarian has spent nearly a year in Maryland filming the follow-up episode during Adnan Syed’s trial, and will certainly have more to cover now that his conviction for the murder of Min Hae Lee has … Read more
Almost none of these criticisms or parallel investigations and media made it into this newest episode of Serial, though. Chaudry is mentioned, but almost perfunctorily, long after Koenig has gone through a brisk, almost by-the-numbers roundup of what’s transpired in the past eight years. There is little sense (or criticism) of the fandom aspects that … Read more
Adnan isn’t married to anyone right now, but now that he’s been released from prison, that could change. After all, his newfound freedom can open the door to any possible opportunities. What’s next for Adnan following his release? Now that his conviction has been overturned, prosecutors have 30 days to choose if they want to … Read more
Adnan Syed, who was the subject of the first season of ‘Serial’, is being released from prison, but who were the other suspects in his case? Source: https://www.distractify.com/p/other-suspects-in-adnan-syed-case
Adnan Syed is a free man — for now. A judge in Baltimore on Monday vacated the murder conviction of the now-41-year-old, who was the subject of the 2014 genre-defining true crime podcast Serial. According to reporters in the room, she ordered that his shackles be removed and he be released under home detention. Video … Read more
Twitter / @LinhBuiWJZ Video Screenshot Last week, Baltimore prosecutors revealed there may be a new twist in a murder case famously covered on the podcast Serial. Adnan Syed had been convicted of killing Hae Min Lee in 1999. He has always maintained his innocence. Lo and behold, a year-long investigation had turned up evidence that … Read more
However, Adnan’s other brother, Tanveer, left his family behind after Adnan’s arrest. As Redditors came out of the woodwork to uncover the truth of Lee’s murder, Tanveer joined them. “I had 21 years of my life before it got ruined by Adnan getting arrested,” he told The Guardian in a separate 2014 interview. So, Tanveer … Read more
NPR/YouTube During its first season back in 2014, the podcast Serial focused on the 1999 strangulation murder of Hae Min Lee, whose investigation resulted in the conviction of Adnan Syed, 17 at the time of her death. Syed has always maintained his innocence, and Serial — as well as the HBO doc series The Case … Read more