Adnan Syed

Hearing set for Monday on joint request to set Adnan Syed free

A Baltimore hearing will consider a request to set free Adnan Syed based on new evidence. He's serving a life sentence for the murder of Hae Min Lee. More

September 19, 2022

‘Serial’ case: Prosecutors move to vacate Syed’s conviction

Baltimore prosecutors asked a judge to vacate Adnan Syed's conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee, a case chronicled in the podcast “Serial." More

September 14, 2022

Baltimore judge orders new look at ‘Serial’ evidence

A judge signed an order Monday mandating that Baltimore police send evidence in the case against Adnan Syed within 15 days to a California crime lab, news outlets reported. More

March 16, 2022

Serial’s Adnan Syed: How did we get here & what’s next?

Q&A with Undisclosed’s Colin Miller After the U.S. Supreme Court denied hearing the case of Adnan Syed, the subject of the investigative journalism podcast Serial, I spoke to one of his advocates, attorney and law professor Colin Miller. We discussed Syed’s path from the 2014 debut of Serial to the 2016 post-conviction hearing, to the highest court in the […] More

December 11, 2019

Justices reject call for new trial in ‘Serial’ podcast case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Maryland man’s bid for a new trial based on information uncovered by the hit podcast “Serial.” The justices did not comment in leaving in place a 4-3 ruling by Maryland’s highest court that denied a new trial to Adnan Syed, who was convicted of strangling […] More

November 25, 2019

Supreme Court Asked to Take up ‘Serial’ Podcast Murder Case

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for a Maryland man whose murder conviction was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial” are asking the Supreme Court to step into the case. Lawyers for defendant Adnan Syed say in court papers Monday that the justices should order a new trial for Syed and reverse a Maryland court ruling against him. Syed […] More

August 20, 2019