Prosecutors said a reinvestigation of the case revealed evidence regarding the possible involvement of two other possible suspects. Syed was serving a life sentence after he was convicted of strangling 18-year-old Lee, whose body was found buried in a Baltimore park. His case captured the attention of millions in 2014 when the debut season of “Serial” focused on Lee’s killing and raised doubts about some of the evidence prosecutors had used, inspiring heated debates across dinner tables and water coolers about Syed’s innocence or guilt. Syed has always maintained his innocence. 18 - in which to dismiss the charges or proceed with a new trial. Phinn ordered a new trial, but prosecutors were given 30 days - until Oct. 16, Syed’s attorneys and prosecutors discussed the motion at a meeting in Phinn’s chambers. That followed a yearlong investigation and was two days after they notified the Lee family, the family’s motion says. Prosecutors moved to vacate Syed’s conviction on Sept. The Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office said it found evidence that should have been disclosed to Syed’s attorneys. “If the wrong person has been behind bars for 23 years, the Lee family and the rest of the world want to understand what new evidence has led to that conclusion.”īaltimore Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn overturned Syed’s conviction on Sept. Syed’s release from custody,” said the family’s attorney, Steve Kelly. “The Lee family is not seeking, through this motion or through the appeal, to impact Mr. He contends that the family was not given enough notice about a court hearing last month over whether Syed’s conviction should be overturned. 18 deadline by which prosecutors must decide whether to drop the charges against Syed or retry him for the killing. Young Lee, the brother of victim Hae Min Lee, asked the Maryland Court of Special Appeals in a six-page motion filed late last month to suspend further proceedings, including an Oct. (AP) - The family of the victim in the murder case chronicled in the first season of the “Serial” podcast has asked Maryland’s intermediate appellate court to halt Adnan Syed’s court case pending the family’s appeal of a judge’s overturning of Syed’s murder conviction.
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