Adnan Syed Faces Reversal: Court Reinstates Conviction in High-Profile Podcast Murder Case
Baltimore, MD — A Maryland court has unexpectedly reinstated the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, the subject of the popular “Serial” podcast, which had previously scrutinized and raised doubts about the fairness of his trial and subsequent life sentence for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, in 1999. In an abrupt reversal of a lower court’s September decision that vacated Syed’s conviction, the Maryland Appellate Court ruled on Tuesday to reinstate both the …