‘Serial’ Podcast Subject Syed’s Murder Conviction Reinstated (1)

The Maryland Supreme Court on Friday upheld a lower court ruling reinstating Adnan Syed’s murder conviction and ordered a new hearing on vacating Syed’s conviction and life sentence.

“In an effort to remedy what they perceived to be an injustice to Mr. Syed, the prosecutor and the circuit court worked an injustice” against the victim’s brother, Young Lee, “by failing to treat him with dignity, respect, and sensitivity and, in particular, by violating Mr. Lee’s rights as a crime victim’s representative to reasonable notice of the Vacatur Hearing, the right to attend the hearing in person, and the right to ...