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Adnan Syed’s lawyers urged the Supreme Court of Maryland on Wednesday to overturn a state appellate court’s ruling reinstating his convictions in the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee, employing

BALTIMORE — Lawyers for Adnan Syed have asked the Supreme Court of Maryland to reject an appeal from the brother of the woman Syed was once convicted of killing, but to accept his own petition to the high court. A jury in 2000 found Syed guilty in the killing of 18-year-old Hae Min Lee and a judge sentenced him to life in prison. After more than 20 years behind bars, Syed walked free last ...

Adnan Syed, whose conviction in a 1999 murder was vacated in September and then reinstated, asked Maryland's second-highest court to take yet another look.

A new motion filed by Adnan Syed's legal team asked a Maryland appeals court to reconsider its decision to reinstate his murder conviction and sentence.

Adnan Syed is asking the Appellate Court of Maryland to reconsider its decision to reinstate his murder conviction and life sentence, saying the judges who rendered the opinion last month failed to apply an important legal analysis.

Maryland's Supreme Court will consider if a criminal defense attorney’s silence constitutes consent when a judge schedules the trial past the 180-day deadline.

Media reps and a prosecutor disagreed on the Judiciary’s effort to let recordings of criminal trials be aired while respecting the witnesses’ safety and dignity.