A timeline of Adnan Syed's journey through the criminal justice system – Baltimore Sun
Now free after being incarcerated for 23 years, Adnan Syed’s legal saga is not over yet.
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Now free after being incarcerated for 23 years, Adnan Syed’s legal saga is not over yet.
Now free after being incarcerated for 23 years, Adnan Syed’s legal saga is not over yet.
In their argument that a judge should overturn Adnan Syed’s murder conviction, prosecutors highlighted “past misconduct” by a former Baltimore police detective involved in the investigation that led to Syed’s arrest in the killing of his ex-girlfriend in 1999.
Syed's conviction for the 1999 murder of high school student Hae Min Lee, his former girlfriend, was overturned by Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn.
A high school senior named Hae Min Lee disappeared one day after school in 1999, in Baltimore County, Md. A month later, her body was found in a city park. She’d been strangled. Her 17-year-old ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, was charged with murder, and within a year, he was sentenced to life in prison. The case against him was largely based on the story of one witness, Adnan’s friend Jay, who testified that he had helped Adnan bury Hae’s body. But Adnan has always maintained that he had nothing to do with Hae’s death. Some people believe he has been telling the truth. Many others don’t.