BREAKING NEWS: Baltimore prosecutors call for Adnan Syed’s murder conviction to be VACATED and say he should be set free after podcast ‘Serial’ cast doubt on claims he killed Hae Min Lee
Prosecutors in Baltimore are asking for Adnan Syed to be re-tried for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee, a case that gripped the nation after it was featured on the podcast Serial.
In a motion filed on Wednesday, the state’s attorney for Baltimore City said that new evidence cast doubt on Syed’s conviction, asking for his guilty verdict to be vacated and a new trial date set, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The office of Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby also recommended in the motion that Syed, who is currently serving life behind bars, be released without bond pending retrial.
The motion says that prosecutors are not asserting that Syed is innocent in the case, but that ‘the State no longer has confidence in the integrity of the conviction’.
Prosecutors in Baltimore are asking for Adnan Syed (above) to be re-tried for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee
Syed is serving a life sentence after he was convicted of strangling Lee (with him above at prom). The two were high school classmates who had dated
If follows a year-long investigation by prosecutors and defenders that uncovered new information concerning the possible involvement of two alternative suspects.
Prosecutors said that the two suspects were known to the initial investigators in 1999, but were not properly ruled out. The motion did not name the two alternative suspects, citing the integrity of the investigation.
The office of Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, which is overseeing the investigation, said in the motion that ‘the State no longer has confidence in the integrity of the conviction’.
Syed is serving a life sentence after he was convicted of strangling Lee and burying her body in a Baltimore park. Syed and Lee were high school classmates who had dated.
The office of Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby (above) also recommended in the motion that Syed be released without bond pending retrial
Though he was 17 at the time of the murder, Syed was tried as an adult. He has perpetually maintained his innocence.
In its debut 2014 season, the ‘Serial’ podcast shined a spotlight on the case that led to renewed court proceedings.
Developing story, more to follow.
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