Date uploaded: 2022-09-19 21:39:26
More than two decades after Adnan Syed was sentenced to a lifetime in prison and eight years after the shaky case against him became the center of the hit podcast "Serial," a Baltimore judge on Monday ordered that Syed’s conviction be vacated and he walked out of court a free man.
The true crime frenzy around Syed is one of the most high-profile examples of podcasts casting serious doubts about obscure convictions. But multiple appeals were denied before prosecutors admitted errors years later.
But Serial — and many other true crime productions — overwhelmingly focuses on the perpetrator and not the victim.
Neama Rahmani, a trial lawyer and former federal prosecutor, said there’s almost no chance Syed will stand trial again – it’s more than likely he will be released entirely.
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