Attorneys for the family of Hae Min Lee have 15 days to submit arguments for why the courts should not dismiss their appeal of an order last month that released Adnan Syed from prison.
Baltimore prosecutors said newly performed DNA tests on the shoes of the murdered Hae Min Lee found a mixture of DNA from multiple people — none of them Adnan Syed.
Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby has stated that prosecutors do not decide guilt or innocence but leave it up to a judge or jury to make that determination.
Marcellus Walls, 19, of Washington, D.C., had been facing charges of attempted first- and second-degree murder, using a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence, reckless endangerment and related offenses.
The Juvenile Restoration Act allows people who have served at least 20 years in prison for crimes they committed as children to file a motion for reduction of sentence.
Domonic White was found guilty of shooting Clanton on Eierman Avenue in Northeast Baltimore in the presence of Clanton’s 5-year-old son on April 29, 2021.
Baltimore Judge Melissa Phinn throws out Syed’s conviction in light of new evidence that someone else could have strangled Hae Min Lee, as well as the fact that exculpatory information was not disclosed.
The series tapped into the cultural zeitgeist to a degree unprecedented for a podcast, spawning "Saturday Night Live" parodies and a true crime phenomenon that continues to this day.
That police have reopened the investigation further validates the work by defense attorneys, activists and fans who have claimed over the years that Adnan Syed is innocent.
Syed was found guilty of first-degree murder, robbery, kidnapping and false imprisonment in the killing of his ex-girlfriend and classmate at Woodlawn High School, Hae Min Lee.