Two police officers involved in a physical altercation during an arrest Monday near Woodlawn High School are still performing patrol duties as Internal Affairs performs routine investigation.
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.
To fulfill the teachers union contract, the system would need to scrounge up millions for its $1.7 billion operating budget to sustain the higher pay over the next five years.