Conviction thrown out for Adnan Syed, of ‘Serial’ podcast | USA TODAY

Adnan Syed has gotten international attention after the "Serial" podcast in 2014, which highlighted little-known evidence in his murder case.
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More than two decades after Adnan Syed was sentenced to life 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.

There were cheers inside the court as officers unleashed Syed's shackles.

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39 comments

  1. With everything that is happening,most of us are a paycheck away from being homeless,hope we are all prepared,get yourself an alternate source of income

  2. I read through the whole podcast, and I never thought he was innocent. His conversations came across as very educated and lawyer-like, and he didn’t answer questions directly.

    1. hes not innocent though, Jay knew where the car was and therefore was involved in last seeing Hae, the only other reason could be two and two.. Adnan and Jay perpetrated the crime

    2. listening to the podcast for the first time right now, only 1.5 episodes in so maybe I haven’t been able to gather all of the info to create a definite opinion on his innocence, but I find it strange that someone who claims to be his best friend just testified and gave police all the info they needed regarding a crime that he was an accomplice in. it just seems incriminating and strange, almost as if he wanted to set Adnan up. again, maybe I’m missing something so correct me if I am, but that just seems odd to me.

    1. Meanwhile, grandmother’s with cancer are still imprisoned two years later because cops opened doors and waved them into the capitol. Our justice system is completely broken.

    1. Yeah well that podcast is under a lot of scrutiny for leaving out crucial details for the sake of making an interesting and addictive podcast. Listen to undisclosed for proper info

  3. Prayers to the family! Most likely, Syed did murder Hae Lee. “The Baltimore City Police Homicide Division received an anonymous phone call on February 12 suggesting that the investigators should focus on Lee’s ex-boyfriend and classmate, Adnan Syed. One of Syed’s friends told the police that Syed had expressed intentions of killing Lee and stated that he had helped Syed bury Lee’s body after Syed confessed to killing her on January 13.” [Source: Wikipedia]

  4. And here, I thought a jury of your peers actually meant something…
    I’m sure all of them were wrong….
    Maybe we should go to “TWO” juries of your peers…. and then we wouldn’t have to go through this….?
    Perhaps there should be a “Jury Training Program” where you have to learn to think for yourself?

  5. People are so gullible, they’ll believe anything if it’s spread around enough. This reminds me of the Steven Avery case where people are fooled into believing he’s innocent; it’s too bad this guy actually got out.

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