TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Sep 20, 2022

Adnan Syed, a Baltimore man convicted of the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee, was yesterday released to home detention after a judge vacated his conviction, the ABA Journal reports. Syed, whose case was covered in the hit podcast Serial, was ordered to be released by Judge Melissa M. Phinn of Baltimore after prosecutors said the defense was never given information about two “alternative suspects.” Prosecutors said in the motion they wanted to vacate Syed’s conviction, but they would decide later whether they will move to drop the case. Their decision will depend on the results of their ongoing investigation, they said.