CBS Baltimore is reporting that the Maryland Court of Special Appeals has granted Adnan Syed a new trial after his case was featured on the popular true-crime podcast, “Serial,” and became a subject of national attention.
NEW: Adnan Syed, who gained international fame from the podcast “Serial,” will get new trial after spending roughly 18 years in prison for a murder he says he did not commit. https://t.co/hE7FPs7wpk pic.twitter.com/uPXxo0dM1p
— ABC News (@ABC) March 29, 2018
Millions of listeners tuned in to hear the decade-old story and began to question whether or not Syed was guilty, an accomplice, or whether or not he was given a fair trial when he was convicted in 2000 of killing his ex-girlfriend and burying her in a shallow grave.
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