'Serial' subject Adnan Syed has day in court, makes case for new trial
For more than a decade, Asia McClain was confident that she had seen Adnan Syed at a Woodlawn library during the time when prosecutors said he had killed his former girlfriend. Defense attorneys never...
View ArticleTestimony turns away from alibi witness to cellphone tower data in Adnan Syed...
A woman who says she can offer an alibi for Adnan Syed, the convicted murderer whose case was the focus of the popular "Serial" podcast, brushed off suggestions Thursday from an attorney for the state...
View ArticleAdnan Syed hearing: Legal expert says failure to call alibi witness 'changed...
A veteran Baltimore defense attorney testified Friday that a potential alibi witness for Adnan Syed was "powerfully credible" and "would've made an incredible difference in the outcome of the...
View Article'Serial' case: Adnan Syed hearing expected to wrap up Tuesday
Defense attorneys for Adnan Syed, the convicted murderer whose case was re-examined in the popular "Serial" podcast, and the Maryland attorney general's office rested their cases Monday in a hearing...
View Article'Serial' case: Adnan Syed hearing wraps up
Adnan Syed, the subject of the popular podcast "Serial," had his day in court - five of them, to be exact. Now, it's up to a judge to determine whether the man convicted in 2000 of killing his...
View ArticleRetired Baltimore surveyor retraces steps of 'Serial' murder investigation
Seventeen years after being called into the investigation of Hae Min Lee's murder, Phillip Buddemeyer still remembers where she was found, buried, in West Baltimore's Leakin Park.The 74-year-old...
View ArticleConviction vacated, new trial granted for Adnan Syed of 'Serial'
A Baltimore judge on Thursday ordered a new trial for Adnan Syed, adding a new chapter to a two-decade-old murder case propelled to international attention by the popular podcast "Serial." Syed, now...
View Article'Undisclosed: The State v. Adnan Syed' podcast teaser
A preview of a post-'Serial' podcast, 'Undisclosed,' that the creators say is an attempt to present information not presented in the trial of Adnan Syed. It is sponsored by the Adnan Syed Legal Trust....
View ArticleCourt officials considered contempt for 'Serial' producers for airing...
The popular "Serial" podcast relied in part on Baltimore courtroom audio from the trial of Adnan Syed to help raise questions about and bring attention to his case. But if the courts had their way,...
View ArticleAppeals court takes up 'Serial' case, could extend resolution by a year or more
A resolution in the murder case popularized in the "Serial" podcast could be more than a year away, after the state's second-highest court agreed Wednesday to hear an appeal of an order granting Adnan...
View ArticleAppeals court to hear arguments in 'Serial' case June 8
Attorneys for the state and Adnan Syed, whose case was popularized in the "Serial" podcast, will return to court Thursday to argue whether Syed should receive a new trial.The hearing, scheduled for 2...
View ArticleNew trial for 'Serial' subject Adnan Syed upheld by Maryland appeals court
Maryland's second-highest court ruled Thursday that "Serial" podcast subject Adnan Syed should receive a new trial in the killing of Woodlawn High School classmate Hae Min Lee. The Court of Special...
View Article'Undisclosed: The State v. Adnan Syed' podcast teaser
A preview of a post-'Serial' podcast, 'Undisclosed,' that the creators say is an attempt to present information not presented in the trial of Adnan Syed. It is sponsored by the Adnan Syed Legal Trust....
View ArticleAdnan Syed up close yet impersonal in new TV special
The narrative of the Adnan Syed case is so compelling that each time I write about it, I have to remind myself that a real Baltimore teenager was killed and her real family members continue to mourn....
View ArticleWith a major victory in hand, still a long road ahead for Adnan Syed
Adnan Syed won a major victory in court this week when his murder conviction was vacated, but a long legal road likely lies ahead. The 35-year-old, whose case was propelled to international attention...
View ArticleTwo former classmates dispute account of alibi witness for 'Serial' subject...
More than a decade after the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, whose guilt or innocence became the subject of the popular podcast "Serial," two former high school classmates have emerged, saying a key...
View ArticleFour ways HBO's Adnan Syed series goes beyond 'Serial'
HBO has stressed that its four-part documentary series, “The Case Against Adnan Syed,” goes beyond the hugely successful “Serial” podcast. And based on seeing the first three parts, which were made...
View ArticleWhy has Maryland court trial footage of 'Serial' subject Adnan Syed rarely...
HBO aired the first episode last week of its four-part documentary series “The Case Against Adnan Syed,” which includes rarely seen footage from the Baltimore County man’s 1999 trial for the killing...
View ArticleAfter 'Serial' podcast, prosecutors tested DNA evidence in Adnan Syed case....
The HBO series examining the now-famous murder case against Adnan Syed left legions of fans in suspense this week at the hint of unknown DNA evidence. The 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee became a national...
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