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Adnan Syed Asks Court to Reconsider Its Decision to Reinstate His Murder Conviction

BALTIMORE—Attorneys for Adnan Syed filed a motion Wednesday asking a Maryland appellate court to reconsider its recent decision to reinstate his decadesold murder conviction and life sentence, a ruling that upheld arguments from the victim’s family claiming a lower court violated their rights. Syed, whose protracted legal odyssey gained international attention from the hit podcast…


Maryland Court Reinstates Adnan Syed’s Murder Conviction

ANNAPOLIS, Md.—A Maryland appellate court on Tuesday reinstated Adnan Syed’s murder conviction and ordered a new hearing in the case, marking the latest development in the protracted legal odyssey chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.” Though Syed’s conviction has been reinstated, he will not immediately be taken back into custody. In a 2–1 decision released…