State: 'Serial' murder case should not be reopened
The State of Maryland has recommended that a judge deny Adnan Syed's latest request for an appeal, saying that the subject of the popular "Serial" podcast cannot claim that he should have been offered...
View ArticleAlibi witness willing to testify in Syed 'Serial' case
An alibi witness is willing to testify on behalf of Adnan Syed to help challenge his 15-year-old murder conviction in a case popularized by the "Serial" podcast, according to a court filing made on...
View ArticleCourt reopens appeal of Adnan Syed, subject of "Serial" podcast
Adnan Syed, the incarcerated subject of the popular podcast "Serial," will get another shot at overturning his murder conviction and life sentence after a court granted his request to reopen his...
View Article'Serial' podcast subject Syed makes his case for a new trial
Adnan Syed, the imprisoned subject of the "Serial" podcast series, said his trial lawyer's failure to interview an alibi witness was worse than many other cases in which new trials were granted. "The...
View Article'Serial' star Syed adds to momentum for new trial
Adnan Syed's bid for a new trial gained more momentum Monday, when a state appeals court ruled an alibi witness should testify on behalf of the subject of the "Serial" podcast. The Maryland Court of...
View ArticleAdnan Syed asks court to reopen hearings
The attorney for Adnan Syed, the subject of the "Serial" podcast, filed a petition Tuesday requesting that Baltimore Circuit Court reopen post-conviction proceedings so an alibi witness can testify on...
View ArticleAdnan Syed's defense attorney says he has new evidence to overturn conviction
The attorney for "Serial" podcast subject Adnan Syed says key cellphone evidence used against his client was unreliable - by the phone company's own warning - and should have been excluded from his...
View Article'Serial' figure headed to court after request for hearing granted
Adnan Syed, the convicted murderer whose case gained international attention after questions were raised on the widely downloaded "Serial" podcast, will get another day in court. A Baltimore circuit...
View ArticleAdnan Syed's family says he is not receiving proper medical care
The family of Adnan Syed, the convicted murderer whose case became the subject of the blockbuster "Serial" podcast, are urging supporters to write to Gov. Larry Hogan and demand he receive medical...
View Article'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'Serial' brings healing to Syed family
The home that had once been a lonely refuge for a family was buzzing with activity again this week. Another reporter had just left down the concrete steps after interviewing Shamim Rahman about...
View ArticleRabia Chaudry fights for Muslims - and Adnan
Rabia Chaudry teaches law enforcement officers about the Muslim faith, fights radical extremism and serves as a national security expert. But for fans of "Serial," she's best known as the person who...
View ArticleIn the end, 'Serial' leaves me frustrated, even annoyed
I love the energy and even excitement that Sarah Koenig pumped into the podcast genre and radio storytelling with "Serial," a 12-part series on a Baltimore murder from 1999. But as I listened to the...
View ArticleWhat they're saying about the 'Serial' finale
The first season of the Internet's most popular podcast, "Serial," concluded on Thursday with its 12th episode. Since debuting in October online, host and former Sun reporter Sarah Koenig has broken...
View ArticleA brilliant byproduct of Sarah Koenig's storytelling in 'Serial'
Earlier today I wrote about my frustration and annoyance with the final episode of Sarah Koenig's "Serial." (Read that here.) She promised journalism and instead ended the podcast series tap dancing...
View ArticleFiling in 'Serial' appeal postponed
The deadline for a court filing laying out Adnan Syed's arguments as to why he believes his murder conviction should be overturned was extended to next week.Syed, serving a life sentence in a West...
View ArticleLegal fund created to help Adnan Syed
A group of lawyers supporting Adnan Syed has set up a legal trust and hired a private investigator to help him fight for a new trial.The trust, which includes Baltimore attorney Dennis E. Robinson and...
View ArticleNew podcast coming in 'Serial' case
"Undisclosed: The State v. Adnan Syed," a podcast promising to plumb even greater depths of the murder case behind the incredibly popular "Serial" podcast, will launch April 13. Put together by...
View ArticleSon of 'Serial' subject's lawyer defends mother
Roberto Gutierrez first heard about "Serial" from a friend who told him about the captivating podcast that raised questions about a 15-year-old murder case in his hometown and someone even closer to...
View ArticleSyed case and S.C. shooting show nonjournalists, pros working the same ground
The past week has been a lesson in journalistic humility for me. After a career of thinking and writing about how the kind of mainstream journalistic institutions at which I worked set the local and...
View Article'Serial' is first-ever podcast to win Peabody award; creator Sarah Koenig...
'Serial," the 12-part podcast about a 1999 murder in Baltimore, has won a major award. And its creator, the former Baltimore Sun reporter Sarah Koenig, separately was named one of Time Magazine's 100...
View ArticleState files response to Adnan Syed's request for new trial
The Maryland attorney general's office filed a response to Adnan Syed's latest effort to get his murder conviction overthrown, writing that the imprisoned "Serial" podcast star does not deserve a new...
View Article'Serial' to launch new season of hit podcast in the fall
Great news for fans of "Serial" -- the hit podcast will launch a second season in the fall, and a third season should arrive next spring. "We are hard at work reporting not one, but two distinct new...
View ArticleState calls Adnan Syed's request to reopen proceedings 'meritless'
Recent requests by "Serial" podcast subject Adnan Syed to have post-conviction proceedings in his 15-year-old murder case reopened in Baltimore Circuit Court — in part so that a new alibi witness can...
View Article'Serial' optioned for TV by Fox production company
Fox 21 Television Studios, a Fox-owned production company, has optioned "Serial" for a possible TV series, according to Deadline. The TV production would offer a backstage look at the making of a...
View ArticleRabia Chaudry writing book on 'Serial's' Adnan Syed
Rabia Chaudry, the friend and advocate for Adnan Syed who brought his story to the attention of public radio's Sarah Koenig, is writing a book about his case. Syed, who was convicted of the 1999...
View Article'Serial' update: Adnan Syed to return to court in February
Adnan Syed, who was convicted in a murder case in 2000 that last year became the subject of the hit podcast "Serial," will return to court in February, a judge ordered Monday. The post-conviction...
View ArticleAdnan Syed, of 'Serial,' returns to court Wednesday
Sixteen years after he was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, and one year after his case was re-examined through the wildly popular podcast "Serial," Adnan Syed will...
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...
View ArticleHBO's airing of courtroom footage in Adnan Syed case draws rebuke from...
The producers of an HBO series examining the case against Adnan Syed in the murder of Hae Min Lee drew a rebuke last week from the administrative judge of Baltimore Circuit Court for airing footage of...
View ArticleAdnan Syed, of 'Serial' podcast, asks Maryland high court to reconsider...
The defense attorney for Adnan Syed has asked Maryland’s highest court to reconsider its decision to reject a new trial for the prisoner featured in the “Serial” podcast. The Maryland Court of Appeals...
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