Prosecutors now have 30 days to either drop the case or request a new trial for Syed, whose life sentence for murder was challenged by the hit podcast “Serial.”
to vacate Syed’s conviction and allow for a new trial last week, arguing new evidence had emerged undermining his conviction and implicating two other suspects in the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee.
Judge Melissa Phinn agreed to this request in a Monday afternoon hearing, ordering Syed to be released from custody and giving prosecutors 30 days to either drop the case or ask for a new trial, the
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