Just In: 'Serial' Subject Adnan Syed Will Get a New Trial

The 35-year-old man was convicted in 2000.

Samantha Leal
By Samantha Leal
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Adnan Syed—whose arrest and conviction for the 1999 murder of his former girlfriend Hae Min Lee was the subject of the popular Serial podcast—has been granted a new trial, according to his lawyers.

Syed, then 17 years old, was found guilty of Lee's murder in 2000. Now 35, Syed is serving a life sentence plus 30 years. Throughout his imprisonment he and his lawyers have submitted numerous appeals. Most recently, a Baltimore judge was looking over new evidence and a testimony from a key witness to see if Syed deserved a new trial.

The first season of Serial—which obsessively documented the murder, trial, and imprisonment—won a Peabody Award and became one of the most successful podcasts of all time.

This post will be updated as more details emerge.

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Samantha Leal
Samantha Leal
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Samantha Leal is the Deputy Editor at Well+Good, where she spends most of her day thinking of new ideas across platforms, bringing on new writers, overseeing the day-to-day of the website, and working with the awesome team to produce the best stories and packages. Before W+G, she was the Senior Web Editor for Marie Claire and the Deputy Editor for Latina.com, with bylines all over the internet. Graduating from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University with a minor in African history, she’s written everything from travel guides to political op-eds to wine explainers (currently enrolled in the WSET program) to celebrity profiles. Find her online pretty much everywhere @samanthajoleal.

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