An appeals court reinstated the conviction against Adnan Syed in the murder of Hai Min Lee because her family wasn’t given ample notice to attend his hearing.
and demanded the conviction be reinstated, calling for a new hearing in Syed’s case on the grounds that the family’s rights were violated when the state failed to give them proper notice of the hearing last fall.
The Appellate Court in Maryland sided with Young Lee, reinstating the conviction and sentence against Syed until a new hearing on the state’s motion to vacate the case could be held where Lee’s family has the opportunity to attend.The appeals court found that slay victim Hae Min Lee’s family wasn’t given adequate notice of the hearing in his case.Syed has maintained his innocence since his arrest in 1999. He served over 20 years behind bars.“Because the circuit court violated Mr.
Young attended the Sept. 19 hearing from California via Zoom, claiming he only found out about it three days prior through email. “We remand for a new, legally compliant, and transparent hearing on the motion to vacate, where Mr. Lee is given notice of the hearing that is sufficient to allow him to attend in person,” the appellate court wrote.
Lee’s body was discovered partially buried in Baltimore’s Leakin Park on Feb. 9, 1999, nearly a month after she went missing after school.“Serial” – which came out in 2014 – featured prison interviews with Syed professing his innocence. Lee’s family has maintained that Syed was the culprit.
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