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Mr. Syed, whose lawsuit was featured successful the deed podcast “Serial,” had been convicted successful the decease of a precocious schoolhouse classmate and spent 23 years successful situation earlier being released past month.
Oct. 11, 2022Updated 11:44 a.m. ET
Baltimore prosecutors connected Tuesday dropped the charges against Adnan Syed, who was released past month aft helium spent 23 years successful situation warring a execution condemnation that was chronicled successful the deed podcast “Serial,” officials said.
Emily Witty, a spokeswoman for the Baltimore state’s attorney’s office, said successful an email connected Tuesday that the lawsuit had been dropped.
On Sept. 19, Judge Melissa M. Phinn of Baltimore City Circuit Court vacated Mr. Syed’s condemnation connected charges that helium murdered his precocious schoolhouse girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, successful 1999. Prosecutors had 30 days from that day to determine if they would proceed with a caller proceedings oregon driblet the charges.
Last month, prosecutors recommended that Mr. Syed’s condemnation beryllium vacated because, they said, “the authorities nary longer has assurance successful the integrity of the conviction.”
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