Chapman told the court that years after Syed was convicted, Syed’s new attorney, who was working on an appeal, visited her at her home and left a business card.
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This is the second time that Syed is attempting to get a re-trial, the last time being in 2012. On Wednesday, Syed made his first appearance in court in 16 years, at the first day of a three-day hearing.
As we all know, or should know at this stage, Adnan Syed was cast into the public limelight not exclusively because he was convicted of the murder of his ex-girlfriend but because of a podcast series, Serial. But she was never called to testify at his trial.
Even though Syed has maintained his innocence throughout, prosecutor Kevin Uruk stated in an interview with The Intercept past year that “the case was pretty much a run of the mill domestic violence murder” as Syed was believed to have strangled Lee after finding out that she was dating someone new.
She replied: “Yes, I was” – adding that her boyfriend at the time and another friend also saw Syed in the library. He’s trying to clear his name, after he was convicted of the murder of his ex girlfriend Hae Min Lee while he was in highschool. She told the court that defense attorneys did not ask her about her observations. But prosecutor Thiru Vignarajah with the Maryland attorney general’s office said there were reasons to think McClain might not be reliable.
A convicted murderer who was the focus of a popular podcast is returning to court to argue he deserves another trial and a new chance at freedom.
Presenter Sarah Koenig released a statement announcing that three new episodes will be released, reporting from each day of the court proceedings. The hearing, scheduled to last three days before Baltimore Circuit Judge Martin Welch, is meant to determine whether Syed’s conviction will be overturned and case retried.
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Welch in November ordered a hearing to look into questions raised by Brown over cellphone tower records that prosecutors used to show that Syed was at the site in a park where Lee was buried.
