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Adnan Syed's Sentence Reduced to Time Served, Will Remain Free

A Baltimore judge ruled that Syed, convicted of Hae Min Lee's 1999 murder, is not a danger to the public and will serve five years of supervised probation.

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Adnan Syed, right, and his mother Shamim Rahman, follow attorney Erica Sutter, talk with reporters outside Maryland's Supreme Court in Annapolis, Maryland on October 5, 2023.

Overview

  • Adnan Syed, convicted in 2000 for the murder of Hae Min Lee, had his sentence reduced under Maryland's Juvenile Restoration Act, allowing him to remain free.
  • Judge Jennifer Schiffer determined Syed is not a public safety risk and that justice is better served by the sentence reduction to time served.
  • Syed's conviction, which has been overturned and reinstated multiple times, remains in place despite his release from prison in 2022.
  • The decision follows decades of legal battles and renewed scrutiny of the case, including questions raised by the 2014 'Serial' podcast about the integrity of Syed's conviction.
  • Hae Min Lee's family opposes the sentence reduction, maintaining that Syed is guilty and expressing frustration with the judicial process.