EXPLAINED: 5 - The Real Truth

Serial: how a podcast helped Adnan Syed become a free man

After spending more than two decades in prison, Syed was released in a case that became internationally known through a podcast creating a new genre

The Guardian - US · Sep 21, 2022

Adnan Syed family friend jokes he’s not looking to ‘hook up’ with ‘thirsty’ ladies after conviction overturned

‘Adnan is not looking to hook up or meet any of the very thirsty, er I mean interested, ladies reaching out,’ tweeted attorney and family friend Rabia Chaudry

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

Serial host Sarah Koenig says vacation of Adnan Syed’s conviction is ‘deja vu’ for defence

‘I felt almost disoriented for about a day. Like the city prosecutor’s office suddenly pulled off a rubber mask and underneath was a scowling defense attorney,’ says the podcast host

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

Adnan Syed: What happens next for the Serial podcast subject and the murder case of Hae Min Lee?

Prominent attorney Duncan Levin tellsThe Independent he thinks this marks the ‘end of the road’ for Adnan Syed’s two-decade long legal battle

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2022

New ‘Serial’ episode on Adnan Syed case drops; victim’s family, advocates respond to his release from prison

BALTIMORE — A day after a Baltimore City judge overturned Adnan Syed’s murder conviction, a new episode of the hit podcast “Serial” that first made his decades-old case famous details the decision to free him.

Tribune News Service · Sep 20, 2022

Adnan Syed murder conviction had ‘systemic problems’, Serial host Sarah Koenig says

Hae Min Lee’s family, however, are ‘deeply disappointed’ at how quickly developments have progressed

The Guardian - US · Sep 20, 2022

Man freed after murder conviction featured in Serial podcast thrown out

A US judge has ordered the release of a man convicted in 2000 in a murder case that was chronicled in the hit podcast Serial. At the behest of prosecutors in Baltimore, Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn ordered that Adnan Syed’s conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee…

Evening Standard · Sep 20, 2022

Adnan Syed case - live: New Serial podcast reveals what led prosecutors to ask for conviction to be overturned

Follow updates on the case of Serial podcast subject Adnan Syed

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2022

Adnan Syed: who is the subject of the Serial podcast and why was his murder conviction overturned?

As the landmark decision reverberates throughout the internet, Amy Francombe looks back inside the controversial, internet-breaking case

Evening Standard · Sep 20, 2022

'Serial' host: Evidence that freed Syed was long available

The creator of a true-crime podcast that helped free a Maryland man imprisoned for murder said that she feels a mix of emotions over how long it took authorities to act on evidence that’s long been available

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2022