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Adnan Syed and his mother Shamim Rahman talk with reporters as they arrive at Maryland's Supreme Court in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, to hear arguments in an appeal by Syed, whose conviction for killing his ex-girlfriend more than 20 years ago was chronicled in the hit podcast "Serial." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Adnan Syed’s murder conviction still stands in ‘Serial’ case as court orders new hearing

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Adnan Syed, center right, leaves the courthouse after a hearing, on Sept. 19, 2022, in Baltimore. The Supreme Court of Maryland announced Wednesday, June 28, 2023, that it will hear appeals from Syed, whose conviction for killing an ex-girlfriend was reinstated by a lower court earlier this year after he was released from prison. The court also said it will hear appeals from the victim's family. (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)

Maryland’s highest court to hear appeals in case chronicled by ‘Serial’ podcast

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FILE - Adnan Syed gets emotional as he speaks to reporters outside the Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal building after a hearing, Feb. 2, 2023, in Annapolis, Md. Syed, whose protracted legal odyssey was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial,” is asking Maryland’s highest court to deny a petition to expand the rights of crime victims in post-conviction proceedings. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)

Adnan Syed asks appeals court to deny request from victim’s family

By Lea Skene - Associated Press

FILE - Adnan Syed gets emotional as he speaks to reporters outside the Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal building after a hearing, Feb. 2, 2023, in Annapolis, Md. The brother of the woman Syed was once convicted of killing more than two decades ago is asking Maryland's highest court Thursday, June 8, to rule that crime victims in Maryland have a right to be heard and challenge the evidence at hearings like the one that vacated Syed's conviction. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)

Family of ‘Serial’ podcast murder victim demands right to take part in hearings

By Brian Witte - Associated Press

Adnan Syed, center, leaves the Elijah E. Cummings Courthouse on Sept. 19, 2022, in Baltimore. Syed’s lawyer has asked Maryland’s highest court Wednesday, May 24, 2023, to overturn a lower court’s ruling that reinstated his murder conviction from more than two decades ago - after he was freed last year in a legal case that gained international attention from the hit podcast “Serial.” (AP Photo/Brian Witte, File)

Adnan Syed’s murder conviction on hold for now, as Maryland Supreme Court considers appeal

By Brian Witte - Associated Press

Adnan Syed, center right, leaves the courthouse after a hearing on Sept. 19, 2022, in Baltimore. Hae Min Lee's brother, Young Lee, has asked the Maryland Court of Special Appeals to halt court proceedings for Syed, whose conviction in Lee's 1999 killing was reversed by Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn in September 2022. Now, the office of Maryland's attorney general is supporting the brother's appeal. (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP) **FILE**

Prosecutors drop charges against Adnan Syed in ‘Serial’ case

By Brian Witte - Associated Press

Adnan Syed enters Courthouse East prior to a hearing on Feb. 3, 2016, in Baltimore. Baltimore prosecutors asked a judge on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, to vacate Syed's conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee — a case that was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial&quot;. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)

Podcast ‘Serial’ case: Adnan Syed released, conviction tossed

By Brian Witte

Adnan Syed enters Courthouse East prior to a hearing on Feb. 3, 2016, in Baltimore. A court hearing has been set for Monday, Sept. 19, 2022 in Baltimore to consider a request from prosecutors to vacate the 2000 murder conviction of Adnan Syed, whose case was chronicled in the hit podcast Serial.(Barbara Haddock Taylor/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)

Court hearing set for Monday in Baltimore’s Adnan Syed case

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Adnan Syed enters Courthouse East prior to a hearing on Feb. 3, 2016, in Baltimore. Baltimore prosecutors asked a judge on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, to vacate Syed's conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee — a case that was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial&quot;. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)

‘Serial’ case: Prosecutors move to vacate Adnan Syed’s conviction

By Brian Witte - Associated Press

Lawyers’ group asks Supreme Court to review ‘Serial’ case

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Maryland court won’t reconsider denial of new ‘Serial’ trial

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FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2016 file photo, Adnan Syed enters Courthouse East in Baltimore prior to a hearing. Maryland’s highest court has denied a new trial for Syed whose murder conviction was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.” In an opinion Friday, March 8, 2019, the Court of Appeals agreed with a lower court that Syed's legal counsel was deficient in failing to investigate an alibi witness, but it disagreed that the deficiency prejudiced the case. The court says Syed waived his ineffective counsel claim. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)

Court denies new trial in ‘Serial’ podcast murder case

By BRIAN WITTE - Associated Press

The Latest: “Serial” case draws spectators from far away

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Arguments in “Serial” case focus on lawyer, alibi witness

By DAVID McFADDEN and BRIAN WITTE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2016 file photo, Adnan Syed enters Courthouse East in Baltimore prior to a hearing. A Maryland appeals court has upheld a ruling, Thursday, March 29, 2018, granting a new trial to Syed, whose conviction in the murder of his high school sweetheart became the subject of the popular podcast &quot;Serial.&quot; Syed was convicted in 2000 of killing Hae Min Lee and burying her body in a shallow grave in a Baltimore park. A three-judge panel on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling granting him new trial.(Barbara Haddock Taylor/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

Adnan Syed, whose case was on ‘Serial,’ granted new trial

By COURTNEY COLUMBUS - Associated Press

In this Feb. 3, 2016, file photo, Adnan Syed enters Courthouse East in Baltimore prior to a hearing in Baltimore. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/The Baltimore Sun via AP) ** FILE **

Adnan Syed case: Appeals court upholds new trial for subject of ‘Serial’ podcast

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Former prosecutor tied to ‘Serial’ case running for office

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In this Feb. 3, 2016, file photo, Adnan Syed enters Courthouse East in Baltimore prior to a hearing in Baltimore. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/The Baltimore Sun via AP) ** FILE **

‘Serial’ star, guilty of killing girlfriend, seeks new trial

By BRIAN WITTE - Associated Press

Maryland officials considered sanctions over ‘Serial’ audio

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‘Serial’ star Adnan Syed asks to be released from jail

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