{"id":23679,"date":"2022-10-11T14:37:49","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T18:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=23679"},"modified":"2022-10-11T14:37:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T18:37:49","slug":"adnan-syed-all-charges-dropped-in-serial-podcast-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/10\/11\/adnan-syed-all-charges-dropped-in-serial-podcast-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Adnan Syed: All charges dropped in Serial podcast case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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US prosecutors have dropped all charges against a Baltimore man whose case garnered worldwide attention through the hit true crime podcast Serial.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Adnan Syed served 23 years in prison after he was convicted of the murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But his conviction was quashed last month, and on Tuesday it was announced that all charges had been dropped.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Finally, Adnan Syed is able to live as a free man,” his lawyer, Erica Suter, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Adnan is innocent and lost 23 years of his life serving time for a crime he did not commit,” she added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, Baltimore’s state attorney Marilyn Mosby said the dropping of charges means the case against Syed is closed and he cannot be charged again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The charges were dropped due to the completion of touch DNA testing on Ms Lee’s clothes for the first time, which uncovered multiple DNA samples on her shoes – none of which belonged to Adnan Syed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Today, justice is done,” Ms Mosby said, adding her office will continue its efforts to prosecute anyone who is responsible for Ms Lee’s death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She also apologised to the families of Ms Lee and Adnan Syed, who she said spent 23 years behind bars due to a “wrongful conviction”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Syed’s innocence still needs to be cemented through a formal certification process, Ms Mosby said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The 41-year-old’s murder conviction was quashed last month after prosecutors identified two other potential suspects following a year-long case review.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Prosecutors then had 30 days to decide whether they would proceed with a new trial or drop the charges against Syed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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