Adnan Syed, the subject of the first season of the popular podcast Serial, has been released from prison after a judge overturned his conviction on Monday. The podcast returned to the subject of ...

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IT QUITE WAS. I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE STATE ATTORNEY AND THE STATE’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE WERE WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS. AND RIGHT AFTER THEY DID THEIR SUMMARIES AND, YOU KNOW, ARGUE ...

Months after Adnan Syed’s murder conviction in the slaying of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee was overturned, a Maryland appeals court heard arguments Thursday in an unprecedented appeal from Lee’s ...