Adnan Syed Ordered Free After Judge Overturns Murder Conviction Highlighted by ‘Serial’ Podcast

After being found guilty of killing his 18-year-old ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee, whose body was discovered partially buried in a Baltimore park in February 1999, Syed was given a life sentence plus 30 years. For years, he unsuccessfully tried to appeal his conviction, which eventually became the source of enormous media attention.