Adnan Syed, whose case was made famous by the 2014 podcast “Serial,” has the right to a new trial, a Maryland court ruled Thursday. Syed has maintained that he was wrongfully convicted of murdering his then-girlfriend Hae Min Lee as a teenager in 1999. The Maryland Court of Special Appeals upheld Syed’s claim that he received “ineffective assistance of counsel.”Thursday’s decision could go next to the Maryland Court of Appeals. “‘Serial’ was enormously helpful,” a lawyer for Syed, Justin Brown, said at a press conference shortly after the verdict was read. “If we get back in court for a jury trial, we like our chances,” Brown said.

Source: Huffington Post March 29, 2018 17:28 UTC