Mr. Syed’s lawyer, Mr. Brown, said he had been unable to locate the witness, Asia McClain, until the “Serial” team began investigating Mr. Syed’s story. Mr. Syed asked his lawyer, Maria Cristina Gutierrez, to contact Ms. McClain. After Mr. Syed was convicted, it was determined that Ms. Gutierrez had not in fact contacted Ms. McClain. After the podcast drew attention to the case, Mr. Syed was granted a retrial in 2016 by Judge Martin P. Welch of the Baltimore City Circuit Court. They broke up in 1998 and Ms. Lee later began dating another man.

Source: New York Times March 29, 2018 17:55 UTC