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'Serial' Subject Adnan Syed Deserves A New Trial, Appeals Court Rules

Maryland's second-highest court has upheld a ruling vacating Syed's murder conviction, which the hit podcast covered. Syed will be re-tried in a lower court, provided Thursday's ruling isn't appealed.
Adnan Syed, subject of the podcast <em>Serial</em>, leaves a courthouse escorted by officials in February 2016.

Maryland's second-highest court has ruled that Adnan Syed, whose murder conviction served as subject of the hit podcast , deserves a new trial. The by the Court of Special Appeals upheld a lower-court ruling that Syed's counsel in his original

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