Yesterday, however, a judge freed him after he had spent 23 years behind bars. The resulting attention led courts to take another look at the case, but not to free Syed. On the podcast, a team of journalists led by Sarah Koenig, the host of “Serial,” documented major problems with the case against Syed: The prosecution’s timeline was implausible Syed’s defense lawyer failed to pursue important leads and the cellphone records supposedly tracking Syed’s location were questionable. Millions of Americans know about the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee because of the podcast “Serial.” Over 12 episodes in 2014, “Serial” documented the killing of Lee, a high school student near Baltimore, and the conviction of her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed.
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