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Idaho murder case highlights limits of victims’ input in plea bargains
Read full article: Idaho murder case highlights limits of victims’ input in plea bargainsThe man charged in the late night stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students in their off-campus house has agreed to plead guilty.
Judge weighs continued freedom for Adnan Syed in 'Serial' murder case
Read full article: Judge weighs continued freedom for Adnan Syed in 'Serial' murder caseA Baltimore judge is weighing whether to reduce Adnan Syed's murder sentence to time served, allowing him to remain free even though murder conviction still stands.
Adnan Syed's murder conviction still stands as he seeks sentence reduction in 'Serial' case
Read full article: Adnan Syed's murder conviction still stands as he seeks sentence reduction in 'Serial' caseBaltimore prosecutors have announced their decision to withdraw a motion to vacate Adnan Syed's murder conviction even as they support his recent request for a sentence reduction.
True crime's popularity brings real change for defendants and society. It's not all good
Read full article: True crime's popularity brings real change for defendants and society. It's not all goodIn 1989, Americans were riveted by the shotgun murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez in their Beverly Hills mansion by their own children.
Maryland Supreme Court weighs victims' rights in case of Adnan Syed from 'Serial' podcast
Read full article: Maryland Supreme Court weighs victims' rights in case of Adnan Syed from 'Serial' podcastThe Maryland Supreme Court is scrutinizing the outcome of a hearing that vacated Adnan Syed’s murder conviction after he spent 23 years behind bars.
Adnan Syed's murder conviction on hold for now, as Maryland Supreme Court considers appeal
Read full article: Adnan Syed's murder conviction on hold for now, as Maryland Supreme Court considers appealMaryland’s highest court has issued an order to prevent Adnan Syed's murder conviction from being reinstated by a lower court, as the court decides whether to hear his appeal of the lower court’s decision.
Adnan Syed’s murder conviction reinstated months after he was freed
Read full article: Adnan Syed’s murder conviction reinstated months after he was freedMaryland’s appeals court reinstated the murder conviction against Adnan Syed on Tuesday, roughly six months after Baltimore prosecutors provided new evidence in the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee.
Prosecutors drop charges against Adnan Syed in ‘Serial’ case
Read full article: Prosecutors drop charges against Adnan Syed in ‘Serial’ caseProsecutors have dropped charges against Adnan Syed in the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee after additional DNA testing excluded him as a suspect in a case chronicled by the hit podcast “Serial.”.
Family of Adnan Syed asks court to halt case
Read full article: Family of Adnan Syed asks court to halt caseThe family of the victim in the murder case chronicled in the first season of the “Serial” podcast has asked Maryland’s intermediate appellate court to halt Adnan Syed’s court case pending the family’s appeal of a judge’s overturning of Syed’s murder conviction.
'Serial’ case: Victim's family wants to redo Syed hearing
Read full article: 'Serial’ case: Victim's family wants to redo Syed hearingThe family of a young woman who was killed in 1999 will appeal a Baltimore judge’s recent order overturning the conviction of Adnan Syed, the man imprisoned for decades for Hae Min Lee’s death.
'Serial' host: Evidence that freed Syed was long available
Read full article: 'Serial' host: Evidence that freed Syed was long availableThe creator of a true-crime podcast that helped free a Maryland man imprisoned for murder said that she feels a mix of emotions over how long it took authorities to act on evidence that’s long been available.
Conviction of Adnan Syed in ‘Serial’ podcast case is overturned, judge orders him released
Read full article: Conviction of Adnan Syed in ‘Serial’ podcast case is overturned, judge orders him releasedA judge on Monday vacated the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, years after the hit podcast “Serial” chronicled his case and cast doubt on his role in the slaying of former girlfriend Hae Min Lee.