Adnan Syed, standing with his mother Shamim Rahman, talks with reporters outside Maryland's Supreme Court in Annapolis, Md., on Oct. 5, 2023. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
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Adnan Syed (center right) leaves the courthouse after a hearing on Sept. 19, 2022, in Baltimore. Syed, who was released from a Maryland prison this year after his case was the focus of the true-crime podcast "Serial," has been hired by Georgetown University as a program associate for its Prisons and Justice Initiative. Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File hide caption
Adnan Syed, center, leaves the Cummings Courthouse in Baltimore on Monday. A judge has ordered the release of Syed after overturning his conviction for a 1999 murder that was chronicled in the hit podcast Serial. Brian Witte/AP hide caption
Adnan Syed leaves the Baltimore City Circuit Courthouse in Baltimore, Maryland, on Feb. 5, 2016. The Maryland man, whose 2000 murder conviction was thrown into question by the popular "Serial" podcast, was in court to argue he deserved a new trial because his lawyers had done a poor job with his case. Carlos Barria/Reuters hide caption
Adnan Syed, subject of 'Serial' podcast, is released after his conviction is vacated
Adnan Syed enters a Baltimore courthouse prior to a hearing on Feb. 3, 2016. A court hearing has been set for Monday to consider a request from prosecutors to vacate his 2000 murder conviction. Barbara Haddock Taylor/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File hide caption
Adnan Syed enters a Baltimore courthouse prior to a hearing on Feb. 3, 2016. Baltimore prosecutors asked a judge on Wednesday to vacate his conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee — a case that was chronicled in the hit podcast "Serial." Barbara Haddock Taylor/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File hide caption
The high court did not provide an explanation for why it declined to hear the appeal by Adnan Syed, seen in February 2016, who was convicted in 2000 of strangling his former girlfriend. Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Images hide caption
Adnan Syed, subject of the podcast Serial, is escorted from a courthouse in February 2016. An appellate court has upheld a previous decision to vacate Syed's 2000 conviction Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun/TNS via Getty Images hide caption
'Serial' Subject Adnan Syed Deserves A New Trial, Appeals Court Rules
Officials escort Adnan Syed from the courthouse in Baltimore on Feb. 3 after the first day of hearings for a retrial. A judge granted the new trial, but on Thursday he denied Syed's motion to be released while he waits for the retrial. Baltimore Sun/TNS via Getty Images hide caption
Officials escort Serial podcast subject Adnan Syed from the courthouse on Feb. 3 following the completion of the first day of hearings for a retrial in Baltimore. A judge granted the new trial — and now Syed has requested that he be released on bail while he waits for the retrial. Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun/TNS via Getty Images hide caption
Adnan Syed leaves the Baltimore City Circuit Courthouse in Baltimore on Feb. 5. He's now been granted a new trial. Carlos Barria/Reuters hide caption
On Dec. 10, 2014, prison artwork created by Adnan Syed sits near family photos in the Baltimore home of his mother, Shamim Syed. Syed, convicted in 2000 of murdering his girlfriend, is appearing at a hearing Wednesday to request a new trial, based on evidence uncovered by the podcast Serial. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
Now 35, Adnan Syed has been granted a new hearing by a Maryland circuit court. He's seen here in an undated photo provided by his brother, Yusuf Syed. AP hide caption