BALTIMORE — Baltimore prosecutors on Tuesday dropped the charges against Adnan Syed, the man whose legal saga rose to international renown because of the hit podcast “Serial.”
The abrupt move from the city state’s attorney’s office comes after Syed’s murder conviction was overturned last month.
During a yearlong investigation conducted alongside Syed’s attorney, prosecutors said they discovered two alternative suspects in the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee, at least one of whom, they said, was not disclosed to Syed’s defense. Because of those revelations, prosecutors said they lost faith in his guilty verdict.
