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Court backs victim’s family in Adnan Syed’s case chronicled in ‘Serial’ podcast

Adnan Syed was convicted in 2000 of killing his high school ex-girlfriend whose body was found in a makeshift grave after her disappearance in 1999. (AP Photos)

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A Maryland appellate court on Tuesday reinstated Adnan Syed’s murder conviction and ordered a new hearing in the case, marking the latest development in the protracted legal odyssey chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.”

Though Syed’s conviction has been reinstated, he will not immediately be taken back into custody.

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