More than a decade after Adnan Syed’s murder case attracted massive interest through the hit podcast “Serial,” a Baltimore judge was weighing testimony Wednesday for and against his request to reduce his sentence to the time he’s served.
Judge Jennifer Schiffer heard from both prosecutors and Syed’s defense attorneys, who said he doesn’t pose a risk to public safety. Released from prison in 2022, Syed has been working at Georgetown University’s Prisons and Justice Initiative and caring for aging relatives, according to court filings. His father died in October.
