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Abigail O'Leary

Serial's Adnan Syed walks FREE as judge overturns 2000 murder conviction

Adnan Syed, the subject of the hit Serial podcast, has been freed from prison after a judge overturned his murder conviction from 2000.

A judge in the city of Baltimore, Maryland has ordered Mr Syed's release and for a new trial to be scheduled after prosecutors said there were two other possible suspects in the killing of his former girlfriend Hae Min Lee.

The suspects were not disclosed to the defence at trial - a case which gained international attention when the podcast Serial, created in 2014, raised doubts about Mr Syed's guilt.

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