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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graig Graziosi

‘Serial’ subject Adnan Syed to go free despite standing murder conviction, judge rules

A Baltimore judge ruled that Adnan Syed, whose murder trial became the focus of the first season of the hit podcast "Serial," will remain free despite a standing murder conviction.

The ruling from the judge reduced Syed's sentence to time served, made possible by a new state law that provides a means for people convicted of crimes when they were minors to be released from incarceration, The Associated Press noted.

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