US Court Upholds Decision To Reinstate Conviction Of 'Serial' Podcast Subject

Adnan Syed's case earned worldwide attention when it was taken up by 'Serial,' a weekly podcast that saw a US journalist revisit his conviction and cast doubt on his guilt (Credit: AFP)

The top court in the US state of Maryland on Friday upheld a ruling by a lower court reinstating the conviction of the man at the center of the hit podcast "Serial, who had served more than 20 years in prison for his ex-girlfriend's murder.

Adnan Syed, 43, whose case received worldwide attention through the podcast, had been serving a life sentence for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee, but was released in 2022 after Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn vacated his conviction.