She told the AP that his defense could file a habeas petition in federal court or go back to the state court. On January 13, 1999, Korean-American high school student Hae Min Lee, 18, was reported missing by her family after failing to come home. Adnan Syed was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 1999.
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Photo: Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun/TNS via Getty Images. It was developed by the creators of This American Life and hosted by Sarah Koenig. Yesterday's hearing was marked by the emotional testimony of the victim's mother, Youn Wha Kim, a native of Korea. Serial killer Arthur Shawcross murdered 11 women from 1988 to 1990 in upstate New York, earning the nickname "Genesee River Killer.".
As the middle child, Syed is one of three sons, the oldest being Tanveer and the younger being Yusuf. Syed and his attorneys have argued that his attorney during his initial murder trial did not provide effective legal counsel when she failed to follow up with a possible alibi witness. Those with in-depth knowledge of the case can probably tell you facts without hesitation, but little is known about Adnan’s life in prison over the past 19 years. He was killed in 1994 by a fellow prison inmate. Conviction vacated in 2016. It "does little more than call into question the time that the state claimed Ms. Lee was killed and does nothing to rebut the evidence establishing Mr. Syed's motive and opportunity to kill Ms. "There is nothing here to excuse or explain" the murder. Kenneth Bianchi, known as the Hillside Strangler, is a serial killer best known for working with his cousin Angelo Buono to commit 15 rapes and murders. U.S. Supreme Court justices did not comment on why they left the Maryland Court of Appeals ruling in place. Just a few weeks later, Lee’s ex-boyfriend, Adnan Masud Syed, was taken into custody and charged with Lee’s murder. Heard agreed. How brainwashed would kids have to be to help kill their own mother? [54] The HBO documentary revealed that Syed turned down a plea bargain in 2018 that would have required him to serve four more years before release. However, a year later, the state's highest court rejected the lower court's decision by a 4-3 vote, denying Syed a retrial. However, prosecutors had a witness, another classmate Jay Wilds, who said Syed showed him Lee's body in his car.