The Appellate Court of Maryland has ordered a new hearing on the state’s motion to vacate the conviction.
According to the Associated Press, Syed will not immediately be taken back into custody.
For the time being, Adnan remains a free man.
Adnan Syed leaves the courthouse after being released from prison in 2022.Lloyd Fox/The Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Images
We remain optimistic that justice will be done.
Ensuring justice for Hae Min Lee does not require injustice for Adnan."
Her strangled body was discovered in a forest three weeks later.
Syed, who was convicted in 2000, has maintained his innocence and spent years appealing his conviction.
