Maryland Court of Appeals reinstates Adnan Syed’s murder conviction

A three-judge panel on Maryland’s Court of Appeals Tuesday reinstated the murder conviction of Adnan Syed.  The judges have asked the Circuit Court of Baltimore City for a do-over in the hearing on whether Syed should be released. Syed was accused of killing Hae Min Lee. Lee in 1999 and was subject of the popular podcast, “Serial.” His first trial ended in a mistrial. A jury convicted him in a second trial. Syed had been in jail since his arrest in February 1999.