
Adnan Syed, subject of 'Serial' podcast, and prosecutors are requesting additional DNA testing in the case
CNN
The Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office and Adnan Syed, whose case became nationally known in the "Serial" podcast that ran in 2014, have agreed to request "additional forensic testing," including enhanced DNA tests, in the case, the office announced.
Syed is serving a life sentence after he was convicted of first-degree murder, robbery, kidnapping and false imprisonment in February 2000 for the slaying of his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee. The pair were seniors at Woodlawn High School in Baltimore County in January 1999 when she disappeared. Her strangled body was discovered in a city forest three weeks later. Syed, 40, has been appealing his convictions over the years.
Syed's legal team reached out to State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby's office after Maryland passed a law in April allowing people who were convicted as juveniles to request a modified sentence after they've served at least 20 years in prison, Mosby said in a Thursday statement on Twitter.

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