Latest Adnan Syed News

Adnan Syed's motion to reduce his sentence to time served in 'Serial' case backed by prosecutors

Jan. 13, 2025 14:21 PM EST

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore prosecutors filed a motion supporting Adnan Syed’s recent request to have his sentence reduced to time served, which could ensure he remains free indefinitely as he awaits further court decisions in a decadeslong legal saga that amassed a large following from the hit...

Adnan Syed's lawyers seek to reduce his prison sentence

Dec. 23, 2024 17:23 PM EST

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Attorneys for Adnan Syed, whose complex legal case was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial," are seeking to have his prison sentence reduced as he awaits further court decisions. Syed was released from prison in 2022 and has remained free ever since, though his court...

True crime's popularity brings real change for defendants and society. It's not all good

Nov. 03, 2024 01:07 AM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In 1989, Americans were riveted by the shotgun murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez in their Beverly Hills mansion by their own children. Lyle and Erik Menendez were sentenced to life in prison and lost all subsequent appeals. But today, more than three decades later, they...