'Serial' podcast's Adnan Syed has murder conviction vacated. How common are wrongful convictions?
- Written by Hayley Cullen, Associate lecturer, University of Newcastle
In 2000, 18-year-old Baltimore man Adnan Syed was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, in 1999. Syed was sentenced to life in prison and served close to 23 years in prison for the crime.
That was until this week, when Syed was released from prison at the age of 41 after his murder conviction was vacated by a Baltimore City...
