Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh is urging the state’s top court to reinstate podcast star Adnan Syed’s murder conviction, saying his trial attorney’s ill-fated defense might have been flawed but was not constitutionally ineffective.

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Adnan Syed should receive a new trial because his lawyer failed to investigate a potential alibi witness, a divided Court of Special Appeals held Thursday.

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A former prosecutor who argued against a new murder trial for a man known to millions through the popular “Serial” podcast is running for office. The Baltimore Sun reported Thursday that Thiru Vignarajah will run in next year’s Democratic primary for ...

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The state’s lead counsel in the post-conviction proceedings for Adnan Syed is working for the attorney general’s office pro bono, according to documents obtained by The Daily Record. Thiruvendran “Thiru” Vignarajah was lead counsel on the case while serving as ...

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ANNAPOLIS – A three-judge Court of Special Appeals panel hammered one question repeatedly Thursday afternoon as they weighed whether Adnan Syed, whose murder conviction gained international attention thanks to the “Serial” podcast, should be granted a new trial: Does a ...

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Attorneys for the state filed their opening brief with the Court of Special Appeals on Monday in the fight to reverse a trial judge’s decision last year granting a new trial for Adnan Syed. The defense team for Syed, whose first-degree murder ...

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The state’s appeal of a new trial granted to Adnan Syed will be heard by the Court of Special Appeals along with Syed’s conditional cross-appeal, according to a court order issued Wednesday. Syed, whose first-degree murder conviction gained fame after ...

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A Baltimore City judge has denied Adnan Syed’s request to be released on bail while the state’s appeal of his new trial grant is pending. In a memorandum filed Wednesday, retired Baltimore City Circuit Judge Martin P. Welch found Syed ...

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Attorneys for Adnan Syed, whose first-degree murder conviction was thrown out earlier this year, have requested he be released while the state’s appeal of the judge’s decision goes forward. “We’re going to continue to be aggressive about this and do ...

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ANNAPOLIS — An alibi witness for a man whose murder conviction was re-examined in the popular “Serial” podcast is disputing claims in a court filing that she expressed willingness to lie to protect Adnan Syed. The witness, Asia McClain Chapman, ...

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