'Serial' Subject Adnan Syed To Petition U.S. Supreme Court For New Trial
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BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Maryland's highest court will not reconsider a Serial podcast subject Adnan Syed's request for a new trial.
However, Justin Brown, Syed's attorney, said he will appeal to the highest court in the nation -- the U.S. Supreme Court -- to get his client a new trial.
We will petition to the Supreme Court.
— Justin Brown (@CJBrownLaw) April 19, 2019
The Baltimore Sun reported the Maryland Court of Appeals denied Syed attorney's request to reconsider.
Syed is serving a life sentence for strangling his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee and burying her body in a Baltimore park in 1999. He's maintained his innocence.
This story is developing.
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