Marilyn Mosby, the state’s attorney for the city of Baltimore, said her office would continue to pursue justice for Lee but that it had closed its case against Syed, who spent 23 years in prison for the killing. — The Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A prosecutor on Tuesday apologized to Adnan Syed and the family of Hae Min Lee after announcing that her office would not retry Syed for Lee’s 1999 killing.
Lee’s family last month asked the Court of Special Appeals, which is Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, to halt the case. Attorney Steve Kelly said Lee’s family was not challenging Syed’s release, but instead wanted the judge to hold another hearing that the family can attend in-person and address the court — Lee’s brother Young Lee appeared via videoconference on short notice during the previous hearing. Kelly did not have an immediate comment Tuesday.ANNAPOLIS, Md.
“Finally, Adnan Syed is able to live as a free man,” Syed’s attorney Erica Suter said in a statement. “The DNA results confirmed what we have already known and what underlies all of the current proceedings: that Adnan is innocent and lost 23 years of his life serving time for a crime he did not commit.”
Lee’s family last month asked the Court of Special Appeals, which is Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, to halt the case. Attorney Steve Kelly said Lee’s family was not challenging Syed’s release, but instead wanted the judge to hold another hearing that the family can attend in-person and address the court — Lee’s brother Young Lee appeared via videoconference on short notice during the previous hearing. Kelly did not have an immediate comment Tuesday.
“He still needs some time to process everything that has happened and we ask that you provide him and his family with that space,” she said. One of the suspects had threatened Lee, saying “he would make her disappear. He would kill her,” according to a court filing.
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