Court Will Allow Appeal From Subject Of 'Serial' Podcast
Big break. The subject of the popular podcast "Serial" is granted the right to appeal. It comes a decade after the Baltimore teen was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend.
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Big break. The subject of the popular podcast "Serial" is granted the right to appeal. It comes a decade after the Baltimore teen was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend.
The man at the center of a wildly popular podcast based on his 2001 Baltimore murder conviction now waits for an appeals court to decide if he should get a new shot at clearing his name.
Serial is one of the world's most popular podcasts, documenting the murder of a Woodlawn High School student and the conviction of her ex-boyfriend.
Like more than 1 million other faithful listeners, the family of convicted killer Adnan Syed eagerly awaits the next episode of a podcast investigating his murder case.
A 15-year-old murder case that landed a popular teenager from Baltimore County behind bars for life is at once being revived in a podcast that offers more questions than answers about the crime and its fallout, and in a Maryland appeals court that will ultimately decide the man's fate.