Adnan Syed may be getting another day in court. News broke on Monday that the Baltimore man, whose 2000 murder conviction is the center of the popular podcast Serial, has an appeal hearing scheduled for January; Syed's attorney, C. Justin Brown, told the Associated Press this week that the court date could be his "last best chance" for release, adding, "There are three parts to the legal process: a trial, then an appeal, then you have post-conviction relief. This is the last step."
Syed was found guilty in the 1999 murder of his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee. Serial, a podcast from the creators of This American Life, follows the now-34-year-old's story and is narrated by former Baltimore Sun reporter Sarah Koenig, who spent more than a year digging into the case. Syed's appeal hearing will reportedly focus less on reconsidering his guilt or innocence but on whether or not his defense was unsuccessful due to the fact that his trial attorney - the late Cristina Gutierrez - failed to question alibi witness Asia McClain. McClain asserts that she spoke with Syed in person at the time the prosecution argued he was killing Lee but was never questioned during Syed's trial.
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