Last week, the Maryland Supreme Court reinstated Adnan Syed’s convictions, but he remains free until his case returns to court in Baltimore.
The order effectively restarts the trial after the Baltimore District Attorney’s Office filed a motion to overturn Syed’s conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee.
Now, a new hearing will be held under the administration of another state attorney, Ivan Bates, and handled by a new prosecutor following the departure of Becky Feldman. Bates, who took office in January, said during his campaign that he believed Syed’s conviction was flawed and that he should be freed.
“We need some time to figure out what’s going on with this 185-page opinion,” Bates told reporters after the ruling.
Now that the state Supreme Court has reinstated Syed’s convictions, should Bates follow his predecessor’s example and seek to overturn Syed’s sentence for the 1999 murder?
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