Where is Adnan Syed now? The case against the documentary Adnan HBO

The fans of Serial the podcast knows that Adnan Syed has been found guilty of murdering his classmate and ex-girlfriend In 2000. Syed sentenced to lifeand he has been in a Maryland jail since his conviction. Syed got a new trial last year – but the Maryland Court of Appeal ruled on Friday, March 8 that it will not have a new try after all.

The death of Hae Min Lee has attracted national attention, thanks to the podcast. And people are divided on whether Syed actually killed him or not. The next HBO documentary The Adnan Syed case will dive into the case, with new interviews that were not part of Serial. The documentary is in preparation since 2015, according to HBO, but the case of Syed has evolved a lot in recent years. Here are things for Syed from now on.

What's new with the case of Syed?

After the 2014 podcast drew the country's attention, Syed got a new audience in 2016. And Asia McClain Chapman appeared in court at the hearing talk about Syed. As Serial McClain Chapman had explained to Syed that she had seen him at the library at the time Lee was killed. But Syed's lawyer, Cristina Gutierrez, did not put McClain Chapman at the helm of Syed's initial lawsuit. (Gutierrez passed away in 2004so she was not there to comment on the podcast.)

At the 2016 hearing, McClain Chapman said that she "could not come to terms, he had killed her". according to CBS Baltimore. A Baltimore judge granted Syed a new trial that year, The telegraph reported, but the state of Maryland appealed the 2016 order. In 2018, however, Syed got a new trial, thanks to the Maryland special appeal court. But that decision was overturned on Friday and it looks like Syed will not get a new trial, after all. Again, Syed's lawyer tweeted on Friday"We will not give up. #FreeAdnan ", after the Maryland Court of Appeal announced its verdict.

As The telegraph explained, the 2016 decision was largely due to the fact that Gutierrez had not used McClain Chapman as a witness, which made Gutierrez's defense against Syed "ineffective as a lawyer". the 2016 decision also questioned the reliability of cell phone location data this allowed Syed to be placed at Leakin Park, the scene of Lee's murder. Judge Martin P. Welch said at the time that Gutierrez had "rendered assistance ineffective when she did not question the state's expert on the reliability of evidence relating to the location of cell towers ". NBC News reported.

After Syed got the new trial in 2018, the state appealed the decision, referring the case to the Maryland Court of Appeals. The court heard arguments on the case in November, and he made his decision on Friday.

What does Lee's family think of all this?

During the 2016 court proceedings, Lee's family issued a statement in which she explained her opinion about Syed quite clearly. It looks like they believe that Syed is guilty of Lee's murder, even though Serial fans do not agree.

"We believe that justice was done when Adnan was convicted in 2000 and we hope to finish this chapter so that we can celebrate Hae's memory instead of celebrating the man who killed her," the family said at the timeaccording to People.

As for honoring Lee's memory, it looks like the HBO documentary is doing it. The Adnan Syed case will present some of Lee's diary entries, Baltimore reported magazine, in order to highlight his voice. Whatever you think about Syed, Lee deserves justice, and it will not be forgotten.