Group of wrongfully convicted people supports Adnan Syed in ‘Serial’ case appeal

Adnan Syed speaks to reporters outside the Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal building (Barbara Haddock Taylor/The Baltimore Sun via AP/PA)

More than 70 wrongfully convicted people from across the US have expressed their support for Adnan Syed, whose protracted legal saga received widespread attention from the Serial podcast.

His case has pitted crime victims’ rights advocates against proponents of criminal justice reform.