Court weighs victims’ rights in Adnan Syed case chronicled in hit podcast Serial

Adnan Syed (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun via AP)

Maryland Supreme Court has scrutinised a hearing last year that vacated Adnan Syed’s murder conviction and released him after 23 years behind bars, as the victim’s family said they were not given adequate opportunity to take part in the proceedings.

Chronicled in the hit podcast Serial, the case has been fraught with legal twists and divided court rulings for years. The oral arguments that took place on Thursday before Maryland’s highest court were no exception.