It’s Midday on the Law. On Monday, Adnan Syed was released from prison and allowed to go home, with a GPS monitor, after 23 years behind bars. His conviction for murdering Hae-Min Lee in 1999 was vacated. He was not exonerated of the crime, although that may happen.

Mr. Syed’s case was chronicled in the podcast, Serial,and in an HBO documentary series. Mr. Syed remains, at this moment, charged with killing Hae-Min Lee, his high school classmate and former girlfriend.

The Baltimore City States Attorney’s Office has 28 days to decide whether or not to re-try Mr. Syed. Mr. Syed has always maintained he was not the person who murdered Ms. Lee.

Tom's guest today is Erica J. Suter, the director of the Innocence Project Clinic at the University of Baltimore School of Law, and Assistant Public Defender in the Maryland Office of the Public Defender.

Ms. Suter is the lawyer for Adnan Syed, and it was her advocacy and the work of Becky Feldman, the Chief of the Sentencing Review Unit in the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office, that persuaded Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn to overturn Mr. Syed’s conviction.

Erica J. Suter joins us here in Studio A…

It’s Midday on the Law. On Monday, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/09/21/1124113669/adnan-syed-serial-release-from-prison-exculpatory-evicence">Adnan Syed</a> was released from prison and allowed to go home, with a GPS monitor, after 23 years behind bars. His conviction for murdering Hae-Min Lee in 1999 was vacated. He was not exonerated of the crime, although that may happen.
Mr. Syed’s case was chronicled in the podcast, <a href="https://serialpodcast.org/">Serial,</a> and in an <a href="https://www.hbo.com/the-case-against-adnan-syed">HBO documentary series</a>. Mr. Syed remains, at this moment, charged with killing Hae-Min Lee, his high school classmate and former girlfriend.
The <a href="https://www.stattorney.org/">Baltimore City States Attorney’s Office</a> has 28 days to decide whether or not to re-try Mr. Syed. Mr. Syed has always maintained he was not the person who murdered Ms. Lee.
Tom's guest today is <a href="http://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/profiles/suter.cfm">Erica J. Suter</a>, the director of the <a href="http://law.ubalt.edu/clinics/innocenceproject.cfm">Innocence Project Clinic</a> at the <a href="https://law.ubalt.edu/">University of Baltimore School of Law</a>, and Assistant Public Defender in the <a href="https://www.opd.state.md.us/">Maryland Office of the Public Defender.</a>
Ms. Suter is the lawyer for Adnan Syed, and it was her advocacy and the work of <a href="https://www.stattorney.org/office/executive-team/becky-feldman">Becky Feldman</a>, the Chief of the Sentencing Review Unit in the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office, that persuaded <a href="https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/31cc/html/msa16431.html">Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn</a> to overturn Mr. Syed’s conviction.
<a href="https://twitter.com/SuterLaw">Erica J. Suter</a> joins us here in Studio A…

Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander's, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine. We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at midday@wypr.org

Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander's, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine. We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at <a href="mailto:midday@wypr.org">midday@wypr.org</a>

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Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander's, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine.  We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at midday@wypr.org.

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