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ilbusca/Getty Images/STOCK(BALTIMORE) A Maryland appeals court on Tuesday reinstated Adnan Syed s murder conviction after finding that a lower court violated the victim s family the right to attend a hearing on vacating the conviction.
Syed, the subject of the "Serial" podcast, had his conviction tossed out by a circuit court and the Baltimore County state attorney s office dropped charges before he was set free last fall.
Syed, who is now 41, had been serving a life sentence for the past 23 years more than half his life since his arrest in 1999.
He was just 17 when he was convicted of first-degree murder, robbery, kidnapping and imprisonment of his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, in 2000.
He has maintained his innocence and denied any involvement in Lee s death.
An appellate court panel voted 2-1 to reinstate the conviction, according to a court filing.
"We vacate the circuit court s order vacating Mr. Syed s convictions, which results in the reinstatement of t