it also also caution us, we are seemingly, this bill can have significant impact if we don t lose sight of the fact that police accountability is not being addressed in this country. point well taken. we follow it in the senate for sure. let me ask you quickly about the adnan syed in baltimore, a gained national attention. on monday, a judge years after the hit podcast serial chronicled his case and cast out on the role in the 1999 saying of syed former girlfriend hae min lee. you were there when he was released, why do you think it took so long? i think, my office was approached and appealed to the public defender, i created the of individuals that are juvenile lifers, he fit that qualification. it was actually our view of the case that quickly turn from making a mere recommendation for release to an actual re-investigation to a claim of his actual innocence, that was led by the judge, the former
lee, walked out of a maryland courtroom after more than two decades behind bars. a baltimore judge vacated syed s murder conviction and life sentence after finding prosecutors had failed to turn over evidence and that two other suspects may have been involved in lee s murder, including a person who according to prosecutors said they would make lee, quote, disappear and would, quote, kill her. syed s case drew national attention with the hit podcast serial in 2014. during yesterday s hearing, lee s brother told the courtroom this isn t a podcast for me. this is real life. whenever i think it s over, it s ended, it always comes back. joining us now is the attorney for hae min lee s family, steve kelly. steve, thank you so much for taking the time with us this morning. can you tell us what has this been like for the family, and do they still believe that adnan syed is guilty? this is the family has described it best, i think,
syed has maintained his innocence since he was convicted in 2000. defence attorneys have repeatedly tried to have him exonerated. and felt like they ve gotta have the wrong guy. a popular hbo series raise new questions about the case against adnan syed and 2019. young lovers from different worlds. but it was the hit podcast serial that brought the case and the possibility there had been a miscarriage of justice to national attention in 2014. leads brother, jan lee, telling us this is a podcast this isn t a podcast for me. this is real life. whenever i think it s over, it comes back. the motion filed by prosecutors that asked for syed s immediate release after a yearlong reinvestigation to the case against him that turned up 21 port 21 page document. the unreliability of cell phone data used in the original trial, advances in dna testing, and most critically, nearly developed information about two
charges in the death of hayman li, his ex-girlfriend, high school student strangled to death in 1999. her body was discovered weeks later. we re not yet declaring, not yet declaring adnan syed is innocent. in the interest of fairness and justice he is entitled to a new trial. reporter: syed has maintained his innocence. they have repeatedly tried to have him exonerated. a popular hbo series raised new questions about the case against adnan syed in 2019. young lovers from different worlds. reporter: but it was the hit podcast serial that brought the case study there had been a miscarriage of justice. li s brother saying this isn t a podcast for me, this is real life and tearfully adding, whenever i think it s over, it s ended, it always comes back. but the judge ruled in favor of
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