Adnan Syed conviction reinstated just months after he was freed

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPORTING. KAREN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANGEL ANALYSIS AND EXPERIENCE IN THE D.A.’S OFFICE. COMING UP, RIGHT NOW ACTUALLY, A MARYLAND APPEALS COURT HAS REINSTATED THE MURDER CONVICTION OF SERIAL PODCAST SUBJECT THAT WAS OVERTURNED LAST SEPTEMBER. HE WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON WHERE HE HAD BEEN SERVING FOR A LIFE SENTENCE FOR THE 1999 KILLING OF A MAN. JOINING ME NOW IS KEN DILANIAN. EXPLAIN THIS RULING. >> MANY VIEWERS WILL REMEMBER THAT HE WAS FREED LAST FALL AFTER 23 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER THE PROSECUTOR IN THE CASE SAID THAT HE WAS

NOT THE MURDERER. THAT THEY HAD EVIDENCE POINTING TO OTHER SUSPECTS. THE FIRST THING TO SAY IS THERE’S NO REASON TO BELIEVE HE WILL BE GOING BACK TO PRISON. THIS IS A PROCEED YAL ISSUE. THE COURT RULED THE VICTIM’S FAMILY WAS NOT GIVEN PROPER NOTICE TO APPEAR AT THE HEARING IN SEPTEMBER. THE COURT IS ORDERING WHAT THEY CALL A NEW LEGALLY COMPLIANT AND TRANSPARENT HEARING ON THE MOTION TO VACATE WHERE THE FAMILY OF LEE IS GIVEN NOTICE OF THE HEARING THAT IS SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW THEM TO ATTEND IN PERSON AND WHERE THAT EVIDENCE TO VACATE THE

CONVICTION WILL BE PRESENTED FWEN AGAIN AND THE COURT CAN ONCE AGAIN STATE ITS REASONS. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY CAN JUST DO THE WHOLE THING AGAIN WITH MEMBERS OF

THE FAMILY PRESENT AND THE COURT CAN VACATE THE CONVICTION. THERE’S NOT GOING TO BE ANYONE ARGUING AGAINST DOING THAT BECAUSE THE COURT DENIED THE FAMILY’S REQUEST TO BE A PARTY IN THE CASE AND TO ARGUE FOR THAT. AGAIN, THE. SAYS WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THAT THE PROSECUTION DID NOT GIVE THE LEE FAMILY VERY MUCH NOTICE. ABOUT A DAY BEFORE THEY DID THIS HEARING THAT VACATED THE CONVICTION OF

THE MAN THEY BELIEVE MURDERED THEIR LOVED ONE. SO THE FAMILY TOOK ISSUE WITH