The ex-boyfriend of teenager Hae Min Lee has had his murder conviction quashed, but the nightmare goes on for her family

In 2014, one audio series kickstarted the podcast revolution and reinvigorated true crime documentaries. Serial was a US audio series created by Julie Snyder, Ira Glass and Sarah Koenig. It examined the murder in 1999 of an American teenager, Hae Min Lee, and the conviction and jailing of her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed.

Thanks to the questions Serial raised about that murder investigation and trial, Syed had his conviction overturned last week.

Continue reading…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like

Next BBC chair says it may be worth looking again at licence fee

Richard Sharp describes model as ‘least worst’ option but says he will…

Anti-strike bill discriminates against women, say campaigners

Feminist groups and TUC say public services with mainly female workforces will…

Only ‘a handful’ of prosecutions linked to Horizon scandal handled by CPS during my tenure, Starmer says – UK politics live

Labour leader and former head of Crown Prosecution Service says majority of…

Sarah Everard family hears cause of death not yet established

Inquest in Maidstone adjourned until after trial of Wayne Couzens, accused of…