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U.S. Supreme Court Won't Hear Adnan Syed's Appeal, Keeping 'Serial' Subject In Prison

The high court did not provide an explanation for why it declined to hear the appeal by Syed, who was convicted in 2000 of strangling to death his former girlfriend, 17-year-old Hae Min Lee.
Officials escort convicted killer Adnan Syed, subject of the <em>Serial</em> podcast, from a courthouse in Baltimore in February 2016.

Updated at 10:45 a.m. ET

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it will not consider an appeal filed by convicted killer Adnan Syed, the main subject of the podcast, leaving in place a state appeals court decision

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