Maryland's deputy attorney general told a Baltimore judge Wednesday that Adnan Syed, the subject of the blockbuster "Serial" podcast who is pushing for a new trial, received sufficient representation and was convicted because he is guilty. In morning arguments and testimony, Thiru Vignarajah said Syed's trial attorney made a strategic decision to bypass an alibi witness — who the defense says was wrongly ignored. "Mr. Syed was convicted on the basis of overwhelming evidence," Vignarajah told retired Circuit Court Judge Martin Welch. "… Mr. Syed was convicted because he did it, and the state proved it." But witness Asia McClain is a "big piece of...
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