BALTIMORE (AP) — Prompted by a podcast that turned millions of listeners into armchair detectives, a judge will now decide whether to grant a new trial to a man convicted as a teenager of murdering his high school girlfriend. A defense lawyer argued Tuesday that the evidence brought to light by the "Serial" podcast and now presented in court proves that Adnan Syed had an unfair trial after the 1999 strangling death of Hae Min Lee. "We proved our case. We did exactly what we said we would. I believe we met our burden and that Mr. Syed deserves a new trial," said defense attorney Justin Brown, urging...
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