Adnan Syed hired by Georgetown to advocate for prison reform

Syed, whose case was subject of the podcast Serial, has begun as a program associate with the school's Prisons and Justice Initiative

Adnan Syed, who spent 23 years in prison before he was freed from his conviction for the 1999 murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee, has gotten a job advocating for prison reform at Georgetown University, according to the prestigious US school.

Syed, whose case was the subject of the hit podcast Serial, began his role as a program associate with Georgetown's Prisons and Justice Initiative on 12 December, school officials announced in a news release Friday. The gig is Syed's first nine-to-five office job after the 41-year-old has spent more than half his life behind bars for a conviction by which authorities no longer stand.