Adnan Syed of 'Serial' podcast will get a new trial
by Xeni Jardin from on (#1JXKF)
A Maryland judge today granted a retrial to Adnan Syed, whose conviction for the 1999 murder of his former girlfriend was the subject of the first season of the popular podcast "Serial."
Syed's lawyer C. Justin Brown announced the news Thursday afternoon via Twitter, and confirmed to reporters later that the motion for a new trial was granted by Judge Martin Welch.