The second season (or “Part”) of The Jinx is arriving on HBO nine years after the conclusion of the first and, wholly coincidentally, right on the eve of the Jewish observance of Passover.
This timing has me thinking of “Dayenu,” the festive song in which we recite the various miracles of the Exodus, one at a time and each followed by the declaration of “Dayenu,” meaning “It would have been enough.” So… Leading us out of Egypt (“Dayenu!”), parting the Red Sea (“Dayenu!”), giving us the Torah (“Dayenu!”) and so on.
When it comes to the first six episodes of The Jinx, it goes something like: If it had just been an exceptionally well-produced depiction of a twisty, unresolved series of murders tied to real estate mogul Robert Durst? Dayenu! (Or it would have been enough for a generally enthusiastic review.)
If it had just been an exceptionally well-produced documentary...
This timing has me thinking of “Dayenu,” the festive song in which we recite the various miracles of the Exodus, one at a time and each followed by the declaration of “Dayenu,” meaning “It would have been enough.” So… Leading us out of Egypt (“Dayenu!”), parting the Red Sea (“Dayenu!”), giving us the Torah (“Dayenu!”) and so on.
When it comes to the first six episodes of The Jinx, it goes something like: If it had just been an exceptionally well-produced depiction of a twisty, unresolved series of murders tied to real estate mogul Robert Durst? Dayenu! (Or it would have been enough for a generally enthusiastic review.)
If it had just been an exceptionally well-produced documentary...
- 4/19/2024
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Happy Valley and Endeavour may have ended for good last year, but there’s no shortage of top British TV crime drama coming to fill the gap they left behind. From complex true crime to cosy village-set murder mysteries and bonkers grisly thrillers, fans of British TV crime drama will eat well in 2024.
A few picks from the 30+ series below to get on your radar: spy thriller Black Doves, from the creator of The Lazarus Project and Giri/Haji, starring Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw, is coming to Netflix this year. Being Human creator Toby Whithouse has a new folk horror crime mystery staring Anjli Mohindra that’s on its way to Alibi. Stephen Butchard, the writer behind The Last Kingdom’s TV adaptation, is going back to the history books for a new Tudor-set murder mystery in Shardlake. And Andrew Scott will be taking on the title role in Netflix’s Ripley,...
A few picks from the 30+ series below to get on your radar: spy thriller Black Doves, from the creator of The Lazarus Project and Giri/Haji, starring Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw, is coming to Netflix this year. Being Human creator Toby Whithouse has a new folk horror crime mystery staring Anjli Mohindra that’s on its way to Alibi. Stephen Butchard, the writer behind The Last Kingdom’s TV adaptation, is going back to the history books for a new Tudor-set murder mystery in Shardlake. And Andrew Scott will be taking on the title role in Netflix’s Ripley,...
- 1/24/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
A giant in the world of podcasting needs a “sonic signature.”
So when the prolific publisher Wondery decided it was time to brand its product by establishing an unforgettable signature, its leaders hired the creative-design firm, Made Music, behind the iconic static-screen clip that opens every HBO show. Wondery CEO Jen Sargent recalls that the branding exercise in 2018 helped the company fine-tune its vision of what Wondery podcasts should deliver to listeners.
“Imagine six or seven of us sitting in a room and asking ourselves, ‘Does this sound like wonder to you? Does this sound like wondering?’” recalls Sargent.
The efforts proved to be time well spent. Since Wondery’s launch in early 2016, podcasting as a medium has seen its listener base skyrocket. Wondery has blossomed into one of the largest producers of popular, recurring podcast series including “SmartLess,” a freewheeling conversation hosted by actors Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett.
So when the prolific publisher Wondery decided it was time to brand its product by establishing an unforgettable signature, its leaders hired the creative-design firm, Made Music, behind the iconic static-screen clip that opens every HBO show. Wondery CEO Jen Sargent recalls that the branding exercise in 2018 helped the company fine-tune its vision of what Wondery podcasts should deliver to listeners.
“Imagine six or seven of us sitting in a room and asking ourselves, ‘Does this sound like wonder to you? Does this sound like wondering?’” recalls Sargent.
The efforts proved to be time well spent. Since Wondery’s launch in early 2016, podcasting as a medium has seen its listener base skyrocket. Wondery has blossomed into one of the largest producers of popular, recurring podcast series including “SmartLess,” a freewheeling conversation hosted by actors Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett.
- 10/25/2023
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Welcome to the premiere episode of Doc Talk, our new podcast hosted by Oscar-winning writer-director John Ridley and Deadline’s documentary editor Matt Carey. We’re kicking off with a deep dive into a signature power of documentary: The capacity to right a grave wrong in the criminal justice system by freeing a wrongfully convicted prisoner. Only a handful of major nonfiction filmmakers has achieved this extraordinary feat, springing men and women who faced Death Row or life sentences.
We talk with Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line), Joe Berlinger (the Paradise Lost trilogy), Amy Berg (The Case Against Adnan Syed and West of Memphis), and Deborah Esquenazi (Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four).
Morris shares his theory of why Randall Dale Adams — the man who almost certainly would have been put to death by the state of Texas if not for The Thin Blue Line — turned around and sued him.
We talk with Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line), Joe Berlinger (the Paradise Lost trilogy), Amy Berg (The Case Against Adnan Syed and West of Memphis), and Deborah Esquenazi (Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four).
Morris shares his theory of why Randall Dale Adams — the man who almost certainly would have been put to death by the state of Texas if not for The Thin Blue Line — turned around and sued him.
- 9/12/2023
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Fremantle’s revenues fell by 5.6% in the first quarter of this year as owner Rtl saw turnover tumble by nearly 10%.
The Planet Sex, Normal People and American Gods outfit’s turnover slipped from €461M ($509.80) in Q1 2022 to €435M for the first three months of this year.
Delivering its Q1 results this morning, Rtl, which is owned by Bertelsmann, put this down to “timing effects of production deliveries.” Nonetheless, Rtl CEO Thomas Rabe said the global producer-distributor had “continued its creative success story across drama and film, entertainment and documentaries, with numerous awards” during the quarter, pointing to partnerships with All Quiet on the Western Front director Edward Berger and The Case Against Adnan Syed‘s Amy Berg, along with the purchase of a majority stake in Belgium’s A Team Productions.
The results will be a blow to Fremantle, which is targeting €3B turnover by 2025. Fremantle’s full-year 2022 results showed much improvement,...
The Planet Sex, Normal People and American Gods outfit’s turnover slipped from €461M ($509.80) in Q1 2022 to €435M for the first three months of this year.
Delivering its Q1 results this morning, Rtl, which is owned by Bertelsmann, put this down to “timing effects of production deliveries.” Nonetheless, Rtl CEO Thomas Rabe said the global producer-distributor had “continued its creative success story across drama and film, entertainment and documentaries, with numerous awards” during the quarter, pointing to partnerships with All Quiet on the Western Front director Edward Berger and The Case Against Adnan Syed‘s Amy Berg, along with the purchase of a majority stake in Belgium’s A Team Productions.
The results will be a blow to Fremantle, which is targeting €3B turnover by 2025. Fremantle’s full-year 2022 results showed much improvement,...
- 5/4/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
After being behind bars for 20 years, to being free for almost a year, Adnan Syed faces the possibility of going back behind bars for the murder of his high school girlfriend, Hae Min Lee.
In 1999, Lee was found partially buried in Leakin Park in Maryland after being strangled to death. After questionable testimonies, Syed was arrested and charged with first-degree murder.
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Right from the start, Syed had a messy trial. His first trial started in December 1999 but ended in a mistrial three days later after the jury overheard Syed’s attorney, Cristina Gutierrez, talking to the judge. At his second trial, in February 2000, he was found guilty of first-degree murder, kidnapping, robbery and false imprisonment. Gutierrez was then fired.
Syed made several appeals based on his attorney’s failings in calling a key alibi witness but was denied. In 2014, his case was popularized by the podcast Serial,...
In 1999, Lee was found partially buried in Leakin Park in Maryland after being strangled to death. After questionable testimonies, Syed was arrested and charged with first-degree murder.
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Right from the start, Syed had a messy trial. His first trial started in December 1999 but ended in a mistrial three days later after the jury overheard Syed’s attorney, Cristina Gutierrez, talking to the judge. At his second trial, in February 2000, he was found guilty of first-degree murder, kidnapping, robbery and false imprisonment. Gutierrez was then fired.
Syed made several appeals based on his attorney’s failings in calling a key alibi witness but was denied. In 2014, his case was popularized by the podcast Serial,...
- 3/29/2023
- by Hailey Schipper
- Uinterview
Update, with new attorney statement: Erica J. Suter, attorney for Adnan Syed, says today’s Maryland appellate court decision to reinstate the Serial subject’s convictions in the murder case of Hae Min Lee was based not on Syed’s guilt or innocence but rather on procedural issues “about notice and mootness.”
Furthermore, she said in a statement, “There is no basis for re-traumatizing Adnan by returning him to the status of a convicted felon.” She added, “For the time being, Adnan remains a free man.”
The attorney pledged to take the matter to the Supreme Court of Maryland.
Suter, Assistant Public Defender and Director of the Innocence Project Clinic at University of Baltimore Law School, said today’s revocation of last year’s decision by Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn to vacate Syed’s 2000 murder conviction “was not about Adnan’s innocence but about notice and mootness.”
“The...
Furthermore, she said in a statement, “There is no basis for re-traumatizing Adnan by returning him to the status of a convicted felon.” She added, “For the time being, Adnan remains a free man.”
The attorney pledged to take the matter to the Supreme Court of Maryland.
Suter, Assistant Public Defender and Director of the Innocence Project Clinic at University of Baltimore Law School, said today’s revocation of last year’s decision by Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn to vacate Syed’s 2000 murder conviction “was not about Adnan’s innocence but about notice and mootness.”
“The...
- 3/28/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Adnan Syed’s murder conviction — which gained worldwide attention from the hit podcast “Serial” in 2014 — has taken another turn. A Maryland court has reinstated Syed’s conviction after it was previously overturned in September 2022 and Syed was released from prison.
The Appellate Court of Maryland ruled on Tuesday that a lower court had violated the right of Young Lee, the brother of the late Hae Min Lee — whom Syed was found guilty of murdering in 2000 — to have been notified of and attend a hearing on the state’s motion to vacate Syed’s conviction. The Maryland court ordered a new hearing on the motion to vacate Syed’s murder conviction in a 2-1 decision.
“[The court] has the power and obligation to remedy those violations, as long we can do so without violating Mr. Syed’s right to be free from double jeopardy,” the decision read, according to the New York Times.
The Appellate Court of Maryland ruled on Tuesday that a lower court had violated the right of Young Lee, the brother of the late Hae Min Lee — whom Syed was found guilty of murdering in 2000 — to have been notified of and attend a hearing on the state’s motion to vacate Syed’s conviction. The Maryland court ordered a new hearing on the motion to vacate Syed’s murder conviction in a 2-1 decision.
“[The court] has the power and obligation to remedy those violations, as long we can do so without violating Mr. Syed’s right to be free from double jeopardy,” the decision read, according to the New York Times.
- 3/28/2023
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
Adnan Syed’s journey through the court system is getting a final act. It’s on a technicality, but one that is of great importance to the family of murder victim Hae Min Lee. On Tuesday, the Maryland Appellate Court reinstated Syed’s conviction for Lee’s murder, deciding that a lower court had violated the right of Lee’s brother, Young Lee, to attend a hearing, held last October, where prosecutors announced they were dropping charges against him.
Steve Kelly, a lawyer for the Lee family spoke out at...
Steve Kelly, a lawyer for the Lee family spoke out at...
- 3/28/2023
- by Andrea Marks
- Rollingstone.com
AdLarge announced today that the Crime Analyst podcast has joined the company’s podcast portfolio. Crime Analyst is hosted by world-renowned former New Scotland Yard criminal behavioral analyst, Laura Richards, who delves deep into each case carefully examining the critical facets of the “who” and “why” in modern day crimes - specifically, “how” and “why” victims often become footnotes in their own murders.
Richards, a published author of books such as, “Policing Domestic Violence,” became the violence adviser to the National Police Chiefs Council (Npcc) after a decade at New Scotland Yard. Trained by world leaders at the Behavioural Analysis Unit, National Centre for the Analysis of Violent Crime at the FBI and New Scotland Yard, Laura has applied her psychology degrees to analyze violent crime from a behavioral and preventive perspective. She has also changed laws eight times across the world; in the UK, Australia, and US to better protect women and children.
Richards, a published author of books such as, “Policing Domestic Violence,” became the violence adviser to the National Police Chiefs Council (Npcc) after a decade at New Scotland Yard. Trained by world leaders at the Behavioural Analysis Unit, National Centre for the Analysis of Violent Crime at the FBI and New Scotland Yard, Laura has applied her psychology degrees to analyze violent crime from a behavioral and preventive perspective. She has also changed laws eight times across the world; in the UK, Australia, and US to better protect women and children.
- 2/1/2023
- Podnews.net
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Crime Junkie, the true-crime podcast led by THR Next Gen 2022 honoree Ashley Flowers, was the most popular show on Apple Podcasts this year, the tech giant said on Monday.
To populate the lists, Apple looked at user listenership and engagement between November 1, 2021, through Oct. 31, 2022. Crime Junkie, the flagship show of Flowers’ Audiochuck company, also took the top spots in the top followed and top shared categories, while Audiochuck was honored as the top free channel on Apple Podcasts for the year.
For podcast subscriptions, Morbid — a true-crime show hosted by Alaina Urquhart and Ashleigh Kelley that has an exclusive ad sales and one-week windowing deal with Wondery and Amazon Music — landed at No. 1. Wondery retained its spot as the top subscriber channel on the platform.
Meanwhile, on Spotify, which released its annual Wrapped list on Nov. 30, the most listened-to podcast shows were led...
Crime Junkie, the true-crime podcast led by THR Next Gen 2022 honoree Ashley Flowers, was the most popular show on Apple Podcasts this year, the tech giant said on Monday.
To populate the lists, Apple looked at user listenership and engagement between November 1, 2021, through Oct. 31, 2022. Crime Junkie, the flagship show of Flowers’ Audiochuck company, also took the top spots in the top followed and top shared categories, while Audiochuck was honored as the top free channel on Apple Podcasts for the year.
For podcast subscriptions, Morbid — a true-crime show hosted by Alaina Urquhart and Ashleigh Kelley that has an exclusive ad sales and one-week windowing deal with Wondery and Amazon Music — landed at No. 1. Wondery retained its spot as the top subscriber channel on the platform.
Meanwhile, on Spotify, which released its annual Wrapped list on Nov. 30, the most listened-to podcast shows were led...
- 12/5/2022
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The family of murdered high school student Hae Min Lee has requested an evidentiary hearing regarding the decision to vacate the conviction of Adnan Syed in her death, claiming prosecutors treated the family in a “callous and unconstitutional manner” by not giving them enough notice or an opportunity to comment on the decision. Steve Kelly, an attorney for the family, says that while a reversal of the decision is unlikely, “We need a public airing of this stuff, if for no other reason than accountability and transparency in the criminal justice process.
- 10/28/2022
- by Andrea Marks
- Rollingstone.com
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After director Amy Berg premiered her 2019 docuseries The Case Against Adnan Syed on HBO, she says “it was really difficult for me to let go.”
The four-part series probed further into a story that rocketed to fame after it was chronicled on the Serial podcast a few years earlier, about Baltimore County teenager Adnan Syed’s 2000 conviction in the murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. While Serial cast doubt on prosecutors’ original case against Syed and Berg’s film uncovered further cause for concern, two days before Berg’s series aired, the Maryland Court of Appeals denied Syed a new trial. “It just felt like the most unsatisfying ending of any film I’ve ever made,” Berg says.
Now, Berg has the chance to film a new ending to the series. On Tuesday, prosecutors dropped charges against Syed in the 1999 murder of Lee,...
After director Amy Berg premiered her 2019 docuseries The Case Against Adnan Syed on HBO, she says “it was really difficult for me to let go.”
The four-part series probed further into a story that rocketed to fame after it was chronicled on the Serial podcast a few years earlier, about Baltimore County teenager Adnan Syed’s 2000 conviction in the murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. While Serial cast doubt on prosecutors’ original case against Syed and Berg’s film uncovered further cause for concern, two days before Berg’s series aired, the Maryland Court of Appeals denied Syed a new trial. “It just felt like the most unsatisfying ending of any film I’ve ever made,” Berg says.
Now, Berg has the chance to film a new ending to the series. On Tuesday, prosecutors dropped charges against Syed in the 1999 murder of Lee,...
- 10/13/2022
- by Katie Kilkenny
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After over two decades, Baltimore prosecutors have dropped all charges against Adnan Syed following his recent release from prison. The subject of the first season of Sarah Koenig's "Serial" podcast had his murder conviction in the case of the 1999 killing of Baltimore Woodlawn High School student Hae Min Lee vacated on Sept. 19, ABC News reported. Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby and Sentencing Review Unit (Sru) Chief Becky Feldman had filed a motion on Sept. 14 announcing they would file for the conviction to be vacated and for Syed to potentially receive a new trial.
"Since the inception of my administration, my prosecutors have been sworn to not only aggressively advocate on behalf of the victims of crime, but in the pursuit of justice, - when the evidence exists- to correct the wrongs of the past where doubt is evident," said Mosby in a Sept. 14 statement. "For that reason, after...
"Since the inception of my administration, my prosecutors have been sworn to not only aggressively advocate on behalf of the victims of crime, but in the pursuit of justice, - when the evidence exists- to correct the wrongs of the past where doubt is evident," said Mosby in a Sept. 14 statement. "For that reason, after...
- 10/11/2022
- by Mekishana Pierre
- Popsugar.com
Prosecutors dropped charges against Adnan Syed on Tuesday in the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee — a case that was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial” — after additional DNA testing further undermined his conviction, his lawyer said.
Emily Witty, a spokeswoman for the city of Baltimore’s state’s attorney’s office, said in an email that her office had dropped its case against Syed and would release further details about its decision later Tuesday.
The state’s attorney’s office announced it would not prosecute the case further based on DNA testing results that excluded Syed, the Maryland Office of the Public Defender said in a statement. The Circuit Court dropped the charges Tuesday, resulting in the dismissal of the criminal case, according to the public defender’s office.
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“Finally, Adnan Syed is...
Emily Witty, a spokeswoman for the city of Baltimore’s state’s attorney’s office, said in an email that her office had dropped its case against Syed and would release further details about its decision later Tuesday.
The state’s attorney’s office announced it would not prosecute the case further based on DNA testing results that excluded Syed, the Maryland Office of the Public Defender said in a statement. The Circuit Court dropped the charges Tuesday, resulting in the dismissal of the criminal case, according to the public defender’s office.
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“Finally, Adnan Syed is...
- 10/11/2022
- by Anita Tai
- ET Canada
Prosecutors have officially dropped all charges against Adnan Syed, the Baltimore man made famous after being featured in the first season of popular podcast “Serial.”
The decision comes three weeks after Syed — who was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 2000 — had his murder conviction overturned by Judge Melissa Phinn of Baltimore City Circuit Court. In her ruling, which came after prosecutors filed a motion to vacate the conviction, Phinn said the decision came after she determined that the prosecutors on the initial trial failed to turn in evidence to the court that pointed to two additional suspects and would have significantly helped Syed’s case.
Immediately following the ruling, Syed was released from prison after serving 23 years, since he was 18. Although prosecutors recommended that Syed be given a new trial in their initial motion, the dropping of charges ensures that Syed will not undergo another trial.
Syed...
The decision comes three weeks after Syed — who was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 2000 — had his murder conviction overturned by Judge Melissa Phinn of Baltimore City Circuit Court. In her ruling, which came after prosecutors filed a motion to vacate the conviction, Phinn said the decision came after she determined that the prosecutors on the initial trial failed to turn in evidence to the court that pointed to two additional suspects and would have significantly helped Syed’s case.
Immediately following the ruling, Syed was released from prison after serving 23 years, since he was 18. Although prosecutors recommended that Syed be given a new trial in their initial motion, the dropping of charges ensures that Syed will not undergo another trial.
Syed...
- 10/11/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Baltimore prosecutors have dropped their charges against Adnan Syed, subject of the hit 2014 podcast Serial, who was in prison for 23 years for the murder of his high school ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. His conviction was vacated last month, and prosecutors have said they will not pursue another trial.
The Maryland Office of the Public Defender announced the decision Tuesday morning, saying DNA test results had confirmed Syed’s innocence. At an afternoon press conference, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby said her office had found Syed was wrongfully convicted, and...
The Maryland Office of the Public Defender announced the decision Tuesday morning, saying DNA test results had confirmed Syed’s innocence. At an afternoon press conference, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby said her office had found Syed was wrongfully convicted, and...
- 10/11/2022
- by Andrea Marks
- Rollingstone.com
Adnan Syed was exonerated Tuesday in the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee. Prosecutors dropped the murder charges in a case that gave rise to the “Serial” podcast and a 2019 HBO docuseries after a new round of DNA testing excluded his involvement in the murder case.
Syed was released from prison in September after serving more than two decades behind bars when a Baltimore’s Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn vacated his conviction.
Per a press release from the Maryland Office of the Public Defender, the charges against Syed being dropped will result in the dismissal of the criminal case for which he was incarcerated for 23 years. The release also noted that the state’s attorney would not further prosecute Syed in this murder trial following the results of new DNA testing from evidence found at the scene.
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Syed was released from prison in September after serving more than two decades behind bars when a Baltimore’s Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn vacated his conviction.
Per a press release from the Maryland Office of the Public Defender, the charges against Syed being dropped will result in the dismissal of the criminal case for which he was incarcerated for 23 years. The release also noted that the state’s attorney would not further prosecute Syed in this murder trial following the results of new DNA testing from evidence found at the scene.
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- 10/11/2022
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
Baltimore prosecutors have dropped all charges against Adnan Syed, the man whose conviction on murder charges was chronicled in the hit podcast Serial.
Syed was released from prison last month when a Baltimore judge vacated his conviction on the recommendation of prosecutors. Ayed served 23 years in prison for the murder of his high-school girlfriend Hae Min Lee.
Today, Emily Witty, a spokeswoman for the Baltimore state’s attorney’s office, confirmed that the case had been dropped.
Last month, state prosecutors filed a motion asking the court to vacate Syed’s 2000 murder conviction, explaining that a year-long investigation conducted with Syed’s defense team uncovered new information “concerning the possible involvement of two alternative suspects,” and, additionally, that the legal parties “have identified significant reliability issues regarding the most critical pieces of evidence at trial.”
Syed’s release from prison last month prompted considerable media attention, including a new, updated...
Syed was released from prison last month when a Baltimore judge vacated his conviction on the recommendation of prosecutors. Ayed served 23 years in prison for the murder of his high-school girlfriend Hae Min Lee.
Today, Emily Witty, a spokeswoman for the Baltimore state’s attorney’s office, confirmed that the case had been dropped.
Last month, state prosecutors filed a motion asking the court to vacate Syed’s 2000 murder conviction, explaining that a year-long investigation conducted with Syed’s defense team uncovered new information “concerning the possible involvement of two alternative suspects,” and, additionally, that the legal parties “have identified significant reliability issues regarding the most critical pieces of evidence at trial.”
Syed’s release from prison last month prompted considerable media attention, including a new, updated...
- 10/11/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The final frame of “Art & Krimes by Krimes,” after the credits roll, is packed with logos from foundations, associations and institutions. It’s a fitting end to such a thoughtfully composed work about the place of art in a broken culture.
It feels optimistic that a gifted female filmmaker like Alysa Nahmias (“The New Bauhaus”) received support from a range of organizations for a documentary about marginalized creators. But as the movie itself makes clear, the struggle is immense and remains overwhelmingly pervasive.
Her subject is Jesse Krimes, who began life as the fatherless son of a teenage mother, losing his stepfather to a drug-related suicide as a child, and then arrested for selling drugs in his teens. He was incarcerated for six years, and spent most of that time escaping into art. After studying as much as he could about other creators and philosophers, Krimes began his own projects,...
It feels optimistic that a gifted female filmmaker like Alysa Nahmias (“The New Bauhaus”) received support from a range of organizations for a documentary about marginalized creators. But as the movie itself makes clear, the struggle is immense and remains overwhelmingly pervasive.
Her subject is Jesse Krimes, who began life as the fatherless son of a teenage mother, losing his stepfather to a drug-related suicide as a child, and then arrested for selling drugs in his teens. He was incarcerated for six years, and spent most of that time escaping into art. After studying as much as he could about other creators and philosophers, Krimes began his own projects,...
- 9/29/2022
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
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“In comedy we talk a lot about ‘pushing the envelope,’ ” says Hasan Minhaj. “But sometimes the envelope pushes back.” He’s talking about the now-infamous episode of Patriot Act, his Peabody Award-winning talk show, that took aim at Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s alleged involvement in the Jamal Khashoggi murder. The full story behind that episode — which Netflix pulled from Saudi Arabia after receiving a legal threat — is one of the main topics of Minhaj’s new stand-up special, The King’s Jester (Netflix, Oct. 4). “For me, this whole special was an exploration of how I can clearly define what I’m willing to say now.”
The former Daily Show correspondent, 37, worked with director and Patriot Act co-creator Prashanth Venkataramanujam on the hourlong special. Jester began as what Minhaj describes as “comedy vomit,” coming to life through small pop-up shows...
“In comedy we talk a lot about ‘pushing the envelope,’ ” says Hasan Minhaj. “But sometimes the envelope pushes back.” He’s talking about the now-infamous episode of Patriot Act, his Peabody Award-winning talk show, that took aim at Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s alleged involvement in the Jamal Khashoggi murder. The full story behind that episode — which Netflix pulled from Saudi Arabia after receiving a legal threat — is one of the main topics of Minhaj’s new stand-up special, The King’s Jester (Netflix, Oct. 4). “For me, this whole special was an exploration of how I can clearly define what I’m willing to say now.”
The former Daily Show correspondent, 37, worked with director and Patriot Act co-creator Prashanth Venkataramanujam on the hourlong special. Jester began as what Minhaj describes as “comedy vomit,” coming to life through small pop-up shows...
- 9/29/2022
- by Seija Rankin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In Netflix’s new 10-part series Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, filmmakers tried to tell the story of one of America’s most gruesome serial murdererers “as authentically as we could”, according to the show’s star Evan Peters.
“It felt important to be respectful to the victims, to the victims’ families,” said Peters in a promotional video posted to Twitter.
“You need to have certain plot points because he did do these things, but you don’t need to embellish them. You know we get it, we don’t need to see it over and over again.”
That lofty sentiment was skewered by Rita Isbell, the sister of Dahmer’s 11th victim Errol Lindsey, whose courtroom confrontation with her brother’s murderer in 1992 was recreated frame-by-frame from news footage for The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.
In an essay for Insider, Ms Isbell said she was not even consulted prior to the secretive project being released,...
“It felt important to be respectful to the victims, to the victims’ families,” said Peters in a promotional video posted to Twitter.
“You need to have certain plot points because he did do these things, but you don’t need to embellish them. You know we get it, we don’t need to see it over and over again.”
That lofty sentiment was skewered by Rita Isbell, the sister of Dahmer’s 11th victim Errol Lindsey, whose courtroom confrontation with her brother’s murderer in 1992 was recreated frame-by-frame from news footage for The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.
In an essay for Insider, Ms Isbell said she was not even consulted prior to the secretive project being released,...
- 9/29/2022
- by Bevan Hurley
- The Independent - TV
A relative of one of Jeffrey Dahmer’s victims has spoken out against Netflix’s new thriller, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, for “retraumatising” their family.
The show – based on serial killer Dahmer’s real crimes – stars Mare of Easttown actor Evan Peters as the man also known as the “Milwaukee Cannibal” and the “Milwaukee Monster”, who committed the murders and dismemberments of 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991.
Since its arrival on the platform on 22 September, some have found the show’s gruesome scenes nauseating, with many angered viewers believing it romanticises and glorifies the tragic murders.
One courtroom scene has gone viral using a side-by-side comparison to the actual 1992 trial. In it, Rita Isbell (portrayed by DaShawn Barnes), the older sister of 19-year-old victim Errol Lindsey, is seen yelling in agony during her trial statement.
Lindsey was strangled to death after Dahmer’s alleged experiment to keep him in a permanent zombie-like state,...
The show – based on serial killer Dahmer’s real crimes – stars Mare of Easttown actor Evan Peters as the man also known as the “Milwaukee Cannibal” and the “Milwaukee Monster”, who committed the murders and dismemberments of 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991.
Since its arrival on the platform on 22 September, some have found the show’s gruesome scenes nauseating, with many angered viewers believing it romanticises and glorifies the tragic murders.
One courtroom scene has gone viral using a side-by-side comparison to the actual 1992 trial. In it, Rita Isbell (portrayed by DaShawn Barnes), the older sister of 19-year-old victim Errol Lindsey, is seen yelling in agony during her trial statement.
Lindsey was strangled to death after Dahmer’s alleged experiment to keep him in a permanent zombie-like state,...
- 9/22/2022
- by Inga Parkel
- The Independent - TV
The release of Adnan Syed from prison on Monday, September 20, has caused quite the stir. Syed’s murder case was the focus of many podcasts — some might say the original season of Serial, which was the first media attention his case received, began the true-crime podcast phenomenon. This attention eventually led to an HBO documentary series, The Case Against Adnan Syed, in 2019. The four-part series looked at all the evidence against the then-high school senior in Maryland, convicted of strangling and killing his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee, and went into detail on the major issues with the investigation. HBO has just announced that there will be a new episode of the series, dropping in early 2023. The episode will feature exclusive access to Syed in the period leading up to and following his release, and Amy Berg will return as director. Berg released this statement today: “We knew the end of...
- 9/22/2022
- TV Insider
Adnan Syed is once again a free man. On Sept. 20, the 41-year-old was released from prison after Baltimore City Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn approved the motion to vacate Syed's murder conviction. And it turns out, cameras were rolling in the courthouse as Syed learned he was going home, according to a Sept. 21 media release from HBO. The footage is set to be included in a follow-up episode to the critically acclaimed four-part docuseries The Case Against Adnan Syed. "We knew the end of The Case Against Adnan Syed was not the end of this story, and we've been closely following every twist and turn in the case since the series premiered in March 2019," director Amy Berg said in a...
- 9/21/2022
- E! Online
The lead-up to and aftermath of Adnan Syed’s release from prison will be chronicled in a new follow-up episode of the HBO docuseries, The Case Against Adnan Syed. An exact release date for the episode hasn’t been announced, but it’s expected to arrive in 2023.
Director Amy Berg started filming the follow-up episode back in early 2021, and she was on hand earlier this week when a Baltimore judge vacated Syed’s first-degree murder conviction and ordered his release from prison.
HBO said Berg will have “exclusive access” to...
Director Amy Berg started filming the follow-up episode back in early 2021, and she was on hand earlier this week when a Baltimore judge vacated Syed’s first-degree murder conviction and ordered his release from prison.
HBO said Berg will have “exclusive access” to...
- 9/21/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
HBO Documentary Films announced Wednesday that it will produce a follow-up episode to the 2019 four-part docuseries “The Case Against Adnan Syed” from director Amy Berg.
The episode, currently in production, will feature exclusive access to Syed leading up to and following his release from prison. The Berg-directed episode will debut 2023.
“We knew the end of ‘The Case Against Adnan Syed’ was not the end of this story, and we’ve been closely following every twist and turn in the case since the series premiered in March 2019,” Berg said in HBO’s release. It’s gratifying to see many of the questions and issues probed in the original episodes come to bear on the events of this week.”
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Berg has been filming the follow-up episode in Maryland since early 2021. Most recently,...
The episode, currently in production, will feature exclusive access to Syed leading up to and following his release from prison. The Berg-directed episode will debut 2023.
“We knew the end of ‘The Case Against Adnan Syed’ was not the end of this story, and we’ve been closely following every twist and turn in the case since the series premiered in March 2019,” Berg said in HBO’s release. It’s gratifying to see many of the questions and issues probed in the original episodes come to bear on the events of this week.”
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‘Serial’ Drops New Episode After ‘Extraordinary’ Release of Adnan Syed: ‘I Have Zero Predictions About What Could Come’
Berg has been filming the follow-up episode in Maryland since early 2021. Most recently,...
- 9/21/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Though it already got beaten to the punch by Sarah Koenig and Serial, the other major true-crime project about Adnan Syed and the murder of Hae Min Lee is obviously not going to let the events of this week go unaddressed: HBO and director Amy Berg have announced that they’re in production on a follow-up episode to…...
- 9/21/2022
- by Sam Barsanti
- avclub.com
HBO Documentary Films is in production on a follow-up episode to the critically acclaimed, four-part docuseries The Case Against Adnan Syed. Directed by Amy Berg, the episode will feature exclusive access to Syed leading up to and following his release from prison earlier this week, after 23 years behind bars. The new episode will debut in 2023.
Syed’s prosecution in the 1999 killing of his high school girlfriend Hae Min Lee was examined in minute detail in the massively popular 2014 season of the hit podcast Serial. The docuseries premiered in March 2019 and is currently available on HBO Max.
Berg has been filming the follow-up episode in Maryland since early 2021. Most recently, Berg was in the courthouse Tuesday when Baltimore City Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn approved the motion to vacate Syed’s murder conviction. The investigation from the original series was referenced as evidence in the hearing.
New Adnan Syed Prosecution Is “Remote...
Syed’s prosecution in the 1999 killing of his high school girlfriend Hae Min Lee was examined in minute detail in the massively popular 2014 season of the hit podcast Serial. The docuseries premiered in March 2019 and is currently available on HBO Max.
Berg has been filming the follow-up episode in Maryland since early 2021. Most recently, Berg was in the courthouse Tuesday when Baltimore City Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn approved the motion to vacate Syed’s murder conviction. The investigation from the original series was referenced as evidence in the hearing.
New Adnan Syed Prosecution Is “Remote...
- 9/21/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The Case Against Adnan Syed (Photo Courtesy of HBO)
HBO’s four-part documentary series The Case Against Adnan Syed will expand to five parts following the release of Syed from prison. HBO confirmed production is now underway on a follow-up episode which will include exclusive footage with Adnan Syed leading up to and following his release.
The original docuseries director Amy Berg (an Oscar nominee for Deliver Us from Evil) returns to helm the new episode which is targeting a 2023 premiere.
Berg, who’s been working on the fifth episode since early 2021, was in Baltimore City Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn’s courtroom when the motion to vacate Syed’s murder conviction was announced. Details revealed in the four-part docuseries were used as evidence in support of the ruling.
“We knew the end of The Case Against Adnan Syed was not the end of this story, and we’ve been closely...
HBO’s four-part documentary series The Case Against Adnan Syed will expand to five parts following the release of Syed from prison. HBO confirmed production is now underway on a follow-up episode which will include exclusive footage with Adnan Syed leading up to and following his release.
The original docuseries director Amy Berg (an Oscar nominee for Deliver Us from Evil) returns to helm the new episode which is targeting a 2023 premiere.
Berg, who’s been working on the fifth episode since early 2021, was in Baltimore City Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn’s courtroom when the motion to vacate Syed’s murder conviction was announced. Details revealed in the four-part docuseries were used as evidence in support of the ruling.
“We knew the end of The Case Against Adnan Syed was not the end of this story, and we’ve been closely...
- 9/21/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Amid news of the overturned conviction against Adnan Syed, HBO has announced that its 2019 docuseries "The Case Against Adnan Syed" will receive a new episode to recap these latest events. HBO Documentary Films revealed the news in a statement, saying that the episode has been in production since 2021.
"We knew the end of 'The Case Against Adnan Syed' was not the end of this story, and we've been closely following every twist and turn in the case since the series premiered in March 2019," said Amy Berg, the director of the docuseries, in the statement. "It's gratifying to see many of the questions and issues probed in the original episodes come to bear on the events of this week."
Syed's case, in which he was accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 1999, drew massive media attention with the 2014 podcast "Serial," the first season of which went through his case in excruciating detail.
"We knew the end of 'The Case Against Adnan Syed' was not the end of this story, and we've been closely following every twist and turn in the case since the series premiered in March 2019," said Amy Berg, the director of the docuseries, in the statement. "It's gratifying to see many of the questions and issues probed in the original episodes come to bear on the events of this week."
Syed's case, in which he was accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 1999, drew massive media attention with the 2014 podcast "Serial," the first season of which went through his case in excruciating detail.
- 9/21/2022
- by Erin Brady
- Slash Film
After Adnan Syed was released from prison on Sept. 19 after serving 23 years for the murder of Hae Min Lee, HBO Documentary Films announced it is in production on a follow-up episode to its 2019 docuseries “The Case Against Adnan Syed,” set for release in 2023.
Directed by Amy Berg, the four-part series followed the killing of 18-year-old Lee and the trial and conviction of Syed, her ex-boyfriend. Berg has been filming the follow-up episode in Maryland since early 2021 and was in the courthouse Monday when a Baltimore judge approved the motion to vacate Syed’s murder conviction. The investigation from “The Case Against Adnan Syed” was referenced as evidence in this week’s hearing.
“We knew the end of ‘The Case Against Adnan Syed’ was not the end of this story, and we’ve been closely following every twist and turn in the case since the series premiered in March 2019,” Berg said.
Directed by Amy Berg, the four-part series followed the killing of 18-year-old Lee and the trial and conviction of Syed, her ex-boyfriend. Berg has been filming the follow-up episode in Maryland since early 2021 and was in the courthouse Monday when a Baltimore judge approved the motion to vacate Syed’s murder conviction. The investigation from “The Case Against Adnan Syed” was referenced as evidence in this week’s hearing.
“We knew the end of ‘The Case Against Adnan Syed’ was not the end of this story, and we’ve been closely following every twist and turn in the case since the series premiered in March 2019,” Berg said.
- 9/21/2022
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
The Daily Show host Trevor Noah took note of the latest developments in the Serial case – the overturning of the conviction of Adnan Syed – joking about the popularity of podcasts before turning serious about the role of true justice in the justice system.
“I find it weird that America confuses fixing a mistake with a happy ending,” Noah said before providing a few comic examples – “Good news! We took the pink slime out of the meat.”
Facetiously adding that podcasts should become part of the justice system – replacing juries with podcasts listeners who then vote on guilt or innocence – Noah then credited not only Serial for Syed’s release from prison after 22 years behind bars, but the Baltimore prosecutor (a former public defender) who reviewed the case and found the original conviction lacking.
“That prosecutor dug through the case files deeper than she had to and found all sorts of problems with the original prosecution,...
“I find it weird that America confuses fixing a mistake with a happy ending,” Noah said before providing a few comic examples – “Good news! We took the pink slime out of the meat.”
Facetiously adding that podcasts should become part of the justice system – replacing juries with podcasts listeners who then vote on guilt or innocence – Noah then credited not only Serial for Syed’s release from prison after 22 years behind bars, but the Baltimore prosecutor (a former public defender) who reviewed the case and found the original conviction lacking.
“That prosecutor dug through the case files deeper than she had to and found all sorts of problems with the original prosecution,...
- 9/21/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Eight years after Serial made Adnan Syed a household name, the justice system has validated the heartbreaking truth the podcast’s reporting revealed to the public back in 2014: Syed’s trial was deeply flawed, and he was wrongfully convicted of the murder of Hae Min Lee. That means the justice system potentially imprisoned the wrong man for the last 23 years. On Monday, Adnan Syed walked out of prison for the first time since he was a teenager.
The Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s office said in a motion...
The Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s office said in a motion...
- 9/20/2022
- by Andrea Marks
- Rollingstone.com
Adnan Syed was released on Monday after 23 years in prison.
In 2000, Syed was convicted on charges of murdering Hae Min Lee, his former high school girlfriend. After over two decades of fighting, he was finally freed from prison.
Lee’s body was found buried in a park in Baltimore in 1999. Syed firmly maintained his innocence and questioned the fairness of the trial.
The popular podcast Serial brought his story to public attention 14 years later.
In 2014, Sarah Koening‘s team began investigating the case for their podcast. The show added a number of witness interviews, courtroom recordings and new information about his lawyer, who was disbarred for wrongdoing in 2001 and died in 2004, examining the case in detail in 12 episodes.
His conviction wasn’t vacated until this Monday. Prosecutors said in a Baltimore City Circuit Court motion that they have uncovered the possible involvement of two alternative suspects and key evidence they...
In 2000, Syed was convicted on charges of murdering Hae Min Lee, his former high school girlfriend. After over two decades of fighting, he was finally freed from prison.
Lee’s body was found buried in a park in Baltimore in 1999. Syed firmly maintained his innocence and questioned the fairness of the trial.
The popular podcast Serial brought his story to public attention 14 years later.
In 2014, Sarah Koening‘s team began investigating the case for their podcast. The show added a number of witness interviews, courtroom recordings and new information about his lawyer, who was disbarred for wrongdoing in 2001 and died in 2004, examining the case in detail in 12 episodes.
His conviction wasn’t vacated until this Monday. Prosecutors said in a Baltimore City Circuit Court motion that they have uncovered the possible involvement of two alternative suspects and key evidence they...
- 9/20/2022
- by Peiyu Jiang
- Uinterview
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Sarah Koenig, who over a decade ago brought the story of Adnan Syed to a mainstream audience on Serial, was surprised by the decision to release Syed after overturning his conviction for the 1999 murder of high school student Hae Min Lee.
Speaking to The New York Times following Syed being freed on Monday, Koenig said, “I was shocked. I did not see this coming at all. One of the first things I did was call Adnan’s brother and then his mother — they told me they didn’t know either. The prosecutors who filed the motion to release him kept it pretty tight, it seems.”
After more than two decades behind bars, Syed was freed, at age 41, after Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn in Baltimore overturned his conviction for the murder of Lee, who was Syed’s ex-girlfriend, ruling that the state violated...
Sarah Koenig, who over a decade ago brought the story of Adnan Syed to a mainstream audience on Serial, was surprised by the decision to release Syed after overturning his conviction for the 1999 murder of high school student Hae Min Lee.
Speaking to The New York Times following Syed being freed on Monday, Koenig said, “I was shocked. I did not see this coming at all. One of the first things I did was call Adnan’s brother and then his mother — they told me they didn’t know either. The prosecutors who filed the motion to release him kept it pretty tight, it seems.”
After more than two decades behind bars, Syed was freed, at age 41, after Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn in Baltimore overturned his conviction for the murder of Lee, who was Syed’s ex-girlfriend, ruling that the state violated...
- 9/20/2022
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
One of Adnan Syed's most vocal supporters is speaking out and celebrating his legal victory. Just one day after a Baltimore judge vacated the 41-year-old's conviction for the 1999 murder of his former girlfriend Hae Min Lee, Serial podcast host Sarah Koenig reacted to the courtroom ruling in a new episode. "I was in the courtroom for the hearing," Sarah shared in the Sept. 20 episode of her true crime podcast. "At the beginning, Young Lee, the brother of Hae Min Lee whose murder was about to be unsolved, spoke via zoom directly to judge Melissa Phinn. Young Lee tried to keep it together, but he couldn't. He also told the judge he believes in the justice system. He's not...
- 9/20/2022
- E! Online
Adnan Syed, one of the key subjects of the first season of smash hit true crime podcast Serial, is being released from prison.
After spending over 22 years in prison, lawyers found information “concerning the possible involvement of two alternative suspects” other than Adnan Syed and that legal teams “have identified significant reliability issues regarding the most critical pieces of evidence at trial.” However, it is not outright being stated that Adnan Syed is not guilty.
According to the Baltimore City State’s Attorney, “We’re not yet declaring Adnan Syed is innocent…But we are declaring that in the interest of fairness and justice he is entitled to a new trial.”
Further, according to a public defender: “Given the stunning lack of reliable evidence implicating Mr. Syed, coupled with increasing evidence pointing to other suspects, this unjust conviction cannot stand.”
It has not yet been decided if prosecutors will go forward with a new trial.
After spending over 22 years in prison, lawyers found information “concerning the possible involvement of two alternative suspects” other than Adnan Syed and that legal teams “have identified significant reliability issues regarding the most critical pieces of evidence at trial.” However, it is not outright being stated that Adnan Syed is not guilty.
According to the Baltimore City State’s Attorney, “We’re not yet declaring Adnan Syed is innocent…But we are declaring that in the interest of fairness and justice he is entitled to a new trial.”
Further, according to a public defender: “Given the stunning lack of reliable evidence implicating Mr. Syed, coupled with increasing evidence pointing to other suspects, this unjust conviction cannot stand.”
It has not yet been decided if prosecutors will go forward with a new trial.
- 9/20/2022
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
After days of pomp and circumstance, Queen Elizabeth II’s body has finally come to rest at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle. The late British monarch, who died at the age of 96 on Sept. 8, was laid to rest next to her late husband of 73 years, Prince Philip.
Philip died in April 2021 at the age of 99.
Her Majesty died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Her coffin traveled first to Edinburgh, Scotland, and then to London, England. There was a procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall last Wednesday before the coffin began its lying-in-state for several days, allowing members of the public to pay their respects.
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On Monday, the official State Funeral of the Queen took place at Westminster Abbey. It was followed by a procession from Westminster to Wellington Arch in London.
Pall bearers carry the...
Philip died in April 2021 at the age of 99.
Her Majesty died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Her coffin traveled first to Edinburgh, Scotland, and then to London, England. There was a procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall last Wednesday before the coffin began its lying-in-state for several days, allowing members of the public to pay their respects.
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On Monday, the official State Funeral of the Queen took place at Westminster Abbey. It was followed by a procession from Westminster to Wellington Arch in London.
Pall bearers carry the...
- 9/19/2022
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
A judge has overturned the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, whose legal case was the subject of the hit podcast series Serial. On Monday 19 September, the 41-year-old was released after 23 years behind bars.
Follow live updates around the case here.
Syed was convicted in 2000 of first-degree murder, robbery, kidnapping and the imprisonment of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. Prosecutors had recently requested Syed’s release on the basis that “the state no longer has confidence in the integrity of the conviction”, after an investigation cast doubts about the validity of cellphone tower data and uncovered two alternate unnamed suspects. Syed has always maintained his innocence.
Celebrities who were fans of the podcast or had other ties to the case reacted to the bombshell news on Twitter.
“Case is overturned!!! Adnan Syed is once again presumed innocent in the eyes of the law”, wrote the Pretty in Pink actor Jon Cryer.
Follow live updates around the case here.
Syed was convicted in 2000 of first-degree murder, robbery, kidnapping and the imprisonment of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. Prosecutors had recently requested Syed’s release on the basis that “the state no longer has confidence in the integrity of the conviction”, after an investigation cast doubts about the validity of cellphone tower data and uncovered two alternate unnamed suspects. Syed has always maintained his innocence.
Celebrities who were fans of the podcast or had other ties to the case reacted to the bombshell news on Twitter.
“Case is overturned!!! Adnan Syed is once again presumed innocent in the eyes of the law”, wrote the Pretty in Pink actor Jon Cryer.
- 9/19/2022
- by Amanda Whiting
- The Independent - TV
Adnan Syed, who became the subject of the hit 2014 podcast “Serial,” was freed by a Baltimore court after a judge vacated his murder conviction Monday.
Syed was convicted for the 1999 murder of ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee, but a new investigation found that police withheld information, including the existence of two additional suspects, from Syed’s lawyers.
As prosecutors requested last week, Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn ordered that Syed’s conviction be vacated. She approved his release: The now 41-year-old had been in prison more more than 20 years.
Adnan Syed walks out of the courthouse a free man after 23 years in prison. Lots of cheers. @fox5dc pic.twitter.com/OClfWIUGhe
— Katie Barlow (@katieleebarlow) September 19, 2022
According to the Associated Press, Phinn ruled that the state violated its legal obligation to share exculpatory evidence with Syed’s defense. She ordered him released from custody and placed on home detention with Gps location monitoring.
Syed was convicted for the 1999 murder of ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee, but a new investigation found that police withheld information, including the existence of two additional suspects, from Syed’s lawyers.
As prosecutors requested last week, Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn ordered that Syed’s conviction be vacated. She approved his release: The now 41-year-old had been in prison more more than 20 years.
Adnan Syed walks out of the courthouse a free man after 23 years in prison. Lots of cheers. @fox5dc pic.twitter.com/OClfWIUGhe
— Katie Barlow (@katieleebarlow) September 19, 2022
According to the Associated Press, Phinn ruled that the state violated its legal obligation to share exculpatory evidence with Syed’s defense. She ordered him released from custody and placed on home detention with Gps location monitoring.
- 9/19/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Adnan Syed will be released from prison. On Monday, a Baltimore judge ordered the release of Syed — whose murder conviction was captured on the podcast Serial in 2014 — after prosecutors filed a motion to vacate his murder conviction earlier this year.
The judge in the case, Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn, overturned the first-degree murder conviction and asked that he remain on Gps monitoring until a new trial date is set, according to the Baltimore Sun. Now, prosecutors have 30 days to decide whether to fully drop the charges against Syed or try him again.
The judge in the case, Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn, overturned the first-degree murder conviction and asked that he remain on Gps monitoring until a new trial date is set, according to the Baltimore Sun. Now, prosecutors have 30 days to decide whether to fully drop the charges against Syed or try him again.
- 9/19/2022
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
After serving 23 years, Adnan Syed will soon be a free man.
Syed, whose case was the subject of 2014 podcast “Serial,” was convicted of murdering his high school girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 1999. A Maryland judge overturned his murder conviction on September 19, 2022.
According to the New York Times, Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn presided over the ruling after state prosecutors filed a motion last week asking the court to overturn Syed’s 2000 murder conviction, citing new information “concerning the possible involvement of two alternative suspects.” Syed has been serving a life sentence since his conviction.
The judge gave prosecutors 30 days to move to a new trial or drop the case against Syed, who was sentenced to serve home detention in the interim.
The legal parties also “have identified significant reliability issues regarding the most critical pieces of evidence at trial.” Syed is now 41 years old and has maintained his innocence throughout...
Syed, whose case was the subject of 2014 podcast “Serial,” was convicted of murdering his high school girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 1999. A Maryland judge overturned his murder conviction on September 19, 2022.
According to the New York Times, Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn presided over the ruling after state prosecutors filed a motion last week asking the court to overturn Syed’s 2000 murder conviction, citing new information “concerning the possible involvement of two alternative suspects.” Syed has been serving a life sentence since his conviction.
The judge gave prosecutors 30 days to move to a new trial or drop the case against Syed, who was sentenced to serve home detention in the interim.
The legal parties also “have identified significant reliability issues regarding the most critical pieces of evidence at trial.” Syed is now 41 years old and has maintained his innocence throughout...
- 9/19/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson and Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Update, with video Adnan Syed, whose prosecution in the 1999 killing of his high school girlfriend Hae Min Lee was examined in minute detail in the massively popular 2014 season of the hit podcast Serial, will be released from prison after 23 years, with a Maryland judge today overturning his murder conviction.
The ruling came after a hearing today before Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn. State prosecutors filed a motion last week asking the court to vacate Syed’s 2000 murder conviction, explaining that a year-long investigation conducted with Syed’s defense team uncovered new information “concerning the possible involvement of two alternative suspects,” and, additionally, that the legal parties “have identified significant reliability issues regarding the most critical pieces of evidence at trial.”
Syed, 41, has been behind bars for 23 years, maintaining his innocence throughout.
We did it.
We Freed Adnan! pic.twitter.com/4gYH8qQ3Ar
— rabia O'chaudry (@rabiasquared) September 19, 2022
Serial tweeted that...
The ruling came after a hearing today before Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn. State prosecutors filed a motion last week asking the court to vacate Syed’s 2000 murder conviction, explaining that a year-long investigation conducted with Syed’s defense team uncovered new information “concerning the possible involvement of two alternative suspects,” and, additionally, that the legal parties “have identified significant reliability issues regarding the most critical pieces of evidence at trial.”
Syed, 41, has been behind bars for 23 years, maintaining his innocence throughout.
We did it.
We Freed Adnan! pic.twitter.com/4gYH8qQ3Ar
— rabia O'chaudry (@rabiasquared) September 19, 2022
Serial tweeted that...
- 9/19/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Baltimore prosecutors have filed a motion to overturn Adnan Syed's conviction. More than 20 years after Syed was sentenced to life in prison for the 1999 murder of his ex-girlfriend and high school classmate, Hae Min Lee, Baltimore City state's attorney Marilyn Mosby and chief of the Sentencing Review Unit, Becky Feldman, have announced they've taken the steps to request a new trial and vacate his conviction after a year-long investigation. According to a Sept. 14 press release, their year-long inspection revealed "undisclosed and newly-developed information regarding two alternative suspects, as well as unreliable cell phone tower...
- 9/15/2022
- E! Online
Adnan Syed, the subject of both the 2014 hit podcast “Serial” and HBO’s 2019 docuseries “The Case Against Adnan Syed” could soon be a free man, on the advice of prosecutors.
State attorneys in Baltimore moved Wednesday to vacate Syed’s 2000 conviction for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee and request a new trial, the Baltimore Sun reported. They also asked he be released pending new developments.
A yearlong investigation conducted by the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office and Syed’s attorney Erica Suter concluded that the prosecution are guilty of a number of Brady Violations, failure to disclose potentially exculpatory information to Syed’s defense attorneys. They were not made aware there were two additional suspect in the case, including one who had threatened Lee, saying “he would make her disappear. He would kill her,” the motion states.
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State attorneys in Baltimore moved Wednesday to vacate Syed’s 2000 conviction for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee and request a new trial, the Baltimore Sun reported. They also asked he be released pending new developments.
A yearlong investigation conducted by the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office and Syed’s attorney Erica Suter concluded that the prosecution are guilty of a number of Brady Violations, failure to disclose potentially exculpatory information to Syed’s defense attorneys. They were not made aware there were two additional suspect in the case, including one who had threatened Lee, saying “he would make her disappear. He would kill her,” the motion states.
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- 9/14/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Millions of Serial podcast listeners are likely thinking “told ya so” today as Baltimore prosecutors are asking a judge to vacate the murder conviction of Adnan Syed in the 1999 killing of his high school girlfriend Hae Min Lee.
“This is big news,” tweeted the Serial podcast. “For the first time, Baltimore prosecutors are saying they don’t have confidence in Adnan Syed’s conviction and are asking for his release.”
In a motion filed in circuit court today (read it here), the state’s attorney for Baltimore City writes that a year-long investigation conducted with Syed’s defense team uncovered new information “concerning the possible involvement of two alternative suspects,” and, additionally, that the legal parties “have identified significant reliability issues regarding the most critical pieces of evidence at trial.”
The prosecutor emphasizes that the investigation is ongoing, and that it will use “all available resources to investigate this case...
“This is big news,” tweeted the Serial podcast. “For the first time, Baltimore prosecutors are saying they don’t have confidence in Adnan Syed’s conviction and are asking for his release.”
In a motion filed in circuit court today (read it here), the state’s attorney for Baltimore City writes that a year-long investigation conducted with Syed’s defense team uncovered new information “concerning the possible involvement of two alternative suspects,” and, additionally, that the legal parties “have identified significant reliability issues regarding the most critical pieces of evidence at trial.”
The prosecutor emphasizes that the investigation is ongoing, and that it will use “all available resources to investigate this case...
- 9/14/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Baltimore prosecutors have filed a motion to vacate the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, which could result in the now-42-year-old Syed — the focus of the hit true crime podcast Serial — either receiving a new trial or being released from his life prison sentence entirely.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the motion was filed on behalf of the the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office following a year-long investigation — conducted alongside the defense — that uncovered new evidence and opened the possibility that two other suspects were perhaps involved...
According to the Wall Street Journal, the motion was filed on behalf of the the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office following a year-long investigation — conducted alongside the defense — that uncovered new evidence and opened the possibility that two other suspects were perhaps involved...
- 9/14/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Sure, this is a TV Watch List, but this week the emphasis is on the movies, with seemingly more must-watch features than the last few months in the theater combined. From a steamy new thriller with Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas, to a movie where renegade ice skaters transport goods across a frozen body of water to a thriller starring Jesse Plemons, Lily Collins and Jason Segel, this week really does have a stellar line-up of new movies. Plus shows starring Jared Leto, Rosario Dawson and Jake Johnson.
On with the television!
Apple TV+
“WeCrashed”
Friday, March 18, AppleTV+
If you haven’t had your fill of starry prestige dramas based on real-life con artists, then have we got a starry prestige drama based on a real-life con artist! In this case, it’s “WeCrashed,” focusing on Adam Neumann (played by Jared Leto) and his wife Rebekah (Anne Hathaway), a...
On with the television!
Apple TV+
“WeCrashed”
Friday, March 18, AppleTV+
If you haven’t had your fill of starry prestige dramas based on real-life con artists, then have we got a starry prestige drama based on a real-life con artist! In this case, it’s “WeCrashed,” focusing on Adam Neumann (played by Jared Leto) and his wife Rebekah (Anne Hathaway), a...
- 3/11/2022
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
“Homecoming” is back and “Dirty John” will be returning for its second season on June 2. Here are other TV shows based on successful podcasts, with their Metacritic ranking.
“Up and Vanished” (2018 – )
Metacritic score: n/a
Payne Lindsey’s true-crime podcast first became a successful two-part special on Oxygen, exploring the disappearance of Georgia schoolteacher Tara Grinstead. And then it became a series, with Payne and his team exploring a new cold case in each episode.
Song Exploder (2020 – )
Metacritic score: n/a
Based on the acclaimed podcast of the same name, the Netflix docu-series takes a look at how the world’s greatest musicians have created their songs, while exploring their various creative processes and inspirations.
Slow Burn (2020 – )
Metacritic score: n/a
The true-crime podcast hosted by Leon Neyfakh is now a docuseries on Epix. Similar to the podcast, Neyfakh dissects historical figures and events and outlines how the lesser-known subplots...
“Up and Vanished” (2018 – )
Metacritic score: n/a
Payne Lindsey’s true-crime podcast first became a successful two-part special on Oxygen, exploring the disappearance of Georgia schoolteacher Tara Grinstead. And then it became a series, with Payne and his team exploring a new cold case in each episode.
Song Exploder (2020 – )
Metacritic score: n/a
Based on the acclaimed podcast of the same name, the Netflix docu-series takes a look at how the world’s greatest musicians have created their songs, while exploring their various creative processes and inspirations.
Slow Burn (2020 – )
Metacritic score: n/a
The true-crime podcast hosted by Leon Neyfakh is now a docuseries on Epix. Similar to the podcast, Neyfakh dissects historical figures and events and outlines how the lesser-known subplots...
- 6/22/2021
- by Thom Geier and Aarohi Sheth
- The Wrap
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