Adnan Syed Will Not Get New Trial As Supreme Court Rejects ‘Serial’ Case

Officials escort Adnan Syed from the courthouse on February 3, 2016, following the completion of the first day of hearings for a retrial in Baltimore.Photographer: Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun/TNS/Getty Images

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By Associated Press

November 25, 2019 at 2:38 PM UTC

Updated on

November 25, 2019 at 11:26 PM UTC

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Washington (AP) -- The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Maryland man’s bid for a new trial based on information uncovered by the hit podcast “Serial.”

The justices did not comment in leaving in place a 4-3 ruling by Maryland’s highest court that denied a new trial to Adnan Syed, who was convicted of strangling a high school classmate he had once dated.