In the city of Baltimore, in the state of Maryland, USA, an event that will be the subject of movies took place. Adnan Syed, who was stated to have strangled his lover Hae Min Lee in 1999, was sentenced to life imprisonment and 40 years in prison. Although Syed said he was innocent, he could not escape from prison. The developments over the years have shown his rightness.
Adnan Syed, 40, was sentenced to life imprisonment and 40 years in prison for strangling his lover Hae Min Lee to death in 1999. Adnan Syed, who was tried as an ‘adult’ despite being 17 at the time, claimed that he was innocent. In the podcast ‘Serial’, which aired in 2014 and hosted by Sarah Koenig, evidence that Adnan Syed could be innocent was frequently mentioned.
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Based on this podcast, prosecutors applied for a retrial on the grounds that new evidence casts doubt on Adnan Syed’s conviction. Prosecutors demanded that Adnan Syed, who has been in prison for 22 years, be released without bail until a new trial. Adnan Syed is still a suspect, but the evidence has weakened.
It turned out that one of the suspects had committed suicide.
One of these people is presumed to be Ronald Lee Moore. Ronald Lee Moore, who was released from prison a few days before Hae Min Lee’s death, committed many similar crimes. In 1999, when Hae Min Lee died, it was stated that Ronald Lee Moore was a suspect in a series of thefts, unsolved sexual assaults and murders in Maryland. Ronald Lee Moore, who was caught in 2008 for an unrelated crime, committed suicide while being taken to prison.