Adnan Syed asks appeals court to deny request from victim's family

Lawyers for Adnan Syed are asking Maryland’s highest court to deny a petition to expand the rights of crime victims in post-conviction proceedings. After his murder conviction was vacated last year, Syed was released from custody after over two decades behind bars, a development widely celebrated by fans of the hit podcast “Serial.” But an intermediate appellate court reinstated his conviction in March, saying the victim’s family received insufficient notice to attend the hearing to determine whether to vacate his murder conviction. After Syed appealed that decision to the Maryland Supreme Court, surviving relatives of Hae Min Lee filed their own motion asking the court to establish a victim’s “right to be heard.”