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Adnan Syed can finally live as a free man after all charges against him have been dropped
Adnan Syed is innocent and lost 23 years of his life for a crime he did not commit.
The case received global attention after hit true crime podcast Serial covered it.
Syed was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee, but his conviction was overturned last month.
On Tuesday it was announced that all charges had been dropped by the US Attorney’s Office.
His shift says in a statement that he’s a customer “always maintained his innocence” And you are “thrilled that justice has finally been served.”
The Baltimore Attorney has apologized to the victim’s families and the now exonerated Syed.
The charges were dropped after DNA tests were performed on Lee’s clothing for the first time, which revealed multiple DNA samples, none of which belonged to Syed.
He is now a free man and his lawyers are working to get him some sort of compensation for the 23 years he spent in prison.