This is the same case that was discussed in the true-crime podcast “Serial” after which the show became a hit.
Last week, the prosecutors requested the court to reject the man’s conviction saying that a year-long review reveal two more suspects, reported the BBC.
After over two decades, shackles were taken off of Syed on Monday.
While the decision does not prove that Syed is innocent, Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn said she was throwing out the conviction for “fairness and justice”. A new trial has been ordered.
In 2000, prosecutors had argued in front of a jury that Syed was a contemptuous lover who murdered his ex-partner and hid her body.
The jury found him guilty based on mobile phone location data which is now being called unreliable.