Adnan Syed, Serial podcast subject, back at hearing for new trial

Maryland prosecutors plan to call more witnesses as a hearing for the convicted killer profiled in the popular Serialpodcast continues Monday.

Adnan Syed, now 35, is asking a judge for a new trial, arguing that his original attorney was ineffective because she failed to call an alibi witness, and that prosecutors presented cell tower data that misled jurors.

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Syed was convicted of killing his high school girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, in 2000 and sentenced to life in prison.

A judge heard last week from the alibi witness who said she was with Syed at a library during the time prosecutors say Lee was killed.

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The podcast raised questions about the fairness of Syed's trial and uncovered evidence that helped spur the hearing on the possibility of a new trial.