El juez de Maryland sentencia a Adnan Syed a tiempo cumplido por asesinato de 1999, en virtud de una ley de delitos menores. Maryland judge sentences Adnan Syed to time served for 1999 murder, under a minor crime law.

Un juez de Maryland ha sentenciado formalmente a Adnan Syed a tiempo ya cumplido en prisión, marcando el final de un caso hecho famoso por el podcast "Serial". A Maryland judge has formally sentenced Adnan Syed to time already served in prison, marking the end of a case made famous by the true-crime podcast "Serial." La condena de Syed por el asesinato de su ex novia en 1999 sigue intacta, pero su sentencia fue modificada bajo una ley estatal que permite la liberación por delitos cometidos como menores. Syed's conviction for the 1999 murder of his ex-girlfriend remains intact, but his sentence was modified under a state law allowing release for crimes committed as a minor. Su nueva sentencia incluye cinco años de libertad condicional supervisada, con pequeños ajustes en sus condiciones para permitir viajar a Washington, D.C., y Virginia. His new sentence includes five years of supervised probation, with slight adjustments to his conditions to allow travel to Washington, D.C., and Virginia. Tanto los fiscales como la defensa coinciden en que Syed no representa un riesgo para la seguridad pública. Both prosecutors and the defense agree that Syed does not pose a risk to public safety.