‘Serial’ Podcast Subject’s Alibi Appeal Could Get SCOTUS Look

The briefs are in for “Serial” podcast subject Adnan Syed’s Supreme Court petition, and now the justices will weigh whether to take his case. It’s one that could produce a significant decision for other convicts claiming innocence and for how courts across the country review ineffective assistance of counsel claims.

Though the 2014 hit podcast raised questions about Syed’s guilt, his appeal aims at a more discrete legal issue than the question of whether he killed Baltimore County high school classmate and ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 1999.

Rather, Syed argues that a Maryland state court ruling against him undermines ...