hpark21 t1_je274iz wrote on March 28, 2023 at 9:37 PM

Reply to comment by Bucksandreds in Maryland Court of Appeals reinstates Adnan Syed's murder conviction by nowhathappenedwas

Law is pretty clear, you can NOT re-convict the person that has been found innocent no matter HOW it was achieved for that particular crime.

So, DA did not do a good job but it also works in MANY MANY other cases where public defender sucked and forced innocent man to agree to a plea.

rapid_disassembly t1_je2mne5 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:26 PM

Vacating a conviction isn't the same as finding someone not guilty of a crime. It's more similar to there never having been a trial in the first place. They could absolutely retry him on this, though I believe the DA has dropped the charges.

jcdio t1_je2nqqp wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:34 PM

His conviction was overturned, but Adnan Syed has never been found innocent.

Bucksandreds t1_je2k9wf wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:09 PM

He wasn’t found innocent and can thus be retried. He was released because the prosecution did not share all the info with the defense that they were legally required to do so. He was not found not guilty. In a legal sense, a mistrial was declared. The prosecution gets to decide if they want a retrial and I hope and believe that they will