![]() Syed was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Hae Min Lee, whose body was found buried in a shallow grave in the woods of Baltimore, Maryland. This March, an appeals court in Maryland ordered a new trial for Adnan Syed, although the appeals process is not yet finished, after the global attention brought to the case. The 12 episodes were downloaded more than 175 million times, a world record. ![]() ![]() "Serial" - a mix of investigative journalism, first-person narrative and dramatic storytelling launched in 2014, focused on a man convicted of his 18-year-old ex-girlfriend's murder in 1999. The first two episodes are currently available for free download. The first homes in on a bar fight in which a woman is slapped on the rear, but winds up in jail. This time the action takes place in Cleveland, the Midwestern city, the product of a year spent watching ordinary American criminal justice in action.ĭifferent cases will be told across two or three episodes. Season two focused on a soldier who deserted in Afghanistan, only to be held captive by Taliban-linked militants for five years. Season one ultimately resulted in an appeals court ordering a retrial in a murder case. This time, focused on explaining to listeners how ordinary American criminal justice functions. "Serial," the hit US internet radio sensation and most downloaded podcast in history, is back for season three.
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