Syed’s team argued AT&T disclaimer undermined cellphone tower records
Prosecutors used records to dismiss more evidence he wanted considered
The decision to grant a new trial to Adnan Syed, the subject of the podcast Serial, centres on an unearthed document that casts doubt on cellphone evidence used by the state of Maryland to secure his murder conviction 16 years ago.
At the time, prosecutors said records from the telecoms corporation AT&T placed Syed’s cellphone in or around Baltimore’s Leakin Park on the evening his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, disappeared. Her body was discovered in the park almost a month later.
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