The massively successful podcast brought widespread public attention to the case and helped renew court proceedings.
In 2016, a Baltimore City Circuit Court granted Syeds request for a new trial and vacated his conviction.
That decision was upheld by Marylands second-highest court but overturned by the Court of Appeals.

Adnan Syed in Baltimore court in 2016.Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun/TNS via Getty Images
The Supreme Court upheld that courts decision without comment.
There are other legal options and we are exploring each and every one of them.