A Baltimore judge vacated the conviction of Adnan Syed, who at 18 years old was sentenced to life in prison in 2000 for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee.
Lee was found strangled to death in Baltimore’s Leakin Park in 1999.
Judge Melissa Phinn says Syed will be released under home detention.
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