The Supreme Court of Maryland reinstated the conviction of Adnan Syed on procedural grounds in an opinion released Aug. 30.
From the recent article in The Hoya:
Martin H. Tankleff, an attorney and exoneree who was wrongfully convicted of murder as a teenager and now serves as the Peter P. Mullen Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, said the procedural details of Syed’s reinstated conviction are unusual.
“In all of my experiences with wrongful convictions, I have never heard of a case being reinstated because a victim (or their family) wasn’t permitted to speak in person (and note that the victim’s family in this case did speak by Zoom),” Tankleff wrote to The Hoya.
“What the victims’ family has to say should have absolutely zero impact on Adnan’s case because of the serious constitutional errors and exculpatory DNA evidence.” “Furthermore, while victims’ rights are always important, what about the person who is wrongly convicted? They are a victim as well – Adnan and his family are victims in this persecution,” Tankleff added.
Read the article here ---> https://thehoya.com/news/maryland-supreme-court-reinstates-conviction-of-pji-associate-adnan-syed/
