Adnan Syed asks Maryland court to reconsider murder conviction ruling

Attorneys for Adnan Syed, who was freed from prison last year and had all charges dropped in the 1999 slaying of his ex-girlfriend, asked an appeals court on Wednesday to reconsider the reinstatement of his murder conviction. 

Syed was originally convicted in 2000 of murdering 18-year-old Hae Min Lee, who was found strangled to death in a shallow grave at Baltimore's Leakin Park. 

He maintained his innocence for years and the case garnered national attention after the true crime podcast "Serial" profiled him in 2014. 

Last September, a judge vacated his life sentence at the request of former Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby. All charges were dropped in October. 

But last month, an appellate court reinstated his murder conviction, arguing that a lower court failed to give sufficient notice to Hae's family members about the motion to vacate the sentence. 

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