A Maryland court did not give the family of the murder victim in the case chronicled in the hit podcast "Serial" enough time to attend a court hearing in person that led to Adnan Syed's release, a Maryland appellate court ruled Tuesday, and it ordered a new hearing to be held. 2 in Annapolis, Md.īarbara Haddock Taylor/The Baltimore Sun via APĪNNAPOLIS, Md. Murphy Courts of Appeal building after a hearing on Feb. Read the Law: Md.Adnan Syed gets emotional as he speaks to reporters outside the Robert C. Learn more about the shielding your convictions from the public. If you have two or more convictions that came from the same incident, transaction, or set of facts, then eligibility for shielding those convictions is “all or nothing.” If any of those convictions is not eligible for shielding, then none of those convictions is eligible. The petition can include multiples of the 12 convictions. You must have been convicted of one of 12 specific convictions in those courts. The petition can only be filed in one Maryland county and only once in your lifetime. You file this petition in either District Court or Circuit Court. This is a one-time request to remove court and police records about 12 eligible convictions. Petition for Shielding under the Maryland Second Chance Act Forms are available on the Maryland Courts website.
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