Adnan Syed - subject of the first season of podcast phenomenon, Serial - has been granted a new trial. The news was announced by Syed's lawyer, Justin Brown in an enthusiastic tweet yesterday: WE WON A NEW TRIAL FOR ADNAN SYED!!! #FreeAdnan — Justin Brown (@CJBrownLaw) June 30, 2016 Syed has so far spent 16 years in prison after being convicted of the murder of Hae Min Lee in 2000.