Two days after Adnan Syed was released from prison, the popular true-crime show Serial jumped to the top of the charts.
Adnan Syed left the courthouse in Baltimore.
The first episode of Season 1, which focused on Syed's conviction, was posted a day after the No. 1 podcasts on Apple and the U.S.
The number of people who listened to the new episode was not revealed.
An episode on why Syed was freed from prison was the top episode on Apple.
The legal journey it took to get Syed's conviction re-examined, including a new legal act, a new prosecutor and two new suspects, is discussed in the new episode.
The state isn't saying Syed is innocent, but they didn't investigate enough. When we prosecuted, we broke the rules by relying on evidence we shouldn't have. She said that this wasn't an honest conviction.
A lot of the shows in the Top 10 of the charts are true crime shows.
Syed was found guilty of killing his ex-girlfriend and was sentenced to life in prison. He was in prison for over two decades. Last week, prosecutors in Maryland asked a judge to throw out the conviction of a man because of new evidence that implicated two other people. 30 days is the time when prosecutors can either drop the case or try another one. Syed has been innocent for a long time. The first podcast to reach five million downloads was serial. The show has hundreds of millions of downloads. It was the first podcasts to get a award. The Cleveland court system has been the focus of two other seasons. The New York Times bought the company that produced the show. When Syed was released, a microphone was in his hand.
The investigation of Adnan Syed turned into a podcasts phenomenon.
Adnan Syed was released from prison after the 'Serial' show questioned his murder conviction.
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