Baltimore City State's Attorney Ivan Bates has filed a response to Adnan Syed's request for a sentence reduction under the Juvenile Restoration Act.
Syed was convicted in 2000 of the murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee, but has maintained his innocence.
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His conviction was overturned and he was released from incarceration by the Circuit Court in 2022. But his conviction currently still stands, pending a repeat vacatur hearing that hasn't yet been scheduled.
In the meantime, he's filed for relief under the Juvenile Restoration Act, as he was 17 at the time of the murder.
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On Sunday, Bates filed a motion requesting the court grant Syed's request for a hearing and his request for a sentence modification.
He also requests that the sentence be modified to "Life suspend all but time served with a period of probation."
Bates, in his motion, requests a hearing on either February 25th or 26th, but that has yet to be put on the calendar.
