Adnan Syed could soon get peace of mind that he will not be going back to prison.

On Friday, Baltimore Circuit Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer scheduled a hearing for Feb. 26 to consider his motion for reduction of sentence under the Juvenile Restoration Act. The law lets people who’ve served at least 20 years in prison for crimes they committed as children to get back into court and demonstrate that they’ve changed.

Syed, 43, was found guilty in 2000 in Baltimore Circuit Court of first-degree murder, robbery, kidnapping and false imprisonment in the killing of Hae Min Lee, his ex-girlfriend and classmate at Woodlawn High School. He was sentenced to life in prison — plus 30 years.

Her body was discovered on Feb. 9, 1999, in Leakin Park. She was 18.

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At the time of the killing, Syed was 17. He has always maintained his innocence, and the case received widespread attention in 2014 after the release of the podcast “Serial.”

In 2022, Circuit Judge Melissa M. Phinn granted a motion to throw out Syed’s conviction and ordered his immediate release from prison. Ever since, he has remained free.

Steve Kelly, an attorney who previously represented Young Lee, Hae Min Lee’s brother, took steps to appeal and asked the courts to put the case on hold. The Baltimore state’s attorney at the time, Marilyn Mosby, then dropped the charges.

The Appellate Court of Maryland ruled 2-1 in 2023 to reinstate the conviction after determining that Young Lee’s rights were violated. In 2024, the Maryland Supreme Court upheld that decision, 4-3, and ordered a new hearing in the case before a different judge.

Meanwhile, Syed’s attorneys, Assistant Public Defenders Erica Suter and Brian Zavin, filed the motion for reduction of sentence to safeguard his freedom.

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If the motion is granted, Suter and Zavin previously said in a statement, they can turn their focus back to “vacating his unjust conviction, again.”

Suter is director of the Innocence Project Clinic at the University of Baltimore School of Law. Zavin is chief attorney of the Maryland Office of the Public Defender’s Appellate Division.

Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates supports the sentence reduction, stating that he believes in second chances.