A jury found Marilyn Mosby, once the state’s attorney for Baltimore City, guilty of lying about hardships tied to the pandemic to withdraw retirement funds.
The decision could soon free Mr. Syed, 41, who had been serving a life sentence for the 1999 murder of his high school classmate Hae Min Lee, but he could face a second trial.
The defendant, who was the subject of the 2014 podcast “Serial,” is serving life in prison, maintains that he is innocent and has fought to be released.