A judge just granted Serial's Adnan Syed a new hearing

A Baltimore judge ordered a new hearing Friday for Adnan Syed, whose conviction in the murder of his ex-girlfriend became the focus of NPR's Serial podcast in 2014.

The court will consider an affidavit from Syed's alibi witness as well as the reliability of cell phone evidence that the state used in his 2000 trial to help place Syed at one crime scene. Syed is currently serving a life sentence.

"This is obviously great news for Adnan. It brings us one step closer to our ultimate goal of getting him a new trial," C. Justin Brown, Syed's attorney, told The Washington Post. "What once appeared highly improbable is starting to look more and more probable."

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