Serial Didn’t Free Adnan Syed

In 2015, Serial launched the case against Adnan Syed for the murder
of Hae Min Lee in to the national conversation, but over the years
the mistakes that show made continued to add up. Adnan Syed’s
release from prison earlier this week would have been a great
chance for the Serial team to admit their wrongs, but that was not
the case. On today’s episode, Rachelle is joined by Daisy Rosario
to talk about the impact Serial had on the culture, and the case
itself. They speak with Rebecca Lavoie, a writer and host of Crime
Writers On…, about what's missing from the podcast, the New York
Times continuing to ignore its journalistic responsibilities, and
how Serial is responsible for the current state of true crime
culture. This podcast is produced by Daniel Schroeder, Rachelle
Hampton, and Daisy Rosario. Subscribe to Slate Plus at
slate.com/icymiplus Editor’s note: A previous version of this
episode misstated that the phrase, “basically good guys,” was a
direct quote from the Serial podcast. It was not and we should not
have used the word quote in that instance. We would also like to
acknowledge that we did not reach out to the Serial team for
comment. This episode has been updated to make fixes relevant to
those issues and to better clarify some of our points. We did not
mean to imply that Serial had not reported out updates, but rather
that we felt that information wasn’t easy to find. We did review
the Serial website, transcripts, and show feed, though not as
thoroughly as we should have. We regret our errors, and sincerely
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