By Karen Sloan, From The National Law Journal

Millions of listeners couldn’t get enough of “Serial”—the “This American Life” spinoff podcast that for three months chronicled the case against Adnan Syed, convicted in the 1999 murder his high school girlfriend, Hae Min Lee.

Now a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law is taking up the case in a follow-up podcast spearheaded by attorney and Syed supporter Rabia Chaudry, who brought the case to Serial host Sarah Koenig.

“Undisclosed,” as the new podcast is called, debuted on Monday. It seeks to delve further into the legal issues the case presents, said professor Colin Miller, who hosts the show with Chaudry and attorney Susan Simpson.

The Adnan Syed Legal Defense Fund, which has raised nearly $100,000 from his supporters, is funding the podcast. However, the hosts say they won’t present a solely pro-Syed point of view.

Professor Colin Miller of the University of South Carolina School of Law.

“From our perspective as lawyers, we looked at ‘Serial’ and thought it was well done. But at the same time, Sarah Koenig laid out that she is not a detective or a crime reporter,” Miller (left) said. “It was not as legally focused as we would have hoped, so we’ll follow up on some of those legal issues.”

In a preview for “Undisclosed,” its hosts say: “This is not going to be a beautifully crafted narrative like ‘Serial,’ but it will be a run down many rabbit holes in the case.”

“Serial” identified potential problems in the case against Syed but never reached a conclusion about his guilt. A Maryland court in February granted Syed leave to appeal his conviction on the ground that his lawyer made mistakes.

The “Undisclosed” hosts plan 14 episodes, depending on Syad’s appeal and new evidence, Miller said. They will discuss the apparent disconnect between the prosecution’s time line, which has Lee planning to attend a wrestling meet the day she was killed despite scant evidence such a meet took place, Miller said. They also will discuss discrepancies between the results of Lee’s autopsy and trial testimony.

Chaudry and Simpson approached Miller to join “Undisclosed” on the strength of his numerous blog posts about “Serial.” Miller, in his “EvidenceProf Blog,” has analyzed the admission of Lee’s diary as evidence in Syed’s trial and how Maryland law treats premeditation.

“People are enthralled by this case,” Miller said. “I’ve gotten considerably more feedback on this series of posts, and not just by lawyers.”

Miller also deployed the lessons of “Serial” in his evidence and criminal law courses. But he is undecided about the verdict.

“Honestly, I don’t know whether Adnan is guilty or not,” he said. “My approach has been to focus on the events the prosecution presented at trial. I’m pretty sure things did not occur that way.”

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