Lawyers for the family of Hae Min Lee — the Maryland teen whose 1999 slaying was profiled on the hit podcast “Serial” — asked appellate court judges this week to reinstate the murder conviction against the man previously identified as her killer.

Lee’s former boyfriend and high school classmate, Adnan Syed, 41, was released in September 2022 after serving over 20 years in prison on a murder conviction many argued was flawed.