Syed, 43, who remains free, has served nearly two dozen years in prison for the murder of his high school ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee.

Adnan Syed, subject of the podcast “Serial,” seeks new sentence to ensure he remains free while challenging his conviction. His lawyers cite his accomplishments since his release including working at Georgetown University.

Adnan Syed, the subject of the hit podcast "Serial," filed a motion on Friday asking a judge to reduce his sentence in the killing of Hae Min Lee, his ex-girlfriend and classmate at Woodlawn High School whose body was discovered in 1999 in Leakin Park.

Attorneys for Adnan Syed, whose legal case was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial,” are seeking to have his prison sentence reduced.

Adnan Syed is asking to have his sentence reduced so that he can remain free while his decades-old murder conviction hangs in the balance. Attorneys for Syed filed a motion Friday under a law

ADNAN SYED’S BROTHER YUSUF SAYS ADNAN WANTS TO START HIS LIFE, BUT HE’S GOING TO KEEP FIGHTING. AN ATTORNEY FOR RAYMOND LEE’S FAMILY, DAVID SANFORD, SAYS NOW THEY WILL GET THEIR DAY IN COURT. ADNAN SYED CLAIMS THAT THERE’S NEW EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE OVERTURNING OF A CONVICTION.

FOX 5 has new details in a complex criminal case highlighted in the hit podcast "Serial." Lawyers representing Adnan Syed are now pushing to reduce his prison sentence. FOX 5's Julie Donaldson has the story.