the Syed trial judge submits affidavit that there was substantial evidence to support his original conviction, skeptical that "new" DNA evidence could
|
Heard, the judge who presided over Syed’s trial, wrote in her affidavit that she is not sure how DNA evidence from Hae Min Lee’s shoes was sufficient to exonerate Syed, because she cannot recall any evidence then that suggested Syed ever touched the shoes. Heard campaigned for incoming Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates, who is expected to take office when Mosby leaves.
“The absence of touch DNA on her shoes would seem to be an unusual basis to eliminate Mr. Syed as Ms. Lee’s killer in the face of other overwhelming and riveting testimony of the eyewitness of Jay Wilds, who testified that he assisted Mr. Syed in the burial of her body,” Heard wrote.
|