All this family ever wanted was answers and a voice.
Todays actions robbed them of both.
This case exists as a procedural zombie, Hotten wrote (viathe Associated Press).
Adnan Syed at the Courts of Appeal building in Annapolis, Maryland on Feb 2, 2023.Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Images
It has been reanimated, despite its expiration.
The doctrine of mootness was designed to prevent such judicial necromancy.