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).

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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.