Adnan Syed, whose murder case was chronicled in the "Serial" podcast in 2014, returned to a Baltimore courtroom as a judge considered whether to reduce his sentence under the Juvenile Restoration Act.

A Baltimore judge is weighing whether to reduce Adnan Syed's murder sentence to time served, allowing him to remain free even though murder conviction still stands.

A Baltimore judge is expected to rule on whether Adnan Syed’s life sentence should be reduced Wednesday afternoon after an hourslong morning hearing. Attorneys broke for lunch after testimony bled into the afternoon.

When convicted killer Adnan Syed was released two years ago, it was the office of former State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby that led the charge for his

Meanwhile, Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates announced Tuesday that his office is withdrawing a previously filed motion to vacate Syed’s conviction in the 1999 killing of his high school ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, who was found strangled to death and buried in a makeshift grave.