Adnan Syed hired by Georgetown University after release from prison

After serving 23 years in prison and being released earlier this year, Adnan Syed has been hired by Georgetown University. Syed began work as a program associate for the school's Prisons and Justice Initiative (PJI), which offers educational programs and training for incarcerated individuals. 

Syed was convicted of the 1999 killing of his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, which became a high profile case years later when it was covered on the "Serial" podcast. Syed maintained his innocence and was exonerated this year when Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced all charges brought against him were to be dropped, saying new tests revealed a "DNA mixture of multiple contributors" on Lee's shoes and that Syed's DNA was excluded.

Syed, now 41, began his new role at Georgetown on Dec. 12, the school announced this week. In his role he will support the PJI program, which includes a Making an Exoneree class, that has students reinvestigate wrongful convictions. The students work to bring innocent people home from prison and create short documentaries about cases.