The legal battle over Adnan Syed 's conviction, scrutinized a decade ago in the hit podcast “Serial,” keeps twisting and turning, even after prosecutors freed him from more than 23 years in prison for a murder he still says he didn't commit.

Syed, whose case garnered international attention after the “Serial” podcast, has a hearing Wednesday seeking to reduce his sentence and allow him to remain free.

Baltimore prosecutors are no longer seeking to vacate Adnan Syed’s murder conviction, according to a new court filing submitted just hours before Syed’s due in court for a judge to hear a separate motion to reduce his prison sentence.

Baltimore prosecutors have announced their decision to withdraw a motion to vacate Adnan Syed's murder conviction even as they support his recent request for a sentence reduction

The case of Mr. Syed, who spent decades in prison for the murder of his high school girlfriend, was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.”