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DudeWithAnAxeToGrind t1_je2iu9p wrote

Putting aside Adnan's guilt or innocence, why does victim's brother being given sufficient notice to attend the hearing change anything? If the court would make exactly same decision if he was present, any remedy would be between Lee's brother and the state, and should not result in defendant being dragged through the court system.

If you think he should be in jail, you can easily turn the tables around and ask yourself would you still support this if it was somebody you truly believed was innocent, and the other side was appealing on immaterial (in the sense they would not have changed outcome) details in the hopes they'll have better luck with some combination of court, judge, or prosecutor shopping in the next round. That's basically the spirit of why there is prohibition on double-jeopardy.

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Magjee t1_je34j3o wrote

That is the law in Maryland

The victims family is supposed to receive adequate notice to attend and be given an opportunity to speak

The victims brother was notified Friday afternoon of a long weekend that a hearing would take place Tuesday and he could watch over zoom

He was not informed he had a write to attend and to make a statement

The brother lives in California and contacted a Maryland attorney over the long weekend, the attorney had no facts of the case and attempted to request a delay Tuesday morning, the judge said the brother could make a statement over zoom, he didnt have one prepared and made a brief statement

 

So effectively this is a procedural problem, the appeal court agreed the hearing was not handled correctly to allow the victims family adequate notice

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