Nation Effort to exonerate Adnan Syed, at center of ‘Serial’ podcast, may get boost with DNA testing March 10, 2022 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY Comments Off on Effort to exonerate Adnan Syed, at center of ‘Serial’ podcast, may get boost with DNA testing Prosecutors and attorneys for Adnan Syed, the Maryland man at the center of the "Serial" podcast, jointly requested new DNA testing.