Serial Prosecutor

BALTIMORE - A former prosecutor who argued against a new murder trial for a man known to millions through the popular 'Serial' podcast is running for office. The Baltimore Sun reported Thursday that Thiru Vignarajah will run in next year's Democratic primary for Baltimore state's attorney. The former Maryland deputy attorney general is known for handling the state's opposition for a new trial for Adnan Syed. The subject of the popular 'Serial' podcast, Syed says he was wrongly convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend in 1999. He won a new trial, which the state is appealing. The 40-year-old Vignarajah previously led the city state's attorney's Major Investigations Unit.

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He also was a federal prosecutor, clerked in the U.S. Supreme Court and was president of the Harvard Law Review. Information from.

(AP) — A suspected serial killer has been indicted on murder charges in a string of shootings that killed three men and wounded a fourth. District Attorney Samuel D'Aquilla says 36-year-old Ryan Sharpe was indicted Monday on charges including first-degree murder in the three shootings that occurred in East Feliciana Parish. The fourth shooting occurred in East Baton Rouge Parish. Residents remained on edge for weeks after the first killing in July.

The victims were middle-aged or older white men shot at or near their homes. Sharpe also is white.

Serial Prosecutor Blows Off Interview

A law enforcement official told The Associated Press last month that Sharpe wasn't a suspect in the shootings until he called a sheriff's office Oct. 11 and identified himself as the killer. An attorney for Sharp couldn't immediately be reached for comment.