Baltimore’s top prosecutor is no longer seeking to vacate the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, the man whose case garnered national attention in the “Serial” podcast over a decade ago.

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 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

Baltimore Circuit Judge Jennifer Schiffer is slated to hear arguments Wednesday over Syed’s sentence after the “Serial” podcast subject requested in December to have it reduced under the Juvenile Restoration Act.

Adnan Syed entered the Baltimore City Circuit Court on Wednesday morning for a hearing on a motion to have his life sentence reduced to time served, and it ended in the afternoon hours with a judge saying she wouldn't make a decision today,

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.”

More than a decade after Adnan Syed’s murder case attracted massive interest through the hit podcast “Serial,” a Baltimore judge was weighing testimony Wednesday for and against his request to reduce his sentence to the time he’s served.