Sarah Koenig

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Adnan Syed got out of prison yesterday.

It was extraordinary, the whole thing.

Here's his attorney, Erica Suter.

On Wednesday of last week, city prosecutors filed a motion saying they could no longer stand behind the murder case they built against Adnan.

They were asking a judge to vacate the conviction.

Five days later, Adnan was out.

On home detention for now, but out.

Home.

Marilyn Mosby, Baltimore State's attorney, started to give a statement to the dozens of TV cameras and microphones massed on the sidewalk outside the courthouse.

From the people who've been arguing for his release, some of them for decades, the pent-up strain of years' worth of rage and frustration suddenly loosed on the sidewalk, spilling onto Calvert Street.

How do you feel, man?

Thank you.

Anand didn't say a word, just kept his cool while sheriff's deputies hurried him through the scrum and into a white van.

Anand and I have talked on and off over the years.

More recently, it seemed like he was trying to tamp down his hopes, not get ahead of himself.