Attorneys for Adnan Syed have asked the Maryland Supreme Court to deny the request from Hae Min Lee's family to speak during a hearing concerning Syed's release.

Syed, the focus of the podcast "Serial," spent more than 20 years behind bars for the death of Lee. In September, his murder conviction was thrown out, and he became a free man.

In March, an appeals court reinstated Syed's conviction and sentence. Attorneys for Young Lee, the brother of Hae Min Lee, argued that prosecutors violated Maryland Victims’ Rights saying Lee was given short notice of the hearing in September, on which he ultimately appeared on Zoom from California.

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The appeals court has ordered a new hearing in the case, agreeing with Kelly that Young Lee's rights had been violated. Young Lee's attorneys say he has a right to be heard at the hearing.

In today's filing, attorneys Erica Suter and Brian Zavin said that fulfilling the Lee family's request would fundamentally change the Maryland Court System.

"Rather, he asks this Court to declare that a victim’s representative may act as a party at any proceeding where, as here, 'the prosecutor’s and defendant’s interests were aligned.' As he did in the Appellate Court, Mr. Lee seeks party status including, amongst other things, the right to challenge evidence and cross examine witnesses. This right is radically different than the “right to speak,” or present victim impact, and it is not one that the Legislature has provided to victims’ representatives in any type of criminal proceeding," Syed's attorneys write.