Nineteen years after the murder of Hae Min Lee and the murder conviction of her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals granted Syed a new trial on Thursday.

Rabia Chaudry, an attorney and family friend of Syed, helped garner international attention to his case through the “Serial” podcast in 2014 (which, according to Chaudry, has more than 500 million downloads). Chaudry told the Washington Examiner that this decision to grant Syed a new trial would not have happened without the podcast becoming so successful.