A Baltimore judge is expected to rule on whether Adnan Syed’s life sentence should be reduced Wednesday afternoon after a long-winded hearing.

A Baltimore judge is weighing whether to reduce Adnan Syed's murder sentence to time served, allowing him to remain free even though murder conviction still stands.

Adnan Syed, whose murder case was chronicled in the "Serial" podcast in 2014, returns to a Baltimore courtroom Wednesday as a judge considers whether to reduce his sentence under the Juvenile Restoration Act.