Thiruvendran Vignarajah

Thiru Vignarajah
Personal details
Born (1976-12-18) December 18, 1976 (age 47)
Political partyDemocratic
RelativesKrish O'Mara Vignarajah (sister)
EducationYale University (BA)
King's College London (MA)
Harvard University (JD)

Thiruvendran "Thiru" Vignarajah (born December 18, 1976) is an American lawyer and politician. He previously was Deputy Attorney General of Maryland.[1] He is a litigation partner at the law firm DLA Piper in Baltimore. He has also been the lead attorney for the State of Maryland in the post-conviction appeals of Adnan Syed, who was wrongfully convicted of murder in the high-profile 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee.[2][3][4][5][6] He is a four-time candidate for Baltimore State's Attorney and mayor of Baltimore, having run for both positions twice and being defeated in the primary each time.

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  2. ^ "Brief of Appellee, Adnan Syed v. State of Maryland" (PDF). May 6, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 7, 2016.
  3. ^ Rector, Kevin (September 24, 2015). "State calls Adnan Syed's request to reopen proceedings 'meritless'". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on February 17, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  4. ^ Francke, Caitlin (February 26, 2000). "Jury finds teen guilty of killing ex-girlfriend". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on October 1, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  5. ^ Larson, Sarah (October 9, 2014). "Serial: The Podcast We've Been Waiting For". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  6. ^ Cassie, Ron (September 21, 2022). "Now That Adnan Syed Has Won His Release, What Comes Next?". Baltimore. Retrieved December 13, 2022.