“What they’re offering is so bad, you know, it’s so unreasonable,” Syed says. “They’re going to want me to stand in court and say, ‘Listen I did it. I lied to my mom and dad. I lied to [“Serial” podcast host] Sarah Koenig … When I was a kid, they threatened to take away my future … Now it’s a lot different, you know, cause I don’t really have anything they can take away.”