Over 10,000 people a year in the United States are convicted of things they did not do. Hae Min Lee was a 18 year old teenager at Woodlawn High School when she suddenly disappeared and then later found dead in Leakin Park. Serial is a podcast along with Undisclosed that goes in depth to look at the investigation through the case and to prove Adnan Syed innocent. Adnan Syed was a 17 year old muslim kid who went to Woodlawn High, he was also and track and lived life day by day pretty normal. Adnan's friend Jay claims he helped him bury the body of Hae and he becomes a main witness and every time he is interviewed his story changes up a bit. Adnan is wrongfully convicted there are so many signs that he is innocent.
Jay Wilde was interviewed by Sarah Koenig the creator of the podcast Serial and he said everything that they needed to hear and that was that. Jay was later interviewed by police detectives and such and his story changed from what
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he originally said. Jay has had three interviews with detectives and every time his story changes even more. Some other evidence that makes this case sketchy is that when Jay is being interrogated by police detectives you hear Jay mumbling and stuttering kind of forgetting what to say. If you listen closely you hear taps on the table, like a pen and then Jay magically remembers everything he was supposed to say. Jay messes up quite a bit like he is reading off something and the detectives are getting frustrated with Jay because he is messing up. Jay is a nice guy treats people with respect does not get too upset and yells, but with all these story changes Jay is making himself seem unsure of what is even true to him anymore. Jay says also everything off of his interview notes even things that were cut off he reads them off in the exact same order as well. The cell phone story Jay told to the detectives did not match up either. The cell records look and sound like they have been manipulated with. Justin Brown submitted a fax cover sheet from AT&T where the company raised the question of reliability of technology in 1999 to pinpoint the location of a cell phone. Brown obtained an affidavit from the state’s expert witness regarding phone technology, who said he would have wanted to know about AT&T’s disclaimer on the fax cover sheet and it would have changed his testimony. The defense believes that proving the cell phone towers were unreliable to trace Adnan movements will discredit the prosecution’s theory. The times and dates also just did not match up with the cell records and tracing Adnan and his location. Adnan says he did not ve his phone on him and that Jay did when he was at Aisha's house. Was there a pay phone at Best Buy? Jay testifies that Adnan made calls from the Best Buy parking lots pay phone, but no one remembers seeing a pay phone in that parking lot and there are no records of a phone ever existing. When they trace the phone calls and the times that the calls were made match up to what Adnan say, but once again Jays side of the story just does not match up. With all this evidence comes points to prove Adnan innocent but there are also points to counter argue that he is not innocent either. In 1999 when Hae was murdered there was evidence close to the body such as A bottle of liquor and a rope that easily has DNA on it to prove who did it. Not only did the detectives and police look at it they did not even test the DNA on the bottle or rope. Overall this case was a bad investigation with all the missing documents, DNA not being tested, lawyers lying, and coaching. The police did a terrible job uncovering who murdered Hae and it could have all been solved with simple DNA testing. The police also gave a lie detector test to Mr.S the first one he took he failed, they then gave him a second one because he could have been nervous for an event or something. The second test that he took he passed because the questions were so simple and easy to bypass like do you know this girl and etc. Some people may argue that there are some counter arguments to the evidence used for the case of Adnan Syed.
Jay changing his story many times could just be him forgetting because of how long ago and he just forgot. The crime happened such a long time ago he could just have a bad memory. Jay being coached also the sounds of tapping does not have to be a detective tapping a pen on the desk it could be something else. The cell records could have been accidentally misplaced and also just not important enough to use and they just chose not too. As stated before Adnan's times all match up with the call log and place they were but Jays did not this could mean Jay lied about having his phone and Adnan was telling the truth or vice versa. The DNA that was not being tested could be argued about saying that it's too old and the options of who did it are not narrow enough. With all of the evidence that Adnan is wrongfully convicted there are some counter arguments that proves these are not strong enough to prove his
innocence. Jay claims he helped Adnan bury Hae thus making him a main witness that is set free and Adnan guilty when clearly Adnan is innocent. Jay changes his story so much and is blatantly coached by the detectives, also all the cell records just don't match up, and overall with the DNA not being tested and many more reasons this whole case was a bad investigation who costed a man his life. Where was Adnan Syed on the night of January 13th, 1999? We will never know exactly where he was on that night because he does not remember. What about Don? Don is never investigated on even though he was with Hae. Stephanie who was Jay's girlfriend refused to talk to Sarah Koenig about the trial therefore making her seem like she knows something. The final question to wrap this all up is, who killed Hae Min Lee? This whole case is to prove who did it but we never know because of all the mistakes that are now being found thanks to Serial and Undisclosed. Adnan is innocent even an idiot can see that with all this new evidence, the person who killed Hae Min Lee was Jay Wilde. Jay knows so much about the murder and he is lying so much plus all the information he gave to the cops about Adnan doing it, all the signs point to Jay.
This reason makes sense because Asia and even a friend of hers claim that they saw and even spoke to Adnan that day and at that time Hae was murdered. This part of the story is when Asia found out Adna was arrested so she wrote him a letter explaining what she remembered about seeing him that day and time. This is from the letter “Im not sure if you remember talking to me in the library january 13’th,but I remember”. This means Adnan is innocent because he was not murdering Hae at the time he was at the library. Therefore Adnan is innocent because Asia’s letters prove that he was at the library at the time Hae was
In Episode 8 of Sarah Koenig’s podcast, Serial, Koenig claims that Jay isn’t a reliable enough source of information for the state to find Adnan guilty of the murder. She argues that there are too many inconsistencies in the story that he has told police over and over, and that there are too many problems in the story that the police use against Adnan.
Debated as one of the most misrepresented cases in American legal history, Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald still fights for innocence. Contrary to infallible evidence, prosecution intentionally withheld crucial information aiding MacDonald’s alibi. Such ratification included proof of an outside attack that would have played a major role in Jeffrey’s case.
Adnan's innocence away from him? Jay's story was documented, but his first story kept changing, which seemed off, if he was there shouldn't there be one story and only one story? But his final story, the story that never changes is the one after the mysterious session. Although even that story has flaws. Many to be exact. He says Adan called him after he killed Hae, but we know that they were never friends, only mere acquaintances. Theoretically, would you call an acquaintance after you you killed
based on the story of one witness, Adnan’s friend Jay, who testified that he helped
First of all, if something monumental happens a person remembers the day it happened. In contrast, Adnan didn’t remember January 13. Yet, Jay remembers close to everything which points an arrow in his direction. However, Adnan says he didn’t ask Hae for a ride, but witnesses say he did. We can point that at Adnan for lying, but he may have failed
In the year of 1999, Jay Wilds was taken in for questioning on behalf of the information he know about Hae Min Lee’s murder. While the police began questioning him and getting answers, a couple did not match previous answers. Once police knew this no major action or step was taken forward after. Jay’s positive image for himself was the loving grandson and lacrosse athlete . All these images of Jay had painted for himself were great. But the infamous image Jay was known for was being the weed supplier. Once being interrogated by officers he began to make lies as to where he had seen Hae’s body. Revealed later in the 2015 interview, Jay said he had lied to protect his family. Jay had a drug
The first piece of evidence against Adnan is a testimony given by his acquaintance and partner-in-crime, Jay. The State uses this as one of their main claims. However, there are many reasons why this was the wrong way to go. First
Jay had some big inconsistencies in the stories of what happened that day. (The Alibi) Also just the fact that Adnan agreed to do the whole Serial season with Sarah. An innocent man would not be able to do that without spilling some kind of information. Adnan had more things making him more suspicious of being the murderer. The main thing that points fingers at Adnan is the Nisha call. (“Route Talk”) There was a call from Adnan's phone the day of the murder to Nisha while Adnan said he was at track practice. He told the court Jay had his phone during that time, but Jay and Nisha did not know each other, so why would they talk to each other for two minutes and 22 seconds (Koenig, “The Case Against Adnan Syed”)?
This was something that honestly suited Adnan’s defense more than Jay’s. Remember when I said “He didn’t seem like some sort of assasinator?” Well, he really wasn’t. Why would he kill Hae anyway? Hae and Adnan had dated for about two years, but during the end, it’s like most high school relationships. Someone in the group, or both members, eventually lost interest and break up, which in this case, Hae was the one who broke up. She fell in love with another person, named Don. When they had a break up, Adnan was emotional, and upset. Now, that would make sense, but that was two months before Hae’s death. Why would Adnan kill Hae 2 months after they broke up? I mean, he was described as a player, and sometimes he’d cheat on her. Even after they broke up, many friends his said Adnan eventually got over it.
Jay describes his active-involvement with Adnan in the crime. If Jay tells us the truth, he brings Adnan to school, holds onto Adnan’s cellphone and car so he could pick Adnan up when Adnan calls; picks Adnan up after he committed the murder, cruises around with Adnan, and brings Adnan to track practice. Additionally, Jay cruises around with Adnan in the afternoon, accompanies Adnan to LeakIn park and aids Adnan in digging the hole to bury Hae. Which criminal incriminates oneself? When Jay speaks about picking up Adnan he says: “I noticed that Hae wasn't with him. I parked next to him. He asked me to get out the car. I get out the car. He asks me, am I ready for this? And I say, ready for what? And he takes the keys. He opens the trunk. And all I can see is Hae's lips are all blue, and she's pretzeled up in the back of the trunk. And she's dead.” Jay goes to pick up Adnan from the actual murder and describes the episode in detail. Jay uses short sentences for dramatic effect, and speaks confidently, which is unusual when incriminating
A month after she disappeared on January 13th, 1999, Hae Min Lee was found strangled in a park in Baltimore. Adnan was arrested for Hae’s murder because of the testimony of his friend, Jay. In his interview, Jay told the police that Adnan killed Hae, bragged about it, returned to track practice to make sure he had an
In this podcast Sarah explores and digs deep into the two options, is Adnan guilty? Or is Adnan innocent of his past? Adnan Syed should stay in jail and not be released from prison due to some main reasons that lean towards Adnan’s guilt. It didn’t seem like a healthy relationship should look like.
There were no DNA evidence that can prove that he was or is guilty, there are no cross statements by him nor his co-defendant, there were contradicting statements by each victim. There were little to no evidence.
The officers tampered with evidence and made a false discovery that he was the person and that is how he was convicted (Innocent Project N.D.). Many forensic methods have been implemented in research when looking for evidence, but the methods that are not scientific and have little or nothing to do with science. The result of false evidence by other means leads to false testimony by a forensic analyst. Another issue with forensic errors is that it is a challenge to find a defense expert (Giannelli, 2011).