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Adnan And Jay Judy Trial

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Adnan Syed was convicted of the murder of Hae Min Lee. It started on Jan 13th when Hae goes missing after school, then on Feb 9th the body is found in Leakin Park by Mr. S. on Feb 28 the police arrest Adnan and Jay interveiws with the detectives about the murder, Jay Interviews with the detectives 3 more times with each story changing little by little. Adnans trial begins on Dec 8th, then the judge declares a mistrial 7 days later. Adnan is convicted with the murder of Hae Min Lee, the conviction is overturned, and finally his conviction is being tried again. The connnnviction of Adnan Syed should be overturned because the State’s case doesn’t provide enough strong evidence to convict Adnan of murder. Adnan has an witness that says that he …show more content…

The state uses Jay as their key witness in the case against Adnan, but Jay's story changed where Adnan showed him Haes body. Jay says in one of his testimonies that Adnan showed him Haes body in the Best Buy parking lot, then he changes it in his testimony to “I went to pick him up from off of Edmondson Avenue at a strip and he, uh, popped the trunk open and…”(Serial 05.17). Jay was a friend of Adnan’s: they smoked weed and hung out together. The day of the murder according to Jay was that he picked up Adnan after he killed Hae and left her in the trunk of her car. This is where the two different places that he mentioned where Adnan showed Jay Hae’s body is the Best Buy parking lot and a strip off of Edmondson Avenue are important because these places aren’t similar either, one is a tech store and the other is an outdoor drug market. This change may seem small and insignificant but if you saw a dead body in the back of a trunk you would remember the spot that you saw something like that because it is a traumatic experience. In Jay's Testimony he says that he helped Adnan bury Haes body when the detective asked Jay “You helped him dig the hole.” and Jay said “Yes”(Serial 01.11). In Jenn’s story she talked to Jay and she asked Jay,“Did you help him? Do you know where the body is?” “No. I just took him to some place in …show more content…

Sarah Koenig spoke to some of Adnan’s friends and teachers about the breakup with Hae, and “nearly everyone I’ve spoke with, Adnan’s friends and teachers say he took the breakup like anyone would. Adnan’s friend Mac Francis said Adnan initially was devastated and jealous about the new boyfriend. Said he grumbled about it in a typical guy way, nothing strange. Everyone I talked to said some version of this, that he wasn’t rage filled or vindictive. He was just sad. “(Serial.02.10). Sarah Koenig is the author of the Serial podcast and almost everyone that Sarah Koenig talked to said that he was just sad and that he wasn’t ever filled with rage or vindictiveness to the point where he would go and murder her. Adnan was a good kid, he did well in school,he had a job, and he volunteered at the mosque, so the State's motive doesn't stand in the eyes of anyone that knew Adnan. Adnan wasn't heartbroken when Hae and him broke up and this is shown when Saad says that “it was still proof that he wasn't obsessed with Hae. He wasn't. I was like he's a p...I'm trying to conv-- explain I’m seventeen, like “He's a player! He has a lot of girls!” I was like, “he's talking to multiple--” I am too!”(Serial 02.11). Saad is Adnan’s best friend and he just further confirms that Adnan wasn't obsessed

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