Adnan Syed Case Study

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Those who have been accused of a crime can be proven innocent with evidence through helpful witnesses. In January of 1999, Adnan Syed was accused for the murder of his ex girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, whose body was discovered in Leaken Park by a man we address as Mr.S. Adnan was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. The proof and evidence aiming towards Adnan’s guilt, is outweighed by the evidence and time alignments in which he is innocent. Syed did not kill Hae. The police have no physical evidence of Adnan being the killer. Woodlawn high school ended at 2:15 and track practice for Adnan did not start until 3 o'clock. Asia, a friend of the victim and unsub, states that she saw Adnan at the library and even talked to him for around fifteen …show more content…

Jon explains, “Adnan and Jay were just casual acquaintances” (Koenig “Inconsistencies”). Why would Adnan put his trust in someone who is just an acquaintance? Especially if it involves a murder. Jay was also one to switch up his story a lot when interviewed. First, he says that him and Adnan went to one specific mall together and then when asked again, he says they went to a whole different mall. He continues to disassemble his story by stating that he helped bury Hae’s body but changes his statement saying that he couldn’t or didn’t want to help Adnan. Jay could have easily planned to go against Adnan. Jay had told Jennifer, a friend of his, everything that Adnan had supposedly done to Hae when she picked him up in the West View Mall parking lot at 8 o'clock pm. He informed Jennifer that she should report to the police and send them his way, as if he had come up with a plan to bring Adnan down. Jay tells the police that Adnan had strangled Hae in the Best Buy parking lot and called Jay at the phone booth next to Best Buy. The thing is, Krista admitted that she used to steal from Best Buy all the time but she knows for a fact that there is no phone booth next to the store nor inside of it. None of Jay’s story adds

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