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Adnan Syed: The Murder Of Hae Min Lee

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How many judicial cases are overturned because of bad evidence? Producer Sarah Koenig tells us about the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee, an 18-year-old high school student from Baltimore county, Maryland. Her body was found six weeks later in a shallow grave in a local park. Her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed was convicted of her murder the following year on what many consider thin evidence and is now serving a life sentence in prison. Adnan Syed should not have been convicted for the murder of Hae Min Lee. There was not enough evidence to prove if Adnan was innocent or guilty. There were multiple people that said that Jay had Adnan’s phone but Adnan called Jay at least twice which means that Adnan would have had to use a payphone or borrow a phone. And supposedly Adnan was sitting in the best buy parking lot when he called Jay. Also in the time it took …show more content…

In his most recent appeal, Adnan claims that his lawyer, Cristina Gutierrez, failed to provide an effective defense. Specifically, she never contacted the alibi witness, Asia McLean, and she never pursued any plea-bargain conversations that Syed had requested. Whether these accounts are true or not, it seems like Adnan didn’t get Gutierrez’ A-game when she was defending his life. This evidence supports the claim because it shows that Gutierrez did not use all of her evidence properly and seems as though she did not prepare enough for the trial which is probably a key factor of why Adnan was convicted in the first place. Christina Gutierrez was having medical issues but she didn’t know it. After the trial where Adnan was convicted of 1st degree murder Gutierrez died of cancer. I believe that Gutierrez might have actually been suffering from cancer during the time she was Adnan’s lawyer but just didn’t realize it yet. So that might have actually impacted the fact that she was a sucky lawyer. Not the fact that there wasn’t enough evidence to prove if Adnan was guilty or

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She had a great reputation and was known to be one of the best attorneys money could buy. When Adnan’s family heard about Gutierrez, the entire Muslim community started chipping in to pay for her. Be that as it may, during the trial, something wasn’t right. Shamim Syed, Adnan’s mom, said that Gutierrez started bullying Adnan’s family for more money than the original arrangement. At one point, she even asked for $10,000 cash.

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Adnan states he liked Christina and believed she put a lot of effort into his case. Adnan had trust in the judicial system and pleaded his innocence. He believed if he told the truth, justice would be served. Christina was sick while representing Adnan. She had multiple sclerosis complicated by diabetes, ultimately dying in 2004.

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Another convincing reason for believing Adnan’s guilty is there was another victim involved in the murder, Jay. It all starts when Adnan left school to go to Jay’s house to see if he had gotten a present for his girlfriend, they went to the mall and Adnan had told Jay his plan of killing Hae. Then they go back to the school and Adnan leaves his keys and phone with him and says to wait for his call after he had killed Hae. Later, that afternoon he receives a call from Adnan saying that he killed her and to come pick him up from Best Buy. He goes to Best Buy and saw her body in her own car in the trunk already dead with her blue lips.

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Serial episode 10 explains details from Adnan’s trials including Christina Gutierrez’s unclear strategies and representation. One example is Cristina failed to bring in Asia Mcclain to testify an alibi for Adnan (Serial Episode 10). If she had, Adnan’s case would’ve had at least one strong witness, and a somewhat strong alibi to contribute to Adnan’s defense. Cristina also failed to attempt and even discuss a plea deal with the defendants which could’ve lead to a shortened incarceration time for Adnan (Vulture). There are rumors that Adnan asked her twice to seek a plea deal but the possibility was never brought up in court (Vulture).

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The timeline presented almost fully consisted of Jay’s side of the story which he changed several times whether it was to protect people he cared about or to make his timeline more believable. We can all agree this looks a bit sketchy on his part. There were not many sides of the story to be heard but they should not solely lye their whole cast on a kid who switches his alibis. Adnan didn’t deny being with Jay the day Hae disappeared as well as change his story even with little remembrance of the day after 16 years stuck in prison he still remains adamant about his

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