An athletic, intelligent, and popular Woodlawn High School senior disappears in Baltimore, Maryland. Hae Min Lee disappears after school on January 13, 1999. Hae is seen by multiple people, including her friend Summer, following the final bell. While her ex boyfriend Adnan Syed is at the library with his school mate Asia after school. He is one of the first suspects in Hae’s disappearance although he is cordial with Hae after the breakup. Going to work on February 9, 1999, a school maintenance worker stops at Leakin Park to urinate and finds Hae’s body. Police take evidence from the scene and interview several people in an attempt to find the killer. A majority of the state’s evidence against Adnan comes from Jay Wilds’ testimony. Jay is a …show more content…
Albeit their alibis are not used in court during either trial, they are crucial information. Firstly, Adnan is seen by Asia McClain after school on the day Hae disappears. Asia and Adnan casual converse the library until Derek, Asis’s boyfriend arrives to take her home.“Asia plus boyfriend saw him in library 2:15 to 3:15”(Episode 1 00:33:52-33:56). Adnan does recall seeing Asia at the Woodlawn public library. This alibi is credible because both individuals agree to the statement, consistency of the testimony and a significant event to trigger remembrance in the alibi deliverer. After this day, school is canceled for the remainder week because of dangerous winter weather conditions and Asia gets stuck at her boyfriend Derek’s house. Hae is supposedly dead by 2:36 p.m., according to the state. Consequently, Adnan is guiltless because going to the library delays his arrival time to Best Buy, which leads to Hae and Adnan not being together at her time of death. Additionally, Hae is seen and observed orating with another wrestling manager, Summer, before she left school the day she goes missing. Summer hears about the position through Hae, who helps he learn scoring. Hae has an obligation after school, so she can not ride the bus to the match. To make Summer aware of this, she meets her after school to converse.“Summer said this conversation about Hae not getting on the bus happened after the last bell and also after the …show more content…
In court, the state of Maryland uses Jay’s testimony to prove Adnan’s innocence. Police interview Jay multiple times before the trial. In each of the interviews, Jay testifies differently. “In the first taped interview, Jay says Adnan only told him that same day that he was going to kill Hae. Two weeks later, Jay says that Adnan had started talking about it beforehand - four or five days before”(Episode 4. 00:25:39-00:25:51). His inconstant answers prove to be uncredible when compared to reliable alibis and cell tower records(?). EXPLAIN MORE IN DETAIL ABOUT JAY. SET UP ARGUMENT THAT THE FINGERPRINT PROVES ADNAN’S GUILTINESS“It was one of those big map books you buy at a gas station, police found it in the back seat of Hae’s car. On the back cover was a partial print of Adnan’s left palm”(Episode 6 00:01:27-00:01:36). Analysation to determine the age of the palm print is impossible. Since Adnan is a close friend of Hae’s, he has rode and driven in her car numerous times. The map consisted of commonly traveled locations around their town. Arguments favoring Adnan’s guiltiness are