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Hae Min Lee Case

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What were you doing at 2:36 in the afternoon 19 years ago on January 13, 1999? I’ll ask you an easier question, what were you doing at that time a week ago? What about two months ago? Many people during the investigation of Hae Min Lee’s murder were asked similar questions, of this difficulty, on what they were doing the night that Hae went missing. Adnan Syed, Hae’s ex-boyfriend and alleged killer, was questioned about his whereabouts one month prior, when Hae went missing. Imagine being interrogated about a mundane and orthodox day, one month ago, that you have little recollection of; this was the case with Adnan. Unable to provide sufficient evidence, and with the aid of Jay’s claim to being a witness of the murder, Adnan was arrested shortly …show more content…

She never contacted Asia Mcclain, Adnan’s alibi, nor attempted to disprove the reliability of cell phone records. Christina was aware that Asia had written letters to Adnan stating that she was his alibi, and that she was willing to testify, (Koenig). However, Christina never even attempted to contact her. This is frankly insane, not contacting a willing alibi to testify or to even commute with. This is an enormous red flag. Not only did Christina not contact Adnan’s sole alibi, she also didn’t attempt to disprove the one story that Adnan’s trial was based off of. After receiving word that Gerald Grant told the court about the specularity of the cell phone records, an affidavit from Abraham Waranowitz was written. "If I had been made aware of this disclaimer, it would have affected my testimony," (Crimesider Staff). Waranowitz had previously testified that the cell phone records were what placed Syed at the burial site. If Christina had just argued this point and focused on the unreliability of cell phone records, she could have made the prosecution's evidence useless against Syed. If Christina had contacted Asia or fought in disproving cell phone records as evidence, this case wouldn’t have been so one

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