Hae Min Lee Case

On January 13th, 1999 in Baltimore, Maryland, a girl named Hae Min Lee was reported missing. Hae was a senior at Woodlawn High School. She was popular, she played field hockey and lacrosse, and she was an exceptional student. On February 9th, 1999, Hae’s body was discovered in Leakin Park; about an hour’s drive away from the high school. She was found behind a fallen tree, and her body was buried barely six inches in the ground. Manual strangulation was the cause of death. Adnan Syed was later arrested for first degree murder of Hae Min Lee. He also, was a Woodlawn High School student. He was popular, athletic, and an all-around mellow guy. He was also Hae’s ex-boyfriend at the time. Obviously, Adnan would be one of the first suspects. However,

He tells the police that Adnan, did in fact, kill Hae. Jay also helped take her body to Leakin Park to help bury it; making Jay an accomplice. This was the police’s main lead in the entire investigation. The story seemed some what legit for the most part. Plus, it was the only thing they could really go on.
Adnan was convicted and is now in prison to this day. But Adnan did not have a fair trial. There are too many details that aren’t filled in Jay’s story, as well as, Jay shouldn’t have been considered a reliable witness in the first

Which stated by the Fifth Amendment: ” nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb”. The funny part is that the Jury was actually in favor of Adnan’s innocence in the first trial. The second trial, however, determined Adnan’s fate.
Adnan’s Sixth Amendment right is complicated. He did have an attorney, however, the question is whether or not if Gutierrez actually tried as stated previously mentioned earlier in the paper. With Gutierrez constantly demanding for money and her not preparing a strong enough process with examining all the evidence that should’ve been reviewed, is what violated his Sixth Amendment right.
But the one amendment that was absolutely violated was Adnan’s Fourteenth Amendment. Because of Adnan’s religion and ethnicity, the prosecutors based almost their entire argument off of it. They spoke as if he was from Pakistan, and that he had relatives there that could help him flee. However, Adnan is a natural born United States citizen; promised his right to be upheld in the court of law. That didn’t help with the prosecutors making and persuading biased statements towards Adnan. Essentially, the prosecutors swayed the Jury’s belief with these biased