Key Evidence In The Adnan Syed Case

In the Adnan Syed case, the state of Baltimore and the prosecutors failed to disclose key evidence that could help his case. His team was described as “horribly negligent” as they chose not to dive deeper or ignore key evidence that could have given Adnan a second standing to his innocence. The team mostly relied on cell phone towers as key evidence to conduct any sort of prosecution against Adan Syed. Jay Wilds, a supposed witness in Adnan’s case, gave statements which were then interpreted as the cell phone towers and pings around the supposed area that Adnan and Jay were driving by after committing the crime. The problem with this is that not a single call or text pinged to one of the phone towers where Jay says he and Adnan were driving.

It doesn’t match the cell tower in the call record. It’s pinging a tower back near the Best Buy, west of where we are. And that is true of all these calls from the middle of the afternoon. 3:21 to Jenn, 3:32 to Nisha, 3:48 to a dude named Phil, 3:59 to Patrick, none of these calls pinged a tower near where Jay told the cops they were driving that afternoon. Not a one” (Route Talk). Jay's story does line up with one of the pings but not the rest, causing it to be insufficient in helping the case further convict Adnan. Including that evidence, Adans most credible Alibi, Asian Mclain, never testified at Syed's trial. Asain Mclaine wrote an affidavit and claims to have seen and interacted with Adnan Syed the day Hae Min Lee disappeared, between 2:15-3:15 pm. That time frame is the supposed time Hae Min Lee is supposed to be dead. Sarah Koenig explains in Episode 1, "Asia wrote out an affidavit on the spot. In it, she says she and Adnan spoke for about 15 to 20 minutes while she was waiting for her boyfriend to give her a ride. Quote, "We left around 2:40," unquoted. Remember, Hae is supposed to be dead by