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HOOK. The podcast Serial is narrated by Sarah Koenig and is a story about a boy named Adnan who was trialed and deemed guilty to have murdered his ex-girlfriend Hae back in January 13th, 1999. He was accused to have choked Hae to death, but there was no trace of physical evidence left behind. The main things Adnan was held guilty for was motive and Jay’s statement of Adnan killing Hae and asking him to help bury her. Jay was only an acquaintance of Adnan. Even though there was no physical evidence that could pin Adnan to the murder, he was still made guilty of it and was sentenced to jail for life. To this current day, Adnan still pleads his innocence while waiting for his new trial in jail. TRANSITION STATEMENT. Physical evidence takes many forms and carries a good deal of weight in court cases. …show more content…

There was absolutely no evidence that could tie Adnan to the case, but he was still convicted of the crime. I’m not sure if the crime scene investigators at the time missed any details or didn’t think the case was too important since Adnan was Muslim, but they should have found at least one small piece of evidence. From all the crime scene investigation shows that I have seen over the years the investigators have always, and I mean always found some type of physical evidence from the crime scene or off the victims body. Regardless of any type of crime scene, the investigators always managed to find a shred of evidence so the idea of Adnan’s case having no physical evidence found makes it seem very

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Out of all of the witnesses and all of the facts, the only hard evidence the prosecution had was Jay Wilds’ testimony and Adnan’s own cell phone records. Without the records, the jury must simply decide who is more credible- Jay or Asia. In fact, in a 2015 interview with The Intercept, prosecutor Kevin Urick admits that either Jay’s testimony or the cell phone evidence by itself would not be enough to prove Adnan’s guilt. Therefore, the state needs both of them to put Adnan away. But honestly, the state has neither comfortably.

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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

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The information that was shown for how he’s innocent can also show how it could also be used against him also. The cell phone towers prove how Adnan can be innocent or guilty, while at the same time it can prove he has no alibi. The autopsy proves that there could have been another suspect involved in the case. Jay’s testimony kept on changing and wasn’t consistent at all he had 7 different stories(4 to police, 2 at trial, and 1 to intercept). All of this shows how it can be used for against Adnan and how it still doesn’t show that Adnan did it with just that so not enough information.

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It is hard to conclude for certain Adnan Syed’s innocence or guilt in this particular case. All of the evidence given seems to be very circumstantial or thin. For example, take Jay Wilds’ testimony. Much of the State’s case is reliant on this and his credibility as an eyewitness, yet they allow him to repeatedly change his recount of the story. In total, Wilds retells his account of what happens six different times and each time varying details start to shift.

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In my opinion, I think Adnan Syed is innocent what do you think? This argumentative essay is about a serial podcast is about the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee. The person charged for her murder and sentenced to 15 years in prison was Adnan Syed but due to the evidence I do not think Adnan Syed is Guilty of the murder of Hae Min Lee. The first reason why I think Adnan Syed is innocent.

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In Episode 5, the podcast highlights how the cell phone records, presented as evidence by the prosecution, were subject to different interpretations. The defense argues that the cell phone tower locations do not definitively prove Adnan's presence at the crime scene. This gives evidence for the innocence of Adnan, but because it was not highly considered or used during the trial Adnan was still proven guilty. Additionally, DNA testing conducted on the crime scene failed to match Adnan's DNA, as revealed in Episode 9, weakening the prosecution's assertion of his direct involvement. The absence of concrete physical evidence connecting Adnan to the murder raises doubts about the validity of his conviction and the severity of his

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For the first piece of evidence showing that Adnan is guilty for the murder of Hae Min Lee. This is something Jay said years after his sentencing; “From the way he carried himself, at least, it looked like he had never lost anything before. And it was really hard for him to deal with being on the losing end. In that situation, he was the loser. And people were starting to find out he was a loser “ ‘Oh, you and Hae aren’t together anymore.

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Serial is a podcast created by Sarah Koenig. Serial is based on the court case of a Adnan Syed, this podcast discusses important information on whether or not Adnan is guilty or innocent of committing murder. The case against Adnan is very murky. People believe that Adnan should not have been tried for the tiny amount of evidence they had against him, which was a friends story, and cell phone records.

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I believe Adnan is innocent because the evidence used to determine the verdict isn't justly sufficient, minorities were unfairly targeted for crimes, and he's psychologically incapable of being considered a murderer.

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Recently, I foucused on the famous podcast serial that a teenager, Hae Min Lee was killed in January, 1999. Hae’s ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed, the convicted murder has gone in the jail suffering the life sentences for about fifteen years. As the new investigation started, more and more factual evidences and testimonies testified that Adnan was still the most potential murder for Hae’s case. The motive for Adnan murder Hae was Hae broke up with Adnan.

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Adnan made his big lie clear as day for everyone to see. This lie puts him at fault when being determined whether he should be guilty or not. In my opinion, it is extremely hard to breeze past that lie like it is

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First, some evidence that can prove Adnan Syed’s guilt is Jay Wild’s testimony. Jay’s testimony plays a huge role in this case because not only was

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Adnan’s trial was not a fair trial. One of the first questions come to mind, “What about the physical evidence?” No physical evidence was brought up, other than the star witness, Jay. Police has not been investigating this seriously, yes, there were some fingerprints affiliated to Adnan on Hae’s map

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In twelve episodes, Koenig breaks down the entire case, looking at how the prosecution and the defense built their arguments, and what they left out. While Adnan claims his innocence, as does Steven Avery, Adnan does not claim police corruption as his reason. Koenig, rather, feels that it wasn’t doing of the police, but of all of the suspects and witnesses

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If our judicial system still believes that someone is innocent until proven guilty, then Adnan has to be innocent, because they did not prove him

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