' Serial Season One Of Sarah Koenig's Podcast

Serial: Season One
In season one of Sarah Koenig’s podcast, Serial, Koenig challenges the legitimacy of the Maryland justice system in the conviction of Adnan Syed. Jay Wilds is influential in the case of the murder of Hae Min Lee, and his testimony was the primary source for Adnan Syed’s conviction. Koenig examines corrupt interactions between the court and Jay Wilds. Jay delineated the main timeframe for the prosecution to use against Syed. Additionally, Wilds’ deceit is revealed within recorded testimonies with the giving of contradictory evidence such as the location Hae’s body was revealed and timeline changes. The given timeframe from afar looks perfect, but there are various discrepancies between Jay's story and the evidence used to

Ultimately, Wilds was changing his narrative of what occurred on January 13, 1999. Whether the changes were intentional or a fluke it is very important to consider why the justice system did not scrutinize these inconsistencies. An essential piece of evidence Jay has modified through his testimonies is, ”In the first statement he says Adnan mentions it that same day, January 13, while they’re driving Adnan back to school at lunchtime. In the second taped statement he says Adnan told him the night before and also that Adnan had been talking about it for four or five days already. When he testifies at trial though, he goes back to the first version that he first heard about it from Adnan on the thirteenth,” (in-text citation). This quote expresses the adjustments made by Jay to his testimony about when he is told that Syed was planning on killing Hae Min Lee. This difference can come off as subtle and not a big deal, but on the other hand, it could be possible that Jay is attempting to make himself look less involved in the case. Jay manipulated information that can cause him to get in trouble, while the judicial system just acts like it never happened. In essence, modifications similar to the testimony should have been looked into by the authority instead of being neglected. In

Therefore, Jay was in control of stating all the details regarding the events that transpired on January 13th. Jay was left with Adnan’s phone the afternoon of the disappearance, accordingly, all of the phone calls made that day were logged to background check the timeline provided by Jay. The timeline designed was not fully accurate, some phone calls did not match the story or times that the police were told happened. ”By trial, though, Jay has sorted that out, so that his story better matched the call log. He testified that he called Jenn Pusateri first, at 3:21 to find out if Patrick was home. Jenn testified that, no, Jay would not have called her to find out where Patrick was,” (in-text citation). Jay has switched his remembrance of the day to better match the evidence that the police had. This is giving himself more credibility which causes Syed to look more and more guilty. Though the changes matched the story they still did not make full sense and were rebuked by people called that day. This should raise a red flag in the minds of the prosecution, but with most of the mistakes made by Jay, it was ignored. That being said, Jay would change his story around to make himself appear credible, and the authority went along with his scheme by not investigating the changes. The authority predominantly