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The Story Of Adnan Syed

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Adnan Syed was convicted of strangling and killing his ex-girlfriend in 1999. There were not enough tests done on the site of burial to prove that Adnan did it. The only thing that convinced Adnan’s jury was Adnan’s friend Jay, who seemed to know everything. Jay was the proving factor of Adnan’s entire case although his story changed every time he was questioned. Adnan should not have been sentenced to life because of the lack of tests done and the fact that Jay and Jenn killed Hae and tried to frame Adnan for it. How can someone be convicted of a crime when there were little to no tests done? There was a liquor bottle and a piece of rope near the site of the Hae’s body and none of it was tested. No proof was present at …show more content…

But, maybe someone else committed the crime and thought it would be perfect to frame it on Adnan. Jay and Adnan were never very close friends. They would just smoke weed together and Adnan would buy it from Jay. Jay had a girlfriend, Stephanie, who was Hae’s best friend. Hae found out that Jay was cheating of Stephanie with Jenn. Jenn and Jay did not want Stephanie to find out so after school on January 13, 1999, they went to talk to Hae. This talk was about bribing and convincing Hae not to say anything. Things got out of hand and one of the two ended up choking Hae and killing her. Since this wasn’t planned, they made up their story perfectly to frame Adnan. He’s the ex-boyfriend it would make sense to frame it on him. Many of Adnan’s friends say they definitely did not think that Adnan was the type to kill Hae. When they broke up, their friends said that Adnan was chill after the break-up and did not show any signs of him wanting to kill her because he was so upset. Jay was not the type of person to be known for getting into legal trouble like murder. He wasn’t that rebellious. So, if Jay wasn’t that type then why would Adnan ask him to help him with the murder? Especially if they were not that close of friends to begin …show more content…

Adnan was sentenced to prison for life for something he did not do. Wouldn’t one think that he would be livid for having to spend the rest of his life rotting in a jail cell? Unless he did do it and thinks his punishment is fair. It is hard to judge. When Sarah Koenig tells Adnan he is such a nice guy and does not seem like to type of person to kill someone, Adnan explodes a little toward her. “I just, yeah, oh, I mean, you don’t even really know me though uh Koenig. I’m, you don’t. I- I- maybe you do. Maybe, I don’t- we only talk on the phone, I don’t understand what you mean. I’m not- I mean, it’s-it’s-it’s just weird to hear you say that, because, I don’t even really know you--” (Koenig Episode 6). Funny how he does not like being called a nice guy because it is like he is guilty of something. He also does not remember anything from the day of January 13, 1999. Is he purposely not remembering anything or did nothing really significant happen that day for him trigger his memory? But, his ex-girlfriend was killed that day. That day should stick out like a sore thumb in his head. Where he was when he got the phone call, what he did after school, and who he hung out with. That day should not be that hazy in his

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Jay then had stated in his second testimony that he dropped off Adnan back at school at 12:30 after shopping with him at the mall where Adnan supposedly said that he would kill Hae. After dropping him off they met up at Best Buy where Jay saw Hae dead in the trunk. Jay also stated in another testimony that they met at Edmondson Avenue and then in another testimony, it was at a strip

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Admittedly, it follows with his story that he would know where it is, but in the end, all it truly proves is that Jay was involved- it doesn’t actually implicate Adnan in any way. As a drug dealer, Jay must be used to living by his own morals. But Adnan was the opposite- he was always at the mosque, praying and trying to stay true to his religion. Considering this, how would Adnan have even known about Leakin Park, the place Hae was buried? It’s a shady park with a bad reputation, known specifically for dead bodies.

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Jay had described the moments of what Adnan planned to do to kill Hae ever since the morning of January 13th, to the detectives. When Adnan kept rambling about killing Hae for what she did to him, Jay didn’t take it that seriously until the day progressed. When Jay dropped him off at Woodlawn High School he would leave his car and phone in Jay’s possession. Jay would later meet up with him at Best Buy and to Jay’s shock, Adnan revealed Hae’s body to him in the trunk of her car; he wanted Jay to help bury Hae’s body. Jay was very distraught about the whole situation when he met back with Jenn.

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On a different note, Adnan and Hae’s relationship had to be kept secret because their parents did not approve of them dating, which means the Adnan was under a lot of pressure to keep the relationship a secret. When Hae broke up with Adnan, Adnan would have felt betrayed and hurt that someone he gave up so much for didn’t want to be with him anymore. These feelings would have built up inside of Adnan occasionally slipping out in joking comments like, “I’m going to kill that *****”. Adnan probably didn’t plan to murder Hae, he most likely snapped and killed Hae in the heat of the moment says another case specialist. Sometimes, when a person snaps like that they suffer memory loss of the event and cannot remember what they did.

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Adnan Syed is a 36 year old who had been convicted of first degree murder at the age of 17 on February 28, 1999. Adnan’s friend Jay Wilds testified that he helped Adnan bury Hae Min Lee’s body back in 1999, but Adnan Syed mentions he had nothing to do with Hae’s death. Adnan was convicted with evidence of his cell phone call logs, Asia’s letters to him, and Jay’s description of the route they took during the day of Hae’s death. Adnan Syed is granted a new trial. Not only has there been mistrials, delay, and not enough evidence but also there has been a conviction towards Adnan resulting with doubt after more than 1 decade later.

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There is no direct proof that Adnan killed her, and Jay is the only person who has a timeline. Instead of accusing Adnan of killing Hae, maybe everyone should be accusing someone

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