Adnan Syed was convicted of murder more than 17 years ago and has faced denial of multiple appeals. However, finally he was granted a new trial after his murder conviction was thrown out. The case of Adnan became a worldwide obsession over a night since he was subject to a globally popular podcast Serial. On the other hand, on 26th February 1999 I became obsessed with this case when he was arrested that morning. Since his arrest, Adnan has maintained his innocence and my family and I believe in him. Adnan’s was convicted because of two things, a testimony by Jay Wild, a state witness about helping him to bury the body and Adnan’s phone records that corroborated to the story of Jay about his movement on 13th February 1999. This was the day Hae Min Lee died. The prosecution used cell phone records to track Adnan’s movements at around 7pm in the evening and Wild’s story supported it. Later, during investigation and trial and in an interview Wild changed his story showing that the burial took place at around midnight which had no significance to Adnan’s phone records placing Adnan at the burial site at 7pm. Further, Susan Simpson, an attorney and a co-host of our podcast revealed a fax cover sheet that undermined the significance of Adnan’s phone records. Contrary to this Adnan’s attorney was not given this information at the …show more content…
We have two facts that can prove his innocence. First, Lee left school at 2.15 pm and she disappeared at 3.30pm the exact time she was supposed to pick her cousin at the elementary school. Secondly, the autopsy report revealed Lee’s body showed fixed frontal lividity, a condition that indicates after killing Lee’s body was left in a face lying down position between 8 to 10 hours. Later, Lee’s body was found in Leakin Park lying in a twisted position meaning lividity became permanent before body was dumped there. It is highly probable Lee’s body was not dumped at around 7