What Is Circumstantial Evidence Of Adnan Syed's Innocence

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. Even two of his friends from school recall him embellishing stories often so why should we wholeheartedly believe his recount of that day. In both of Wilds’ taped statements there is a period of time in the beginning of the interviews before the detectives even bother to turn the tape

Everyone involved seems to be lying to some degree, maybe for some it was just their memory faulting, but throughout the story there is an air of secrecy. As if you aren’t being told exactly everything you need to understand what actually happened. It’s unlikely anyone will ever know exactly what happened now, but there might be a clearer picture if the police department had been less negligent about exploring other leads and suspects. Don is where they let down the most. Although he has a confirmed alibi for that day it seems suspect. Don claims he was covering a shift at a different Lenscrafters location, Hunt Valley, than he regularly worked at. His alibi was confirmed by the manager at his regular location, Owings Mills Mall, despite the fact that she had not actually seen him that day and she was also his mother. According to LensCrafters only the general manger of each location would have access to those employee files, which makes you wonder if Don spoke with his mother about confirming his alibi beforehand. He had a flimsy alibi, but Syed had no alibi and after discovering Hayes’ body Don was never contacted again by the police(2). To add to the questionable circumstances the manager at the Hunt Valley location was in a relationship with his mother, they had been living together since