Adnan Syed Koeenig Analysis

The criminal justice system is meant to protect the innocent, and punish those who are guilty of a crime. However, no system is perfect, and as a result, sometimes the innocent become victims of the system that was meant to protect them. How exactly do these innocent people become victims of the system? Sometimes the person gets framed, and the crime scene is staged to point a finger at them. Sometimes, there is no strong physical evidence against them, yet circumstantial evidence is used by the crown to put them away. This happened to a 17 year old boy named Adnan Syed in Baltimore, Maryland, who was imprisoned for life, for the alleged murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Lee. Throughout the Serial podcast, Sarah Koenig is able to critically analyze information which proves Adnan’s innocence. Firstly, Asia’s letters gave Adnan an alibi for the time of the murder. Secondly, Adnan’s innocence can be demonstrated through the lack of any strong evidence and the prosecution’s use of circumstantial evidence which can be disproved. Thirdly, Jay’s constantly changing testimony is not credible evidence of Adnan’s guilt, making him innocent.

Whether one particular person happens to be a defendant, a witness, a friend, or even just an acquaintance, murder cases weigh heavily on everyone involved. Huge amounts of evidence must be analyzed, people must be interviewed, research must be done, and a case must be made. Ultimately, all this work comes down to one decision: convict or acquit. The case of Adnan Syed v. State of Maryland is no exception. Syed, at the age of nineteen, was convicted of the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee. He was sentenced to life in prison, plus thirty years. However, from the day the case ended, people have had doubts about the verdict. Holes in the state’s argument slowly became more apparent. For example, the state placed a massive amount of trust

Farah Ahmedi had a mission to get over the border of Pakistan. Emily Fields had a mission to defeat Alison Dilaurentis. Lastly, Harriet Tubman had a mission to get to free Territory. However all three were very distinctive from each other, but while achieving their goals they helped other people besides themselves achieve their goals as well.

How would you feel if 17 years ago you were put in jail for the murder of someone that you were in love with? How would you feel if for the past 17 years you have kept saying you're innocent and was put into jail without any DNA evidence and you are just now getting a re-trial? This is exactly what happened to a young muslim man in Baltimore in 1999, he was convicted for the murder of his girlfriend at the time. We heard about this young muslim when Sarah Koenig made her podcast, “Serial”. Koenig was researching into Adnan’s case and told her listeners about her discoveries. Adnan Syed should be released from a Maryland prison because there is reasonable doubt he is guilty based on that there is no DNA evidence, Asia’s alibi and the near impossible time window that Adnan would have had to kill Hae.

Raisuddin Bhuiyan is a Bangladeshi immigrant who is heavily influenced by the Islamic views and beliefs. By coming to America, he seeks for a better lifestyle which he felt is not enough living in Bangladesh. He encounters several robberies in Dallas as an Immigrant working at a local gas station in Dallas. He gets shot one day for being what he is, an Arab working immigrant. Rais is confused as to why the man, Mark Stroman, pulls the trigger even after he had given him the money. He is not angry or mad, but rather prays to God at that very moment. He prays, “...Then which of the favors of your Lord will ye deny? All that is on earth will perish: But will abide forever the face of thy Lord-full of Majesty, Bounty, and honor.”(Giridharadas 29). He begs God for mercy for the sake of his family, especially his mother who he did not want her to feel sad. He will dedicate his life to helping other people if he survives this tragedy.

Koyaanisqatsi is a perfect juxtaposition of our flawed society and where it came from. The poignant images evoke a certain feeling of pathos for ourselves and the human race as a whole. The film tends to revolve around the general idea of habit. In many of the scenes you can see that everyone's’ actions seem habitual and almost choreographed. I can see in Part 7 how the music and mood tend to change depending on which people it’s showing. Everyone’s actions seem memorized rather than goal-oriented. This seems to tie in with other ideas from the film such as motivation and perspective, which come out both in the film and in our everyday lives.

Ahmed Elkashef discusses how a drug like marijuana could be use in the medicine. As in the essay was talked about how it is most common drug that is being used in the world made people surveyed and to proof his words he wrote about the research that was done. The essay talked about the medical use of marijuana and how it effect the diseases by “relief of progressive anorexia coupled with weight loss among suffers of HIV/AIDS” (Elkashef 25). Also he talked about how it help reduce different types of pains and stop the vomiting. The essay also mentioned when California legalized marijuana and how Canada was able to find it benefits for the first time. Ahmed had talked about behavioral treatments, medical uses, and the pharmacotherapy of the marijuana

Listeners discover that Adnan was a genuinely caring and intelligent person, and that Adnan was a cherished member of his community. Adnan was an honor student, volunteered at the mosque, and worked as an EMT. The state prosecution took these glorifying tributes of Adnan’s and turned them against him. The state used Adnan’s Muslim religion against him by saying, “he put everything on the line- his family, his relationships at the mosque, to run around with this girl.”(Episode 1). The prosecution claimed Adnan had given everything up for Hae, so when she dumped him 8 months later he became enraged, so enraged he strangled her to death. The prosecution then used Adnan’s job as an EMT against him saying “Adnan would have known how to strangle someone, and would have had the training to revive them if he wished”(Ep.2) However, the prosecution's motive for Adnan quickly dissipates as contradicting facts are brought forth. In Episode 1, Sarah interviews Rabia and Saad, some of Adnan’s close friends, and they point out that these “facts” don’t match up. Rabia and Saad point out that Adnan drank, smoked, and had sex, all things good Muslim boys do not do. Adnan was already “putting everything on the line” as the state would say. They also pointed out that Adnan was not as deeply as religious as the state made him out to be. Adnan also claims his job as an EMT was not so he could strangle Hae,

According to an audience that has talked about Amir Ali Ghassemi works about the Tehran Remixed: Party Series, they said that “Tehran Remix is also an attempt to break through and to experiment with documentary photography and manipulate it in order to tell stories without ignoring people’s privacy”. From my understanding, Ghassemi is trying to say that identities are so crucial because of how someone’s identity can be easily misused by the social media. Also, in this quote Ghassemi is concealing their identity in order to discover the actions that are being made by the people in the images without seeing their faces. Moreover, they said that “manipulate it in order to tell stories” this could mean that they want to manipulate to tell something

One of Randa Djabri main purposes that she explained in this article is that parents could give their child any name they want. We have freedom of speech here in the United States and that includes freedom on the choice of names, but some states have restrictions. So with that, I also believe that parents can give their child any name, but I do not think they should do it spur of the moment. I did not know that other countries had stricter rules for names. "The worldwide "name rule" should only require that each person have a name so that he/she can be clearly identified from another person." This quote made me think about the many people who have the same name such as "John Smith." I do not know one personally, but I would assume they would

When listening to Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, it made me think about some things we have talked about in class. When Dr. El-Sayed talked about working in Detroit, it reminded me of when we talked about life expectancy. He went into the community to make it overall better and to help the community become healthier. He is making the community healthier and a safer place, which will help the children and adults with their future. The community will be healthier and live longer, but they will also have a better outlook on life. Detroit also doesn’t have enough money to pay for healthier food options, which is affecting everyone in that community. But, by Dr. Abdul going into this community to work he is trying to bring healthier food options in,

This weekend was only his second time in the state of Nebraska, but Canada's consul general in Minneapolis said it already feels a lot like home.

With great imagery and eloquence, Rabbi Jochanan Ben Zakkai emphasizes the power of teachers in a class rooms. Figuratively, he says “If the heavens were all parchment, and the trees of the forest all pens, and every human being were a scribe, it would still be impossible to record all that I have learned from my teachers.” (Zakkai).Throughout this quote, Zakki demonstrates that there is an abundance of knowledge that can be learned from the teachers a student encounters in their school career. Zakkai intently chose to use the words such as “heavens” and “trees” because both are associated with abundance, thus,serving as powerful amplifiers contributing to his message.This profound message is not limited to the geniuses of Zakkai. Writers

On August 30, 2016, Abu Mohammad al-Adnani was reported to have been killed by a Russian airstrike in Aleppo, Syria. The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that an airstrike from a Russian Su-34 bomber had targeted and killed a group of about forty ISIS militants, including Abu Mohammad al-Adnani. He was a prominent ISIS spokesman, the second most powerful figure of ISIS, and one of the most well-known faces of ISIS. Al-Adnani was supposedly the one who approved the carrying out of the Paris, Brussels, and Istanbul terror attacks. He was also heavily involved in trying to recruit new ISIS members and inspiring people to carry out “lone-wolf” attacks. According to Associated Press, he was, “a propaganda chief, overseer of spectacular attacks in Europe and a trusted lieutenant of the group’s top leader.”

atima Muhammed is 16 years old and was born in Lincoln Nebraska July 18, 1999. She has five siblings which names are, Mohammad, Abdual, Abraheem, Hakeem, and Aisha. Fatima’s main interests are that she cares for the safety of our community, which is why she wishes to be a firefighter. Another of Fatima’s interests is that she wishes to be a photographer, because she really enjoys taking pictures of anything interesting. But there is more to Fatima than meets the eye.