Adnan's Injustice Case Study

The state connected pieces of evidence leading to the conclusion that Adnan was mad because Hae ditched him, leaving him with nothing, so he just kills her. The state said that Adnan was mad at Hae for leaving him with nothing, ending up killing her, and that Adnan was two-sided, “So Adnan had to keep his relationship with Hae secret. The state used this against him in two ways. First, they argued, he put everything on the line-- his family, his relationships at the mosque-- to run around with this girl. So that when she broke up with him eight months later, he was left with nothing, and he was outraged. He couldn't take it, and he killed her. And the second way they used it, as they said-- look at what a liar he is, how duplicitous. He plays the good Muslim son at home and at the mosque, but look what he was up to.” (Episode 1: The Alibi pg 6). Adnan had to keep Hae a secret, which the state used as supporting details that helps support their claim that he got angry for leaving him with nothing. This is very opinionated, showing the state’s opinion towards the case doesn’t provide solid evidence that Adnan really was mad, I can see why he would be mad at his parents, but not Hae. It wasn’t even Hae’s fault that they broke up, it was his parents

This reason makes sense because, why wouldn’t you be acting strange if you just killed someone ? This part of the story is when “Cathy” says both Adnan & Jay randomly showed up at her home in the middle of the night acting strange and when Jenn called Jay Adnan picked up the phone and said Jay couldn’t speak right now and that he was busy with something. “Adnan and Jay suddenly showed up at my door in the middle of the night and they was acting strange” and from Jenn’s point of view, she says “When I called Jay Adnan picked up and said Jay was busy and couldn’t get to the phone”. This proves he is guilty because why else would he be acting so strange and why did he answer Jay’s phone. Therefore, Adnan is guilty because, after the murder he knew what he had done was going to catch up with him soon enough so he started to

In episode 1, Jay’s second interview is being introduced by Sarah Koenig. The detectives recorded the first interview, but the second one is clearer. In the tape, Jay claims, “OK. I'd left out, went shopping with a friend of mine, an ex-friend of mine, Adnan. We had had a conversation. During the conversation he stated that he was going to kill that bitch, referring to Hae Lee. I took it with context. It didn't stand out in my head any” (Ep. 1, p. 7). Since Jay is the only witness that they have, the only witness that they considered, they will have to listen to his stories. Jay have been hanging out with Adnan for a long time, and there is no reason for him to lie to the police about the conversation that they had that day. Although this is a good reason, it might still be wrong because every time Jay’s stories aren’t consistent. In the end of episode 4, Sarah Koenig mentions, “Jay's story kept changing. You were catching the inconsistencies and he was having to explain them and clean up his story” (Ep. 4, p. 67). Usually, when a story isn’t consistent, it can’t be relied on. He was clearly covering up someone, which means that he probably knows who is behind Hae’s murder. This proves that Adnan is innocent because other than Jay, whose story keeps on hanging, there is no story that is more

Asia McLean confirms this in a letter she wrote to Adnan right after he was arrested. The State claims that Adnan had arrived at the Best Buy within twenty-one minutes of his school day ending. However, Adnan stated that it would have been virtually impossible for him to have departed from his school and have arrived at Best Buy within this timeframe. Sarah and Dana tested Adnan’s theory, they left Adnan’s school and arrived at the Best Buy within the twenty one minute timeframe, including parking. However, while the travel time itself matched the State’s timeline, what is not accounted for during this test is the actual murder of Hae Min Lee, including moving her body into the trunk. How could Adnan have killed Hae, moved her body and arrived at Best Buy within twenty-one minutes? It is impossible for Adnan to have murdered Hae Min Lee on January 13th, 1999, Asia’s letter to Adnan is only further confirmation of this fact. It states “I’m not sure if you remember talking to me in the library on January 13th, but I remember chatting with you.” This is a key piece of evidence to the case, and it should have been treated as such during the trial. Therefore, the letter is crucial to proving Adnan’s innocence as it reveals that the State’s timeline is incorrect and grants him an alibi, placing him in the library when the murder took

“January 13 unfolded like any other day, a normal, mostly uneventful day. He says there are a couple of things that do stand out, though” (Sarah Koenig, “The Alibi”). Typically when murderers say how their day went, they tend to fill something in for every single minute, or remember nothing at all. Adnan is doing the exact opposite and saying he only remembers a few key things, like and other normal person.

A slight time after the arrest, Asia composed and sent a few letters to Adnan. These letters revealed that Asia claimed to see Adnan in the library on January 13th. However, a short period later she declared that “She’d only written it because she was getting pressure from the family” (Koenig, “The Alibi”). Adnan was again left without an alibi because it is clear that Asia did not see him in the library that specific day. Hae was just a typical teenager before she was murdered, meaning she had a diary. The diary was “entered into evidence at the trial”, so Sarah Koenig had the opportunity to grasp a copy(Koenig, “The Breakup”). Several of the entries were complaints about Adnan. The couple seemed to posses many issues. Hae mentions that Adnan constantly reminds her that she “is against his religion.” He even goes the distance to call her “a devil a few times”(Koenig, “The Breakup”). Messages Hae left behind in her diary prove that Adnan had a rational for murdering her. Every student is guilty of passing notes in the course of their school years. Adnan and Aisha were no different. They decided to have a conversation where “they were joking, making fun of Hae, making fun of themselves” (Koenig, “The Case Against Adnan Syed”). Upon reviewing the note, the words “I’m going to kill” were found on top of the page in Adnan’s handwriting. Aisha doesn’t recall those frightening words being written during the original time of the note. She stated that while reading the note at the trial, it was her first time seeing that part. Adnan obviously made plans to murder Hae Min Lee on his own because the note was found while searching his house (Koenig, “The Case Against Adnan Syed”). Because of the written proof of tension between Hae and Adnan, there was obvious frustration, which was a motive for Adnan Syed to commit the

Jay says in an interview “But he didn’t call me unless he needed something” (Theintercept) and later says that they never really hang out, they really just smoked weed together. When Adnan came to Jay to help him with burying the body he had to since Adnan could turn him in for selling weed to high schoolers. Which was a very big deal around their at the time and could send you to jail for three to five years and worst it's out of his grandma's house and she could get in trouble too. When it came to the cops Jay was trying to not get caught for selling weed and started to get annoyed with how much they questioned him.

Adnan is a normal 17 year old teenager at woodlawn high school. He was the average muslim kid, in his parents eye’s he was a good muslim kid that never disappoints his family.at school adnan syed was also a normal american teenager. He was very popular at school and he experimented in the typical crazy things teenager do even though it's against his family and religious beliefs. one day adnan's ex girlfriend was found murdered. Adnan was soon after convicted of murdering hae lee but some people believe he didn't do it. Mainly because some the accusation that were brought up in his case was inconclusive.adnan is syed is innocent of hae's murder because he doesn't portray and motives of a jealous ex-boyfriend also the timeline doesn't really

He also makes no claims to having had associated with Hae that day. But there were multiple witnesses that saw him later ask Hae for a ride. And why, if he claims to have been at the school following this conversation with Hae (that he denies), aren’t there more people who saw him? And there is also an officer who claims that Adnan had admitted to asking Hae for a ride, only to later deny this.

In the first episode of serial (episode #) in one the police tape had jay interview and the police had some simple questions that had to relate to the day of Hae Min Lee disappearance. And of course, jay mention Adnan was at the scene/event. Some minor point of the during the interview. For example, what did Jay and Adnan do after

“The defense tried to say that the suspect had an alabye because he was having lunch with a certain friend who testified to that alabye.”

One piece of evidence that supports this theory is the fact that Jay had Adnan’s phone. During the timeframe of the murder a number of calls were made from Adnan’s phone to different people. All these calls made were only to people that Jay knew himself. Jay was in possession of Adnan’s phone before, during and after the 21 minutes in which Hae was murdered. These calls were all in the area of the murder clearly shown by the cell phone tower map. Phone records show calls to and from Jen, one of Jays best friends from high school, who Adnan had only met once or twice whilst with Jay. It doesn’t add up that Adnan would call Jen more than once, before and after the murder if he didn’t know her.

The father reported that the parents met through a mutual friend in 2003. He indicated that Ms. Vidov’s had a business behind his business. He indicated that they dated for a while. He indicated that Ms. Vidov mother did not agree with the relationship. He indicated that Ms. Vidov was always fighting with her family to accept him. He indicated that Ms. Vidov also had a son. He reported that David’s father was problematic in and out of jail. He indicated that David father was arrested for drug possession. The father stated that Ms. Vidov stated that she was also arrested. Mr. Dean reported that Ms. Vidov admitted to using cocaine with her former husband. The father stated that he heard that Ms. Vidov had used the drug however, he never witnessed her using cocaine.

Amir, influenced by the guilt building up inside him, decides one of them must leave take away the daily reminder of his actions. He planted money under Hassan’s pillow and accused him of stealing it. When Baba asks him, “Did you steal that money,” he simply said, “yes”. Hassan remains loyal to his friend, but this made me lose confidence in him becomes he didn’t stand up for the truth.

The police and the prosecution’s given motive to arrest and prosecute Adnan is the tale of a Pakistani man with great pride and honour was dumped by his girlfriend, who he controlled and manipulated. There is nothing to suggest that Adnan and Hae’s relationship was anything other than the usual mundane high school fare. There is no evidence that Adnan was abusive, or violent, or potentially homicidal. After the breakup, many people said that Adnan appeared to be taking it pretty well. In fact, Adnan had side chicks scattered all over the place. Adnan’s side girls could be found in different states, which show that he was probably over the breakup if he could be with all of these girls, which is significant for purposes of bolstering the prosecution’s