Adnan's Murder Case Analysis

In the Podcast, Serial, Jay Wilds is a main character whose alibi and story from episode one to four. The reporter, Sarah Koenig, maps the whole case out for us. Jay has given a minimum of seven different stories about what happened on January thirteenth. Four police interviews, two trial testimonies, and most recently, an interview he gave to the Intercept.

Firstly, the Nisha call placed Adnan with Jay after the murder. This call could have been a butt-dial that rang for 2 minutes. The call could have been from Adnan, who wanted to make Jay talk with Nisha. The Nisha call does not prove Adnan killed Hae, as it simply just puts him with Jay at the time. Also, the prosecution stated that Adnan was constantly doing bad things. Everyone does bad things, but it does not make them murderers. Finally, Jay knew the location of Hae’s car. The fact that Jay knew the location of Hae’s car should arouse suspicion on him. The evidence utilized by the prosecution is circumstantial and can be disproved, and the lack of strong evidence proves Adnan’s

In any sort of legal situation, telling the truth and only the truth is extremely important. However, for Jay Wilds, the main witness in the murder of Hae Lee, it seems that the truth was the only thing he refused to tell. For example, in Jay’s story, he tells of a very memorable “trunk pop” location. This is where Jay claims that Adnan opened the trunk of Hae’s car, showing off Hae “pretzeled up.” In one interview, Jay claimed he saw the body in front of his grandmother’s house. However, Jay said in a different interview that he saw the body in front of Best Buy. These two statements are hugely contradictory. Seeing a corpse of a friend must be an event permanently engraved in one’s mind. Yet, for some reason, Jay blatantly changed the location the trunk pop happened. That is a fairly large red flag in the case, being that Jay should remember where he was when he saw the corpse of a friend.

A main point of interest and something that Jay was incredibly inconsistent with, was the location where Adnan supposedly showed Jay the body. In his first interview Jay told the police that Adnan showed him Hae’s body at Edmondson Avenue. However, second interview he said that he saw the body in the Best Buy parking lot. If you were in this position, would you forget the place you saw a dead body? Another detail he repeatedly changed was when Adnan told Jay that he was going to kill Hae. The day changes from the day of the murder to 3 or 4 days earlier. In fact, just about the only consistent event that occurs in all of Jays different retellings of the day Hae was murdered was the ‘come and get me’ call from

Adnan Syed is accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend, and various factors present him as a very likely suspect. Information put together by the state don’t add up, but instead prove he is innocent. Is Adnan guilty or innocent for his ex-girlfriend’s death? In the Serial Podcast, journalist Sarah Koenig discusses the case, committed almost seventeen years ago, and uncovers new evidence that indicates Adnan’s innocence. Adnan Syed has been viewed as a boyfriend, honor roll student, and a murderer. Many described him as a smart, flirtatious, and a likable high schooler. On January 13, 1999, his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, was murdered. Investigators immediately assumed Adnan as the primary suspect because Hae had broken up with him, a month

In Nashville on September 8, 2016 a man has been found guilty for robbery and shooting of a drug dealer. According to the WSMV website, the man by the name of, Montrez E. Duncan, “was convicted for committing Hobbs Act Robbery, Robbery and carrying, and brandishing and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. A trial done in September 26, 2016, it was stated that Duncan and a few suspects followed the person home. They then entered the home, tied him up and threatened to kill him. The robbers stole some cocaine and cash from the victim and forced him to contact others to take more cash and drugs from them. When they felt the victim was of no value to them, they attempted to set him and the vehicle on fire. The victim was able

Of the 93% of women that were murdered by men that they knew, 63% were an intimate acquaintance (Wyman). Throughout the podcast called “Serial”, producer Sarah Koenig gives her take on the murder of Hae Min Lee. She was murdered on January 13, 1999 in Baltimore, Maryland. Adnan Syed was convicted of murder and is currently serving a life sentence. Now, Adnan is receiving a retrial. Jay, an acquaintance of Adnan’s, testifies that Adnan is guilty allowing him to not receive a sentence. Jay’s knowledge of the location of Hae’s car is further supported by Adnan’s lack of recognition of events on the day Hae was murdered, which shows Adnan killed Hae

In episode 10 of serial, Koenig talks about Adnan's culture and ethnicity how it affected the jury. At first koenig says “The jurors we spoke to said Adnan’s religion didn’t affect their view of the case.” To be honest I was kind of surprised when I heard this. She then briefly talked about one of the jurors she spoke to who said it interested her at first until she realized Adnan was an american teenager doing normal teenage things. After this Koenig says what I expected her to say about the jury “But when we pressed them a little more, it seems stereotypes about Adnan’s culture were there lurking in the background.” Even in society today, most people still strongly judge people on looks, culture, ethnicity and religion. As much as we say

Hate serves as a powerful emotion that can control and manipulate individuals into performing actions they would never think possible. There are several reasons people can choose to hate one another. Sometimes individuals base that hate on stereotypes; sometimes they base that hate on ignorance, and sometimes they base that hate on mere blind faith because they are told to. Regardless of rationale, hate is a powerful emotion that can cause people to turn on one another and in turn to do drastic and terrible things. Erich Maria Remarque, in All Quiet on the Western Front, and Thomas Hardy, in the poem “The Man He Killed”, each explore the very nature of what causes humans to blindly destroy one another. Both Remarque and Hardy emphasize that

The verdict we reached was: Involuntary manslaughter- Not guilty, assisting suicide- not guilty, giving medicine to minors without a medical license- Guilty and failure to report a dead body- Guilty, on the second day of the trial we found him not guilty of assisting suicide and the court was adjourned, my reaction to the verdicts were how I though they should be, he was guilty of the things that were clear and not guilty of the ones that

Introduction In this essay, the topic of discussion is Murder and Culpable homicide; these two are main sections of Homicide. Homicide is used as a blanket term which covers all types of behaviour of Murder and Culpable homicide, which are most serious types of crime. In this essay the main definitions and exemplary case laws will be analysed and commentary on how one person was charged with murder but it was changed to culpable homicide. The definitions will be explained in depth with suitable examples and personal commentary will also be provided as an insight of personal views on the topic.

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I believe the young man did the murder. Because he was the only person home he was the only person that did not hear the screech and he was walking around very funny and passing back and forth

An honor killing is the homicide of a member of a family by other members, due to the perpetrators' belief that the victim has brought shame or dishonor upon the family, or has violated the principles of a community or a religion, usually for reasons such as refusing to enter an arranged marriage, being in a relationship that is disapproved by their family, having sex outside marriage, becoming the victim of rape, dressing in ways which are deemed inappropriate, or engaging in homosexual relations.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_killing)

In May 2008, the media, both electronic and print, were flooded with reports of the murder of thirteen year old Aarushi Talwar in the suburbs of Nodia. It was given its due from the press. Everyone was confused and was searching for numerous mysterious questions that were answered. This is a natural human reaction in such circumstances but in this age of connectivity and the number of news channels, blogs and internet sites the murder transformed into a macabre and voyeuristic interest into every detail and rumor about the case.