Believing Game Case Study

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

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.

With the State’s defense crumbling without Jay’s testimony, what is the evidence against Adnan? There is physical evidence linking him to the murder, that is undisputable. So what does the state have? A palm print of Adnan’s on the back of an Atlas but not on the most incriminating page is about it for the State. If we stripped this case of Jay and all the “maybe” evidence you’re left with motive. It’s simple because Adnan didn’t have one. He was friends with Hae, Adnan was civil towards her and her new boyfriend, and he himself had already moved on as well. If we put this case back together and include all the so-called evidence then we need an alibi for

Adnan Syed, a senior in Woodlawn High School, was convicted and charged with the first-degree murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 1999. Not only is Adnan’s alibi inconclusive, but he also fails to recall any specific details or occurrences of January 13th-the date Hae Min Lee disappeared. His acquaintance, Jay Wilds, has served as the State’s key witness. Despite having already served seventeen years in prison, Adnan did not murder Hae Min Lee. His innocence simply has not been captured due to missing perspectives, inconsistencies in Jay’s story, and biases in the law enforcement.

A lot of people wonder if Adnan Syed is guilty or innocent, today as a legal assistant I'm going to tell you one important reason why he is innocent. Adnan is not guilty because there is another potential suspect like Jay. Jay's story that "proves" Adnan's guilt, has changed every interview and testimony. Jay had intimate knowledge of the crime he knew things, like if he knew every single thing that Adnan was thinking about which makes everything looked suspicious. Also Jay's stories don't quite match Adnan's cell records.

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

Adnan expresses, “No way did I, and I’m pretty sure they didn’t either, imagine that she would turn up, dead, murdered, her body would be found.” (ep. 9). According to Adnan, when he found out that Hae’s dead body was found he didn’t believe it. When he found out, he actually called the police to tell them there had to be a miscalculation and that they got the wrong person. Adnan was genuinely sorrowful and perplexed when he was told that Hae was dead. In all likelihood, if he would have killed her, he he wouldn’t have expressed the emotions and actions he did. “I understood they were asking questions, but not that they actually thought that I killed Hae.” (ep.9). Adnan goes on to say that the day he got arrested, he didn’t even consider himself to be a possible suspect for murdering Hae. On account of Adnan not thinking the police were at his house to arrest him for this crime shows how the only thing he had tied to this case was that he was Hae’s most recent

When someone is innocent, they aren’t blamed for a crime, and when someone is guilty, they are blamed. So, would Adnan Syed be innocent or guilty, for being accused of murdering Hae Min Lee? The podcast Serial is narrated by Sarah Koenig, which is about a man named Adnan Syed who was put in jail for “killing” a woman named Hae Mine Lee. Adnan’s ex-friend, Jay, accused and turned in Adnan into the police, stating that Adnan killed Hae. Because of this, Adnan was convicted of first-degree murder and was sentenced to life. After investigating the case, it is clear that Adnan is innocent because he had a good relationship with Hae after the breakup, he was a good student, and there was no trace of Adnan that showed he killed Hae.

It is said that school ended at 2:15pm and that Hae was dead and in the trunk of her own car and at Best Buy by 2:36pm. Sarah and her producer rerouted the path from the school to Best Buy and said that it would be impossible to get from the school to Best Buy in twenty-one minutes (Ep. 5). There is a lot of traffic that time of day and the drive time is 18 minutes, only leaving 3 minutes to kill and hide the body. That means that 2 minutes of that time would be manual strangulation. It takes more than one minute to hide a body, therefore Adnan could not have committed the murder. A final piece of evidence in Adnan’s favor is that one of Hae’s friends remembers having a conversation with her at 2:36, and another friend remembers seeing Hae in the gym at 3:00 pm (Ep. 9). If these people saw and talked to Hae at these times, then it is impossible to Hae to have been dead, in the trunk of her car, at Best Buy, at 2:36 pm. The timeline does not add up, if this is the

In conclusion Adnan is innocent the so called evidence is not strong enough to go against him. Even though Adnan seems guilty he shows his ultimate innocence because after 17 years he has not said he is guilty. I think the thing i learned about this project is evidence is the key to everything if you can't prove something what good would it do you sure they might believe you you have to show them for they could believe you even more. This concludes what i think about the serial podcast.

Jay is someone who admits to being involved in the crime, assisting Adnan, it would not make sense to allow Jay’s testimony to have the power it received which was the key to

The second reason nisha call was the most thing puts Adnan guilt also Nisha Call was the one of the strongest pieces of evidence suggesting that Adnan syed isn’t innocent. and his cell phone together at a time when he says he was at school. This call was Shows That Hae min lee Was Murdered at 3:32 p.m The call lasts over two minutes, on January 13, 1999, on Adnan’s cell phone records to Nisha. Nisha was a friend of Adnan’s and was not known to Jay. but Nisha testified in trial that she spoke to both Jay and Adnan. the fact that she makes such a big deal out of The Nisha Call as a red flag indicating Adnan’s potential guilt actually only shows how thin the evidence against him is. For trial when adnan. Jay was together said Adnan syed

The majority of his inconsistencies were small and minor things that could have been labeled as, “the slip of the tongue.” Although most of them were minor inconsistencies, there were a few major ones. One of which being, in one of Jay’s earlier interviews, he claimed that Adnan had shown him Hae’s body at the strip - a small outdoor market. Then in his next interview, he claimed that Adnan showed him Hae’s body at Best Buy. Koenig becomes skeptical about this specific inconsistency, as do I, because no matter how nervous or scared you are, you do not just suddenly forget where you last saw a dead body. This specific piece of Jay’s story got me to think about lying, specifically, lying during a trial or a crime scene investigation. This got me fascinated with lies, as to why would a person lie unless they are connected to the crime? Speaking from personal experience, I do not lie just because I want to, but because it gets easier to get away from the problem. As much as I want to believe that this was the same for Jay, I simply cannot. He said that he thought there were security cameras that would have caught him helping Adnan, and he did not want to be associated with it (Serial). But that does not just simply get him removed from the list of suspects. In fact, I believe that him lying about seeing Hae’s body at two different locations makes him

“The Doubting Game and Believing Game” written by Peter Elbow chronicles two methods to pinpoint solutions to a problem which are referred to as games. In order to take part in the games, there must be rules established first. Elbow states that he “is not arguing against rules but for rules. The power and fun of a game is in the ritualized process itself” (3). Therefore, a game is only enjoyable if the rules are followed because everyone is on the same playing field.

The believing game is a concept applied in critical thinking. It allows one think widely, have a wide variety of arguing their points and listen effectively. It equips one with the ability to engage in non-adversarial discussions and stop limiting themselves to debate. Believing game is very relevant to students since it enables them to develop intellectually. It allows students find flaws and be skeptical in their discussions (Peter, 1973).