Character Analysis: Saying Someone Is Guilty Before Dying

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

Some of the details that Jay knew were impossible for anyone not involved in the crime to know. Jay claims that he went with Adnan to hide Hae’s car. The police later asked him where it was. “He took them to where the car was. That’s a huge thing right there.” (Koenig 8) This piece of information is huge, and completes the entire story for the police. The consistency here is the straw that broke the camel’s back, the camel being Adnan. The police said that they always suspected Adnan, of course, because he was the ex-boyfriend. Jay’s story clicked right in. When he knew where the car was left, it was the biggest thing that proved that Jay wasn’t lying and that Adnan did murder Hae. Jay had to have been with Adnan when Adnan left the car, or else Jay wouldn’t had known where the car

Physical evidence was extremely lacking, and all DNA tests conducted were clear of Syed’s DNA. Therefore, it is more than likely that Syed is innocent. The evidence, or lack thereof, presented in the case of Adnan Syed v. State of Maryland proves that Adnan Syed is not guilty of the murder of Hae Min Lee.

We believe that Jay is guilty. In the next five minutes we will prove to you that Adnan is in fact innocent and why Jay should be in jail. Adnan was close friends with Jay’s girlfriend Stephanie which is what we believe Jay’s motive was to murder Hae. The court convicted Adnan of the murder with the motive of being jealous of Hae’s new relationship. We argue that the motive of jealousy was what made Jay kill Hae Min Lee.

Adnan is probably innocent because the only solid evidence is Jay’s inconsistent testimony. The first evidence is the police audio when the first audio played jay mentions that he Adnan were at on the mall and the other audio mentions that they were at a different mall. And the second evidence is the court tapes when Adnan lawyer is questioning jay and changes his answers at the moment when jay was at the stage. And last evidence is Jay’s lack of memory because hard to believe that he forgot the day/night that he saw a dead body for the first time (Hae Min Lee’ Body)

My verdict is Adnan Syed is innocent of the murder of Hae Min Lee. I reached this verdict after analyzing the evidence and determining that there was a reasonable doubt that he committed the murder. The following pieces of evidence showed he was not linked to the crime: The first piece of evidence talks about the lack of physical proof.

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’s ex-friend, Jay, told the police and detectives that he witness seeing Adnan opening the trunk to Hae’s car, with her dead body inside. Jay states, “He opens the trunk. And all I see Hae’s lips are all blue, and she’s pretzeled up in the back of the trunk. And she’s dead,” (Ep. 1, p. 9). This means that Jay saw Hae dead in the trunk of her own car, with Adnan by his side. Furthermore, this shows that Jay was the only one to witness seeing Hae dead, which means that Jay didn’t have an alibi to back him up with his accusation. When Sarah Koenig looks further into the investigation, she realizes an important detail. Sarah Koenig narrates that, “As for physical evidence, there was none-- nothing. Apart from some fingerprints in Hae’s car, which Adnan has been in many times, there was nothing linking him to the crime-- no DNA, no fibers, no hairs, no matching soils from the bottom of his boots,” (Ep. 1, p. 6). Here, Sarah is making the point that there was no proof that Adnan was the one who actually killed Hae. Nothing from the hairs on his body to the dirt on his books physically proved that he was even at the scene of the murder. Thus, Adnan is innocent because there was no trace of himself, on Hae or her car, that showed that he killed

That witness was Jay Wilds. As I stated previously Wilds has lied many times in interviews and now has a record with the police. Not only has Wilds lied on multiple accounts but he is very inconsistent with his story of the day Hae Min Lee was killed. When Wilds first was recorded in the interview with the police the interview he signed a waver three hours before saying he was willing to be recorded( Episode 8).Within those three hours of unrecorded time Wilds could have been cleaning up his story to match the police's information. Wilds was shown the phone recorded recovered before he was recorded on tape. During the interview tape that the podcast Serial played the investigators were almost helping Wilds along with his story. The main points of the story was Syed called Wilds from a payphone at Bestbuy to pick him up. Adnan pops the trunk at Best Buy to show Wilds the body, they drop the car and the body at the I-70 park and ride, came back after track practice and drove to buried the body in Leakin park and ended by dropped Wilds off at his house (Episode 1). Within the first couple of time Wilds tell this story major inconsistencies start to appear. First where Syed and Wilds went after they dropped off the body. First Wilds said they took a drive around and smoked weed, then Wilds said they went to Patapsco state park and lastly a friends house by the name of Cathy which was later confirmed.

Mr.S is the one who found Hae’s body in Leakin Park. I personally think that his story is hardly to believe. There are many details that against his witnesses. First, Hae body is difficult to find, except if one knows exactly where she is. Second, there are several wine bottles and condoms scattered around the area makes me concern that Mr.S might be the one who killed Hae? Third, Mr. S history makes his words less weight in front of the court. For example, he used to run naked several time in front of other. Over consumed alcohol and others misbehavior that an adult should not have. He first said that he found Hae body while trying to find a place to urinating, but in later investigating, he changes his testimony. All of these reasons make

The main source of evidence that the prosecutors used against Adnan was Jay, who by himself was not a credible informant. There were many inconsistencies in Jay’s testimony, and his side of the story changed each time he was interviewed. As well as Jay’s claims, there were many statements pointing to Adnan’s religious background being a motive for him murdering Hae

Adnan had an alibi, Asia McClain, who said that he was at the library after school, during the period of time when the state claimed he killed Hae. So, either the state’s chronology is wrong or that the alibi was lying just to help Adnan. The quote illustrates the letter that Asia McClain sent Adnan, “Dear Adnan-- I hope I spelled it right. I'm not sure if you remember talking to me in the library on January 13, but I remember chatting with you." (Episode 1: The Alibi p. 18). When Asia McClain wrote this letter, though it doesn’t have a exact time, continues to emphasize that Adnan is innocent because the state announced that Adnan was guilty, but since Adnan has an alibi, then there is proof that Adnan is innocent. Adnan also had a affidavit, a written statement confirmed by oath or affirmation, that was written by Asia McClain. “Asia wrote out an affidavit on the spot. In it, she says she and Adnan spoke for about 15 to 20 minutes while she was waiting for her boyfriend to give her a ride. Quote, "We left around 2:40," unquote. Remember, Hae is supposed to be dead by 2:36. And then, the kicker-- "No attorney has ever contacted me about January 13, 1999 and the above information."” (Episode 1: The Alibi p. 19). It is plausible that this key detail wasn’t mentioned at

This suggest that Adnan could not be the killer but the only one with a strong enough case for conviction. But what if there was someone that the police didn’t know about that did kill Hae or the police didn’t even notice because they were building their case?

In Sarah Koenig’s Serial, Adnan Syed has proven to anyone listening that he is guilty of murdering Hae Min Lee by denying any recollection of the day in question, manipulating his audience and Ms. Koenig herself, and by having all evidence point the finger in his direction. Mr. Adnan Syed was just 17 years old in 1999 when he was accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. Adnan maintains that he has no memory whatsoever of what happened that day on January 13th, 1999. “I mean,

Koenig describes how the investigation was not done quite right. For instance, the map book that was in Hae’s car had a partial fingerprint of Adnan’s finger on it. But the investigators never looked for anyone else’s fingerprints. Or they pulled the phone tower records that went along with Jay’s inconsistent story. Even though those phone tower records went along better with Adnan’s story. If the investigators used those phone records to work with Adnan’s story, then Jay would be more of a suspect then Adnan. Those phone calls also show that only one call was made to Adnan’s friend, the rest were made to Jay’s friends. This would also make Jay more of a suspect, because it would show how Jay could be coercing with different people in order to execute the murder of Hae and then hide her body. But the one phone call to Adnan’s friend is suspicious too, it was too long to be an accidental butt dial, but if Adnan is innocent then there was no reason to call his friend out of the blue. Another crucial piece of evidence that might have been overlooked in the time line, it is thought that the murder was committed right after school in a 20 minute time period. These 20 minutes include getting out of school, driving to the Best Buy, killing Hae, call Jay, moving the body, and get to track practice. Koenig followed the timeline, and showed how it was not possible. The prosecution presented this timeline, but no official ever tested it out to see if it was possible. Retracing these steps could have changed the outcome of the