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Hae Min Lee Case Analysis

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The case of Hae Min Lee was originally only prominent within Baltimore County of Maryland. It has the trappings of a typical high school murder; a teen is angry at their ex-boyfriend/girlfriend for breaking up with them and as a result, would murder them. However, the case has gained international attention largely due to the investigations from ‘Serial’, which revealed an abnormal number of inconsistencies within the case against Adnan Syed. Eventually, this attention culminated into the granting of a new trial for Adnan. Adnan is most likely guilty because of circumstantial evidence and testimony from other witnesses that demonstrate probable cause for Adnan to murder Hae. Circumstantial evidence is good enough to convict someone if it can …show more content…

Although, some may argue that Adnan is innocent because Jay’s story is inconsistent.
First, according to Adnan, his romantic relationship with Hae was akin to a stereotypical high school romance. And when they broke up, he understood her decision and respected it. However, according to Hae’s diary, which was presented in Adnan’s second trial, Hae was exasperated by Adnan’s possessiveness and his childish attempts to make her jealous. This suggests that the relationship between Adnan and Hae was abnormal, as Adnan was possessive of Hae and wanted to make her jealous to force her to keep clinging on to him, demonstrating that Adnan was untruthful about his relationship with Hae so as to prevent suspicion that he was slightly abusing her. Furthermore, in an additional note to Adnan from Hae, she expresses disbelief that Adnan refuses to respect her decision to break up with him. This challenges the idea that Adnan always respected Hae’s decision to break up with him. Although this is note is from …show more content…

This single request has multiple implications. For starters, this corroborates with Jay’s story because according to him, Adnan’s plan was to board Hae’s car in order to be close enough to strangle her to death. Furthermore, this request makes absolutely no sense in the context in Adnan’s other various statements. Adnan’s car was already in his possession during the time he made this request because of the fact he, according to him, loaned his car to Jay during the free period at his school, so clearly, Adnan did not need a ride from Hae during this time. This only leaves a couple of options, all of which are unfavorable to Adnan. He either wanted to murder her, or wanted to have a private talk with her, which doesn’t not remotely make any sense, considering he could have talked to her later in private, like somewhere in the school that is secluded, give her a written note, or talked to her on the phone. Moreover, according to Adnan he lent his car and phone to Jay so he could pick him up after track practice, so it would make no sense for Adnan Thus, his request to Hae for a ride is a sign that Adnan did indeed wanted to kill

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