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Hae Min Lee Case Study

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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 that demonstrate Adnan’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. After all, the use of circumstantial evidence is valid if a reasonable argument can be created. Although, …show more content…

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 a diary entry dated on May 15th, 1999 from Hae’s diary, which was presented in Adnan’s second trial by Debbie, Hae was exasperated by Adnan’s possessiveness and his juvenile attempts to make her jealous[1]. This contradicts Adnan’s claim that his romantic relationship with Hae was normal, as he was intensely possessive of her, suggesting that Adnan could become fervently enraged by the fact that Hae was serious about her relationship with Don, which can be symbolized by a date between Hae and Don. If this were to be true, he would be unable to endure the ignominy of losing his love interest and would murder Hae. Moreover, the fact that Adnan is being deceptive about the true nature of his relationship with Hae suggests that his possessiveness could be a factor to why he would kill Hae. Furthermore, according to Serial, Hae wrote a note to Adnan, expressing incredulity that Adnan refuses to respect her decision to break up with him[2], challenging the idea that Adnan did accept …show more content…

However, during her police interview in Serial, Nisha discusses how Adnan talked about how he was at Jay’s workplace at a video store and that Jay wanted to greet her[2]. This suggests that Adnan was lying about the fact that he was at track practice and that he was not in possession of his cell phone as well as supporting Jay’s story by placing Adnan and Jay together during the afternoon. This could indicate Adnan’s guilt because of his deceptiveness and the call’s corroboration with Jay’s story. Although, Nisha mentions that Jay worked at a video store even though he never did so until the end of January, placing doubt on whether or not Nisha did indeed talk with Adnan as well as supporting the idea that Adnan’s call was a butt-dial, supported by documents from Serial that showed that unanswered calls will be billed by AT&T if they exceed an unreasonable length of time and the type of cell phone Adnan used, a Nokia 6160, which can easily be pocket-dialed since it has no cover or a passcode mechanism. However, under scrutiny, the idea that the Nisha Call was a butt-dial can seem unlikely. For starters, the Nisha Call can be corroborated with Jay’s statements during his second interview with the police. According to Jay in Serial, as he and Adnan were driving between Forest Park and Edmondson Avenue, Adnan was calling a girl from Silver Springs and then

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