Jay Wild Libery Case

The criminal justice system is meant to protect the innocent, and punish those who are guilty of a crime. However, no system is perfect, and as a result, sometimes the innocent become victims of the system that was meant to protect them. How exactly do these innocent people become victims of the system? Sometimes the person gets framed, and the crime scene is staged to point a finger at them. Sometimes, there is no strong physical evidence against them, yet circumstantial evidence is used by the crown to put them away. This happened to a 17 year old boy named Adnan Syed in Baltimore, Maryland, who was imprisoned for life, for the alleged murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Lee. Throughout the Serial podcast, Sarah Koenig is able to critically analyze information which proves Adnan’s innocence. Firstly, Asia’s letters gave Adnan an alibi for the time of the murder. Secondly, Adnan’s innocence can be demonstrated through the lack of any strong evidence and the prosecution’s use of circumstantial evidence which can be disproved. Thirdly, Jay’s constantly changing testimony is not credible evidence of Adnan’s guilt, making him innocent.

Whether one particular person happens to be a defendant, a witness, a friend, or even just an acquaintance, murder cases weigh heavily on everyone involved. Huge amounts of evidence must be analyzed, people must be interviewed, research must be done, and a case must be made. Ultimately, all this work comes down to one decision: convict or acquit. The case of Adnan Syed v. State of Maryland is no exception. Syed, at the age of nineteen, was convicted of the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee. He was sentenced to life in prison, plus thirty years. However, from the day the case ended, people have had doubts about the verdict. Holes in the state’s argument slowly became more apparent. For example, the state placed a massive amount of trust

The Serial podcast, hosted by Sarah Koenig, is about the murder of young Woodlawn High School student Hae Min Lee. Hae was a smart, ambitious, and outgoing young lady taken from this world too soon. Sarah Koenig and the podcast takes us through the ins and outs of typical and unusual teenager behavior to try and uncover something unseen in this case. Adnan Syed, the now convicted murder, and Jay Wilds, the state’s only witness, are the key people of this story. I believe Adnan’s innocence should be maintained because Jay’s story should not have been used for evidence, there was not enough evidence to even arrest Adnan, and Adnan had a trustworthy alibi.

Although I believe adnan is guilty because he killed hae, some may argue he is innocent because he was a good kid. This reason makes sense because he volunteers to help the community. This part of the story is when adnan and his friends are going to say all of the good things he did. Most people in the community are saying that he was a great kid but he still did bad stuff in the low. This proves that he is innocent because most people knows adnan and most people are saying he was a good guy.

If local officials were notified that there was a young homeless teen with psychiatric problems roaming the streets maybe this incident could have been prevented. Trina was traumatized by the boys’ death The mother and prosecutor argued that Trina had an intend to killed the young boys. If Trina lawyer had paperwork to prove Trina’s psychological incompetence the courts could’ve dropped the case or have it moved to juvenile court. Leaving Trina eligible to be given the harshest sentence available. Trina was given a life sentence for an unintended crime illustrated the inequality of the justice system

The podcast Serial, hosted by Sarah Koenig and co founded by Julie Snyder, deals with a murder case that occurred in the year 1999. This murder case deals with two former students (Adnan Syed and Hae Min Lee) that attended Woodlawn High School in Baltimore, Maryland. Hae went missing on January 13, 1999 but was found dead in Leakin Park on February 9. The jury that took up the trial were convinced to believe that the murder must to have been committed by Adnan Syed, “who killed 18 year old student Hae Min Lee.” Syed was arrested on February 28 and charged with first degree murder. Although he pleaded guilty after the judge declared a mistrial, he was found guilty of murdering Hae Min Lee and sentenced for life in prison. However, the lack of

Imagine being wrongfully charged for a murder and sentenced to life in prison without being able to talk at all during the trial. Adnan Syed, a normal high school student who was charged with the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee who goes missing on January 13th, 1999 in Baltimore County, Maryland. In the SERIAL podcast, Sarah Koenig (narrator) talks about the alibi, witnesses, interviews, evidence and every detail that exists of the case. Even though state’s prosecution proved Syed guilty, looking at the case after more than 17 years, Syed can still be proven innocent.

Adnan also has a witness for after school that day. Asia McClain saw Adnan in the library after school, when he was supposedly killing Hae. Asia wrote a letter to Adnan explaining that she saw him in the library and so did her boyfriend and his friend. The police and even Adnan’s lawyer did nothing with this evidence that could have made this

In episode 1, Jay’s second interview is being introduced by Sarah Koenig. The detectives recorded the first interview, but the second one is clearer. In the tape, Jay claims, “OK. I'd left out, went shopping with a friend of mine, an ex-friend of mine, Adnan. We had had a conversation. During the conversation he stated that he was going to kill that bitch, referring to Hae Lee. I took it with context. It didn't stand out in my head any” (Ep. 1, p. 7). Since Jay is the only witness that they have, the only witness that they considered, they will have to listen to his stories. Jay have been hanging out with Adnan for a long time, and there is no reason for him to lie to the police about the conversation that they had that day. Although this is a good reason, it might still be wrong because every time Jay’s stories aren’t consistent. In the end of episode 4, Sarah Koenig mentions, “Jay's story kept changing. You were catching the inconsistencies and he was having to explain them and clean up his story” (Ep. 4, p. 67). Usually, when a story isn’t consistent, it can’t be relied on. He was clearly covering up someone, which means that he probably knows who is behind Hae’s murder. This proves that Adnan is innocent because other than Jay, whose story keeps on hanging, there is no story that is more

The podcast Serial explores the murder of Hae Min Lee in 1999 involving intense evidence for each episode portraying the moments up until Lee’s murder. There were many people who were tied to her murder but Adnan Syed; her ex-boyfriend becomes the central character. Jay Wilds, Syed’s friend is the key to the case, testifying against Syed, however, numerous questions arise about Jay and additional people and what his or their purpose was in this murder. For example, Jay admitted to burying Hae’s body but was fearful of speaking about it because of the illegal things he was into. Furthermore, Adnan Syed was convicted, however, the podcast will raise a number of questions around who really did kill Hae Min Lee.

Adnan Syed, an American-Muslim, is convicted life in prison of a murder of Hae Min Le, Adnan’s ex-girlfriend. About 19 years ago, January 13, 1999 a high school senior Hae Min Le who went to Woodlawn High School has disappeared. About a month later, Hae’s body was found in Lincoln Park in Baltimore. The cause of death was strangulation and Adnan Syed, was the first suspect and later was arrested for her murder. Adnan states that he did not murder Hae and that he is innocent (Serial season 1). “There was no physical evidence linking Adnan to Hae’s murder. It should be noted that this was not because of any lack of effort on the state’s part; in developing a case against Adnan, investigators compared soil found on Adnan’s boots to soil samples where Hae’s body was found, looked for Adnan’s fingerprints in Hae’s car and at the crime scene, tried to match fibers and hairs found at the crime scene with Adnan’s hair and clothes. But all of that came up empty” (The View from LL2). Several test were performed at the murder scene which came out to be negative results towards Adnan, meaning he was not at the crime scene when Hae was murdered. Adnan’s convictions were based on unreliable “evidence”. Since there was no real evidence putting Adnan in the crime scene, how was he the main

Human Rights are the rights everyone is supposed to be given no matter their discrepancies. Although many don’t realize it human rights play a huge role in our everyday lives. It may seem like they do not affect people. Our world acts as a safe little bubble, and as the world outside of our safe little bubble is examined, it’s realized that what many take for granted, others don’t even have. Some don’t even have the basic rights most are given. But without them the world would be a whole lot different.

Sarah Koenig, the narrator of “Serial,” uses her influence as a journalist to persuade listeners to believe that Adnan is innocent. It isn’t strange to start

In 1990, Jenkins’ sister was murdered by a teenager. “She begged for her baby’s life, but the teenager was cruel and murdered her and her husband.” His justification was that it was all simply a “thrill kill”. Currently he is serving three life sentences in the Illinois Department of Corrections. I believe that the sentence he was given is fair since his act was extremely cruel. He not only killed the woman and her husband, he knew there was an unborn baby in the womb and he decided to murder them anyway for his own satisfaction. This teenager deserves to spend life in prison without parole for the act he did for his own satisfaction. The family’s grieving must have conquered it all, the anger they felt towards the teenager must have been extremely unhealthy. The victim’s family has rights

The rules created by Maryland’s legislature are unrealistically strict but they are needed to make sure that we do not put an innocent to death. Even though some people think with these regulations the death penalty should be abolished, there should be crimes that are so sever, that the punishment of death is only right. These regulations are unrealistic but will really help eliminate the chances of being innocent. If these regulations were widely adopted I believe they will prevent wrongful executions, even though there execution would most likely not happened. These regulations eliminate prosecution and witness theory or perspective involve in the process to execute. When it comes to executing someone, I believe there should not be anything