Adnan Syed Innocent or Guilty? If asked 12 weeks ago, it would have been so simple, but now a question that once seemed straight forward, is so complex. Sarah Koenig reports on the mystery, that all started on January 13, 1999, when an 18-year-old girl by the name of Hae Min Lee went missing. One month later, on February 9th, her body was found in Leakin Park, in Baltimore, Maryland. After an extensive autopsy, it was found that Hae was strangled to her death. Shortly after researching the case, Hae’s ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, was accused, and convicted of the murder. Adnan was convicted because of one man’s story and one phone call from a phone log. Although this evidence could have been enough in another case, it proved nothing. Adnan is …show more content…
This call came at a time when the jury was told Jay was in possession of Adnan’s phone. This call brought up question about whether or not this call could have been made by Jay. Although it seemed like such a possibility, it was proved wrong. The call place Adnan with his phone or with Jay, even if this call was made by Adnan it proves nothing. This call was unanswered and continued to ring, therefore the call could have been a simple butt dial that was shortly noticed afterwards and shut off. Many will argue that if it was a butt dial it would not have shown up on the bill, because AT&T has a policy that states, the owner of the phone will not be charged for unanswered calls. Although at times this is true in episode 12 Koenig checks an AT&T bill that states, That is the if phone calls are unanswered there will be no charge unless ended in a reasonable amount of time. Therefore the call could have been a butt dial, and who ever had the phone realized after the responsible amount of time and shut it off, causing Adnan to still be billed. Although the question of whether or not Adnan Syed is innocent or guilty is so complex, the law would state that Adnan is innocent. There were no reasonable doubts about his innocence. The only logical answer seems to that, this is not a case of one man’s innocence rather the bias of someone involved in this case. Adnan’s freedom was forestalled due to this unknown because of one man’s story and one phone call from a phone log. This evidence should not have been the cause of a conviction, and should not be keeping an innocent man lock away behind bars. Adnan is innocent and should currently be a free
There was not enough evidence to prove if Adnan was innocent or guilty. There were multiple people that said that Jay had Adnan’s phone but Adnan called Jay at least twice which means that Adnan would have had to use a payphone or borrow a phone. And supposedly Adnan was sitting in the best buy parking lot when he called Jay. Also in the time it took
Adnan Syed vs. Justice system Adnan Syed is a famous figure who is widely known for being the subject of the first serial season of the popular podcast ‘’Serial “. He was born in Baltimore and was serving a life sentence until his release in 2022 for a murder he was convicted for in 2000.During his trial for the murder of high school classmate Hae Min Lee, his then attorney represented him poorly,contributing multiple factors leading to his imprisonment. Since then, advocates for Syed believe he was wrongly accused of the crime. On January 13, 1999 The body of Hae min lee was found in Leakin Park by a worker there. The detectives’ Main suspect was the ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed, Based on the story of only one key witness, Jay, Adnan was dragged out of his home and put in handcuffs.
Your Honor, members of the jury, my name is Gracie Hernandez, representing the defendant in this case. My client, Adnan Masud Syed, was an honor roll student at Woodlawn high school that everybody described to be someone who was going to do something big and is now being accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. According to the State, on January 13, 1999, in Baltimore County, Maryland, during 2:15 to 2:36 pm, Hae Min Lee was murdered by manual strangulation in the Best Buy parking lot on Security Boulevard in Windsor Mill, Maryland, allegedly by her ex-boyfriend Adnan. Later both Adnan and Jay Wilds buried Ms. Lee’s body at Leakin park during the hours 6 to 8 pm. Today I will be proving Adnan is an innocent minor and does not deserve
Adnan Syed was convicted of killing Hae min Lee in 1999 in Baltimore, Maryland. The call logs provide incriminating stats that prove Adnan killed Hae which shows motive behind Haes murder. Adnan Syed swears to have not remembered any events that went on the night before and the night of the slaughtering of Hae Min Lee; however, based on the call logs Adnan called Hae three times the night before she was kidnapped
This part in the story is when Jay says what he knows about the murder but because of how old Hae’s body was they couldn’t test it for DNA ‘’ no physical evidence linking Adnan to the murder ‘’ . This proves he’s innocent because there’s no evidence . Plus in one of the stories he tells from that day saying Adnan called him from BestBuy he said he used the phone from there, checked by the police and they looked back at the blue prints from there , there was no phone at bestbuy and AT &T said they couldn’t use the phone calls as an example in the jury’s office because where ever they were the call was going to pin in the Leakin Park phone call pole . Where the body was buried. There Adnan is innocent because of the lack of evidence.
Adnan Syed was young adult in 1999 when he was arrested and accused of the murder of his ex girlfriend named Hae Lee. Adnan has been in jail since he was 17 now his sits in a maximum security prison waiting for his second trial to see what his final outcome will be. I believe after hearing the Serial podcast with all the facts and interviews with all the people who are involved and also close friends to both the victim and the alleged murderer that Adnan is not guilty. What I mean by Adnan not being guilty there isn 't enough evidence to prove he 's guilty but I feel his not completely faithful to his story the whole time.
Adnan isn't guilty for committing murder in the Hae Min Lee case, due to questionable evidence, plus bias judgements. Furthermore, the importance of having substantial evidence tQhat is very reliable, and not questionable. There have been
If our judicial system still believes that someone is innocent until proven guilty, then Adnan has to be innocent, because they did not prove him
Anya Schultz, the author of a review titled Serial: A Captivating New Podcast, works to show how multiple narratives and stories can be manipulated and sometimes vastly misinterpreted. Serial, an intriguing, enthralling podcast hosted by Sarah Koenig, tells the story of Hae Min Lee, a young, beautiful, high school senior who was murdered in 1999. Lee 's case, as Koenig and Schultz point out, has a few missing pieces of information that were never accounted for. For example, how did the jury come to the conclusion that Lee 's ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, was truly guilty? Why did Syed 's lawyer forget to mention the letter from his acquaintance Asia McClain that could have polished his alibi?
OJ Simpson is Indeed Innocent “If it doesn’t fit, you have to acquit,” this quote said by one of OJ Simpson’s attorneys, Johnny Cochran, is widely known for its impact on the controversial case of OJ Simpson. From 1994-1995 OJ Simpson was known as one of the most controversial cases in the USA due to the verdict that OJ was innocent of the murders of his ex wife and one of her friends. On June 12, 1994 Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman met an untimely demise, and the only suspect the police ever reviewed was OJ Simpson. OJ was later caught in a low speed chase in a white Ford Bronco before being taken into custody and put on trial. In the sensationally controversial court case involving OJ Simpson as a suspect for murder, The innocent ruling
Leif Erikson is guilty of Second Degree Murder. What is going to be shared with you is about his early life in Iceland. When Leif Erikson left Iceland he went out and he found Greenland. His first voyage was around 1,000 A.D. after he left Iceland. He was around 22 years old when he went out to find Greenland.
Relationships, lies, murder, conviction. These are all aspects that come into play when talking about the January 13th, 1999 murder of high school student Hae Min Lee. Adnan Syed, Hae’s 17-year-old ex-boyfriend was convicted of her murder in 2000. The problem with this is that the only evidence the state had to convict Adnan was the stories told by others, specifically someone named Jay who was with Adnan for some of the day Hae went missing and had possession of Adnan’s car and cell phone. He claims Adnan made him come pick him up after the murder was committed and assist him in burying Hae’s body.
Pride and Jealousy are very powerful things! Some people will go to the farthest limits to preserve their own ego and selfish desires. The Serial Podcast by Sarah Koenig is about the very complex murder of Hae Min Lee on January 13th, 1999. Many different people are brought into the Hae Lee case but the one that sticks out the most is Adnan Syed. On the day of January 13th, 1999 Hae Min Lee was strangled to death by Adnan Syed with the assistance of Jay Wilds.
Of course, many people think Adnan Syed is guilty of murdering Hae by contradicting himself, by saying, “I am in here for my own mistakes.” He might have been on the edge of confessing his guilt until Sarah caught this and asked what he meant, and quickly recovers from his mistake. Adnan also slips his tongue by saying that he wants people to only look at the evidence, and not his personality. If I were convicted of a crime I would certainly like to have my personality be looked at, if I were innocent. So they could see what good I have done.
“ Those who have been exonerated each spent an average of 14 years in prison, and some even up to 35 or more years...but they also usually have to wait a few more years if and before they are exonerated (Innocence Project).” This Explains that to be able to become free you have to still be in for years . The perpetrators and or suspects who were caught, “148: True suspects and/or perpetrators identified. Those actual perpetrators went on to be convicted of 146 additional violent crimes, including 77 sexual assaults, 34 murders, and 35 other violent crimes while the innocent sat behind bars for their earlier offenses(Innocence Project).” DNA statistics, and no evidence that showed he