On January 13, 1999, in Baltimore, Maryland, Woodlawn High School senior Hae Min Lee disappeared. Her body was later found on February 9, 1999 in Leakin Park. The primary suspect of Hae Lee’s murder by strangulation was her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed. He has been convicted of first degree murder and has served 17 years. Through the testimonies of the many witnesses and other evidence collected, it is evident that Adnan Syed is guilty of Hae Min Lee’s murder, however, this is case has grown very controversial, especially after Serial’s release, and many believe the justice system failed Adnan; the members of our society trust our justice system, it is not always perfect, it has flaws, but it is still expected to carry out its function, to protect the innocent, and every time …show more content…
In episode 7, Sarah admits to Deirdre Enright, who works at the University Of Virginia School Of Law and runs their Innocence Project clinic, that there isn’t any “gross negligence or malfeasance or something on the part of the detectives or the State Attorney’s office, everyone seems to be doing their job, responsibly.” The people working on the case were doing their jobs correctly, and Adnan was convicted, not because the case was built for his conviction, but because the evidence and other information collected pointed to Adnan’s guilt. And Jim Trainum, the detective hired by the Serial staff, tells Sarah that “the detectives in this case were cautious and methodical. They weren’t rushing to grab suspects or to dismiss them either. The evidence collection was well documented,” and that the case is “better than average” (Ep. 8, Jim). Nobody was rushing to convict Adnan specifically. The detectives were not simply picking and choosing evidence that looked bad for Adnan, they were doing their jobs
Murder Case Against Adnan Syed In 1999, a murder case spiked the enthusiasm of the community of Baltimore, Maryland. Hae Min Lee was the victim of this unforgettable murder which brought together three main suspects: Adnan Syed, Jay Wilds, and Don; however, Don and Hae had only been together thirteen days prior to the murder. This rose suspicion in the case but for some reason was not analyzed as much as it should have been. Don did not have a solid alibi during that day, but he was thrown out the window.
On February 9, 1999 Hae Min Lee was found in Leakin Park, Baltimore, Maryland with signs of manual strangulation. The state claimed that Adnan Syed, Hae’s former boyfriend at the time was responsible because they believed he was enraged of their relationship ending. My claim is Adnan Syed is likely not responsible for the death of Hae Min Lee, because there was insufficient evidence to prove he was guilty and the trial was unfair, it was based more on his racial background than the actual case itself. Adnan can be proved innocent with Don’s odd alibi and suspicions.
Serial, a podcast produced by Sarah Koenig, has brought the fifteen year old case of Adnan Syed back into deliberation. Public interest in the murder of Hae Min Lee has risen exponentially and there have been conflicting views on the innocence of Syed. On February 13, 1999, Hae Lee disappeared and her body was found in Leakin Park, just outside the city of Baltimore, Maryland. Adnan Syed, her ex-boyfriend, was the prime suspect and indeed, a Baltimore jury sentenced him for life on February 25, 2000. Despite that, Syed has always maintained his innocence and denies any involvement in her strangulation.
Cristina Gutierrez, his lawyer, was considered an excellent lawyer before Adnan’s trial, but during and after the trial, she started to demanded that her clients give her more money to hire special prosecutors. Normally this is fine, but no special prosecutors where ever hired and she ended up keeping the money. She was later sued and was forced to give back all the money she illegally took. Christina also seem loud and mean during the trial. Although it is illegal to say that someone is guilty based solely on how they or their defence look and act, that doesn't stop jurors that are uneducated about the law.
Is Adnan innocent or guilty? The case of Hae Min Lee disappearing struck everyone. It was an ordinary day until Hae’s cousin’s family noticed she didn't pick her little cousin up. Adnan Syed, an ex-boyfriend of Hae’s, and Jay Wilds, the witness that testified against Adnan in court, are two suspects that could have murdered Hae. Sarah Keonig, an investigator from the Serial Podcast, is curious about what really occurred and reopened the case practically seventeen years later.
This first trial was actually going well for Adnan; the jurors said they were on the way to acquitting him. So had this trial played out, Adnan might be a free man. However, the second trial did not end well. Cristina was still a good lawyer and worked hard to prove Adnan’s innocence, but her arguments weren’t very organized. “it wasn’t like a clear outline, like the prosecution had” (Koenig, “The Best
Did you know that a man named Adnan Syed has been in jail for over fifteen years, for the murder of a woman named Hae Min Lee, and several friends and family members are still fighting for him to be released out of jail? In 1999 a seventeen year old boy, Adnan Syed, was convicted for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. Hae’s body was found in Leakin Park; a place where many people are found dead and bodies are usually disposed there. This case had no physical or DNA evidence, just testimonies. Even after fifteen years of being in jail, Adnan still claims he is innocent.
Murder is a deplorable crime that leaves behind a trail of devastation and grief for the victim's loved ones. There are many motivations behind such a heinous act, making it hard to determine the criminal. The case of Adnan Syed, who was sentenced to killing his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee, focuses on the many possible reasons why a person would commit such a hateful act. Despite the concrete evidence that was never shown, a number of reasons could show what could have led Adnan to commit such a horrendous crime. One reason could be that Adnan was driven to kill Hae after she broke up with Adnan.
During Adnan’s trial, there were many flaws that could’ve contributed to an unfair trial such as a bias jury, an attorney who made mistakes, and the failure to investigate other murder
I believe Adnan is innocent because the evidence used to determine the verdict isn't justly sufficient, minorities were unfairly targeted for crimes, and he's psychologically incapable of being considered a murderer.
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
He’s like, you know, who the hell is that” This works for Adnan because it proves that someone else saw him in the library. That means that the amount of witnesses could’ve been sufficient enough for adding on to be placed at the library at that time. Therefore by stating all of the facts, this proves that Adnan Syed could not have possibly committed the murder of Hae Min Lee. It is not logical and unreasonable for him to do
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.
In twelve episodes, Koenig breaks down the entire case, looking at how the prosecution and the defense built their arguments, and what they left out. While Adnan claims his innocence, as does Steven Avery, Adnan does not claim police corruption as his reason. Koenig, rather, feels that it wasn’t doing of the police, but of all of the suspects and witnesses
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.