Over 10,000 people a year in the United States are convicted of things they did not do. Hae Min Lee was a 18 year old teenager at Woodlawn High School when she suddenly disappeared and then later found dead in Leakin Park. Serial is a podcast along with Undisclosed that goes in depth to look at the investigation through the case and to prove Adnan Syed innocent. Adnan Syed was a 17 year old muslim kid who went to Woodlawn High, he was also and track and lived life day by day pretty normal. Adnan's friend Jay claims he helped him bury the body of Hae and he becomes a main witness and every time he is interviewed his story changes up a bit. Adnan is wrongfully convicted there are so many signs that he is innocent. Jay Wilde was interviewed by Sarah Koenig the creator of the podcast Serial and he said everything that they needed to hear and that was that. Jay was later interviewed by police detectives and such and his story changed from what …show more content…
Jay changing his story many times could just be him forgetting because of how long ago and he just forgot. The crime happened such a long time ago he could just have a bad memory. Jay being coached also the sounds of tapping does not have to be a detective tapping a pen on the desk it could be something else. The cell records could have been accidentally misplaced and also just not important enough to use and they just chose not too. As stated before Adnan's times all match up with the call log and place they were but Jays did not this could mean Jay lied about having his phone and Adnan was telling the truth or vice versa. The DNA that was not being tested could be argued about saying that it's too old and the options of who did it are not narrow enough. With all of the evidence that Adnan is wrongfully convicted there are some counter arguments that proves these are not strong enough to prove his
Based on information provided by Sarah Koenig’s podcast, Serial, Hae Min Lee is killed by Adnan Syed, he yet says he didn’t murder her. Adnan is convicted of committing homicide, which he didn’t do, should not be in jail. This is for 3 main accounts; if something important happens a person remembers that day, Jay knew where Hae’s car was, and by how Sarah and her friend go by the day Jay described.
Can you imagine being convicted of first degree murder at only 17 years of age? Adnan Syed couldn't believe it either. In fact he was mortified when they charged him of brutally suffocating, his ex-girlfriend Hea Min Lee, to death. Adnan Syed was a pawn that the Baltimore detectives played with, a mere dupe to cast off as the true killer. Syed is like many Americans, he was never granted a fair trial. There is some actors that make Syed guilty, but perhaps it was just pure coincidence that got Adan wrapped up in this whole mess. One simply can't overlook the major factors that make him innocent enough to grant him a second trial. Adan has spent half of his life in prison, due to a wrongful conviction that happened many
On February 25th, 2000, Adnan Syed was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, via manual strangulation six weeks prior. Brutal right? So are false convictions. Adnan Syed did not murder Hae Min Lee nor did he have anything to do with her death. However, without a doubt, Jay Wilds, his alleged partner in crime, was involved.
Murder Could you believe or even imagine a charming, handsome and popular high school boy killing his ex-girl-friend? This is the case involving Adnan Syed in the murder of Hae Min Lee in 1999. "On January 13, 1999, a girl named Hae Min Lee, a senior at Woodlawn High School in Baltimore County, Maryland, disappeared. A month later, her body turned up in a city park.
What would you do if you were convicted of a crime you didn’t do? The story of Serial narrated by Sarah Koenig is about a man named Adnan Syed. Adna Syed was wrongly convicted of killing his ex girlfriend Hae Min Lee.Jay Wilds is a friend of Adnan who used to smoke weed with him sometimes after school,but he is also a suspect in the case. This story is interesting because Koenig is trying to find out who the murderer is of Hae Min Lee or if Adnan can be proven innocent. Believe that Adnan is innocent of the murdering of Hae Min Lee because one piece of evidence which are letters that a woman named Asia wrote to Adnan claiming that she saw Adna that day and at the time Hae was murdered at the library and that she even had a little chat with him. Another piece of evidence is that Best Buy tweeted a tweet saying that they never had a payphone which Jay claims that Adna called him from to come pick him up.
You’re woken up by police officers one morning. They say that they are taking you to be questioned for the murder of Hae Min Lee. That’s what happened to Adnan Syed, a young man sentenced to life in prison for murdering his ex-girlfriend. This would be any old hear-it-and-forget-it case, except that there were multiple problems with the case. The evidence that the State used was flawed. So, because there has not been any evidence presented that can prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, Adnan is not guilty.
On January 13th, 1999, a high school girl from Baltimore, Maryland, Hae Min Lee disappeared after school. Hae was found just a few miles away in Leakin Park, a few weeks later, where it was determined that the cause of death was manual strangulation. Not long after, Hae’s ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed was arrested and tried for her murder and is now spending life in prison. After hearing Sarah Koneig’s Podcast, Serial where she went back to re-investigate the trial it became clear that the jury does not have enough evidence to convict Adnan Syed for the murder of Hae Min Lee for many reasons including, the lack of evidence, lack of motive, and the reliance of memory is not enough to convict Adnan Syed.
Imagine a murderer walking down the road beside you and you don’t even know it. The average person will walk by a murderer and not even know it 36 times in their lifetime (Qin). Serial is a 12 episode podcast given by Sarah Koenig. Sarahs purpose is to give evidence to prove Adnan Syed innocent in the murder of Hae Min Lee. Hae was one of the people murdered in 1999. 14,196 people are murdered each year in the United States alone. Adnan Syed is the murder and currently serving his time in jail, for life.
They had an alibi witness, a gas receipt, a ticket on the day of the murder. A police officer who would not come unless the judge subpoena him and the judge of course refused and would not pay the $650 to summon him. There were also two jailhouse snitches who lied about their testimony. The police misconduct was used in how they charged these individuals originally and how they have been accused initially with robbery, which later turned into murder. The police created the story and intimidated an eye witness who refused to testify and threatened to charge her with the murder if she refused. The attorneys told a moving tale and Ron Keine and company ended up being convicted. This case was before DNA testing but what exonerated these individuals was the actual murder confessing to the crimes. The entire case seemed like a fluke and malicious attack on these people. A guy in Carolina, confessed to all charges and had an epiphany and told the police where the weapon was located and how everything happened and how he dragged the body. He had to fight to get the police to accept his confession because the police were acting as if they already had their
A month after she disappeared on January 13th, 1999, Hae Min Lee was found strangled in a park in Baltimore. Adnan was arrested for Hae’s murder because of the testimony of his friend, Jay. In his interview, Jay told the police that Adnan killed Hae, bragged about it, returned to track practice to make sure he had an
You are 17 years old, still in school, your girlfriend just broke up with you, and now you are convicted of first-degree murder for the death of your ex-girlfriend. What would you do? Also, what if there wasn’t enough evidence to prove that you did it, but then not enough to prove that you didn’t do? What would you do then? What would you tell people? Would you lie to them if you actually did it? This is a story of a teenager who was in a similar situation. His name is Adnan Syed. He was convicted of killing Hae Min Lee, his ex-girlfriend, in Maryland in 1999. 15 years later Sarah Koenig started a podcast, Serial. In this podcast Sarah explores and digs deep into the two options, is Adnan guilty? Or is Adnan innocent? Adnan Syed should stay
In the year of 1999, Jay Wilds was taken in for questioning on behalf of the information he know about Hae Min Lee’s murder. While the police began questioning him and getting answers, a couple did not match previous answers. Once police knew this no major action or step was taken forward after. Jay’s positive image for himself was the loving grandson and lacrosse athlete . All these images of Jay had painted for himself were great. But the infamous image Jay was known for was being the weed supplier. Once being interrogated by officers he began to make lies as to where he had seen Hae’s body. Revealed later in the 2015 interview, Jay said he had lied to protect his family. Jay had a drug
There were no DNA evidence that can prove that he was or is guilty, there are no cross statements by him nor his co-defendant, there were contradicting statements by each victim. There were little to no evidence.
The officers tampered with evidence and made a false discovery that he was the person and that is how he was convicted (Innocent Project N.D.). Many forensic methods have been implemented in research when looking for evidence, but the methods that are not scientific and have little or nothing to do with science. The result of false evidence by other means leads to false testimony by a forensic analyst. Another issue with forensic errors is that it is a challenge to find a defense expert (Giannelli, 2011).
Debated as one of the most misrepresented cases in American legal history, Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald still fights for innocence. Contrary to infallible evidence, prosecution intentionally withheld crucial information aiding MacDonald’s alibi. Such ratification included proof of an outside attack that would have played a major role in Jeffrey’s case.