Adnan's 'Guilty In Serial'

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Sitting in a courtroom for a crime you didn’t commit, the future of your life depends on the jury and BOOM! You are in prison for the rest of your life and only 17 years old. On January 13, 1999, a senior of Woodland High School, Hae Min Lee was murdered by manual strangulation and later that year her ex boyfriend was convicted for first degree murder. He was convicted for a crime he did not commit. In the podcast “Serial”, explains this murder case with interviews, recordings from the trials, evidence, and even Adnan's perspective of everything based on this murder. In the podcast you never find out if Adnan is guilty or not but with all the evidence against him doesn't prove he killed Hae. Adnan Syed is not guilty.
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The timing of the murder according to the State had to happen between the time of 2:15-2:36. In Serial, Sarah Koenig, host and executive producer of Serial, actually recreates the steps Adnan did according to Jay’s story. Now the murder could of happen during this time and all the steps do fit from the time the bells ring from Woodlawn High School to the time Adnan ‘killed’ Hae. The big problem with this timeline is that Adnan would of have to have done everything perfectly, with no mistakes or delays, and that is impossible for someone to do that, especially Adnan. The State claiming this means Hae couldn’t of have fought back, there was no traffic, or even that Adnan can strangle her in a small amount of time, which is highly unlikely. Adnan could not have killed Hae in this amount of time. The timeline the State stated makes Adnan look not guilty due to the fact that he would have had to make the murder perfect and this murder case is not perfect at all but …show more content…

Adana also states he remembered seeing her there too. She then later wrote an affidavit and it stated that they spoke for about 15-20 minutes and then she left around 2:40. The murder ‘happened’ at 2:36 so Adnan couldn’t have been ‘murdering’ Hae at this time if he was at the library. The ones who believe Adnan is guilty will say she undermined her own story but her story has so much details, she couldn’t of had made that up. She also wrote him letters stating what happened that day without anyone knowing so Asia claiming she only did it because the family was ‘forcing’ her to do so is false. The parents didn’t even know she existed until Adnan mentioned the letters. This alibi shows Adnan is not guilty because he was at the library of the time Hae was

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