In Serial, a podcast where Sarah Koenig investigates the murder of Hae Min Lee, there are many ambiguities surrounding Jay, his image, and story. The facts about Jay are unclear. The major ambiguities in Jay’s story give significance to the minor ambiguities. A major ambiguity - Jay confesses as an accomplice in crime. Furthermore, Jay lists all the actions he takes to aid Adnan. Another major ambiguity - Jay paints Adnan as cruel and bloodthirsty, even though nobody else paints Adnan as cruel or bloodthirsty. The following minor ambiguities can be resolved if we ignore the big picture. A minor ambiguity - Jay does not phone the police to report the planned murder; upon notification, the police might have been able to prevent the planned murder. …show more content…
Jay describes his active-involvement with Adnan in the crime. If Jay tells us the truth, he brings Adnan to school, holds onto Adnan’s cellphone and car so he could pick Adnan up when Adnan calls; picks Adnan up after he committed the murder, cruises around with Adnan, and brings Adnan to track practice. Additionally, Jay cruises around with Adnan in the afternoon, accompanies Adnan to LeakIn park and aids Adnan in digging the hole to bury Hae. Which criminal incriminates oneself? When Jay speaks about picking up Adnan he says: “I noticed that Hae wasn't with him. I parked next to him. He asked me to get out the car. I get out the car. He asks me, am I ready for this? And I say, ready for what? And he takes the keys. He opens the trunk. And all I can see is Hae's lips are all blue, and she's pretzeled up in the back of the trunk. And she's dead.” Jay goes to pick up Adnan from the actual murder and describes the episode in detail. Jay uses short sentences for dramatic effect, and speaks confidently, which is unusual when incriminating …show more content…
Additionally, Koenig makes an ambiguous statement which may further involve Jay in the crime. Koenig said, “they drive to Jay's to get some shovels,” together with Adnan, Jay went to pick up shovels from Jay’s. What is Jay’s? Is Jay’s, Jay’s house? Is Jay’s a store? Does Koenig leave out this soundbite of the interview with Jay about Jay’s, because it is implicitly discussed? Later, Jenn mentions Jay said the shovels were from Jay’s house. Koenig is manipulating the presentation, through the order in which the facts get discussed to keep us unsure as to who is the guilty party. She therefore, never throws too much guilt on to a single person at a given
On the evening of Ms. Heggar¡¦s death she was alone in her house. Eddie Ray Branch, her grandson, testified that he visited his grandmother on the day that she was killed. He was there till at least 6:30 p.m. Lester Busby, her grandnephew, and David Hicks arrived while her grandson was still there and they saw him leave. They then went in to visit with Ms. Heggar. While they were there, Lester repaid Ms. Heggar 80 dollars, which he owed her. They left around 7:15 p.m. and went next door to a neighboring friend¡¦s house. David Hick¡¦s went home alone from there to get something but returned within ten minutes of leaving. Because he was only gone for 5-10 minutes, prosecution theorized TWO attacks on Ms. Heggar because he could not have killed his grandmother during this 5-10 minute period alone. At 7:30 p.m., 15 minutes after the two had left, an insurance salesman called to see Ms. Heggar. He knocked for about 2 or 3 minutes and got no reply. Her door was open but the screen door was closed. Her TV was on. He claimed to have left after about 5 minutes and then he returned the next morning. The circumstances were exactly the same. With concern, he went to the neighbor¡¦s house and called the police. His reasoning for being there was because the grandmother¡¦s family had taken out burial insurance three days before she had died.
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.
Adnan's innocence away from him? Jay's story was documented, but his first story kept changing, which seemed off, if he was there shouldn't there be one story and only one story? But his final story, the story that never changes is the one after the mysterious session. Although even that story has flaws. Many to be exact. He says Adan called him after he killed Hae, but we know that they were never friends, only mere acquaintances. Theoretically, would you call an acquaintance after you you killed
based on the story of one witness, Adnan’s friend Jay, who testified that he helped
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.
In article “The Problem with Serial and the Model Minority Myth” writer, Julia Carrie Wong, claims that “In Episode 8, it becomes clear that Koenig is deploying another classic racial trope— that of the “model minority.” A sum up of this term “model minority” is when people fill up the stereotype image that is put on their race. Koenig has done a great job to represent each important person without (stereotyping.) In episode 8, Sarah Koenig gets in depth information on Jay; what kind of person he is, opinions on what other people think of him, etc. I disagree with Wong unanimously because it’s reaching to look for racism where there isn’t.
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
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is considered to be “the American novel,” for its depiction of the American Dream and the Jazz Age. The most intriguing part about this beautiful novel is the narrator, Nick Carraway. Throughout the novel, it is demonstrated that Nick is an unreliable narrator. The reason I make this claim is because Nick is biased, he judges the characters as he pleases, he does not tell you everything, he contradicts himself, and being a first person narrator, he does not give you much details of what is going on.
Because police investigators are usually under pressure to arrest criminals and safeguard the community, they often make mistakes. Sometimes, detectives become convinced of a suspect 's guilt because of their criminal history or weak speculations. Once they are convinced, they are less likely to consider alternative possibilities. They overlook some important exculpatory evidence, make weak speculations and look only for links that connect a suspect to a crime, especially if the suspect has a previous criminal record. Picking Cotton provides an understanding of some common errors of the police investigation process. During Ronald Cottons interrogation, the detectives did not bother to record the conversation “But I noticed he wasn 't recording the conversation, so I felt that he could be writing anything down”(79) unlike they did for Jennifer. They had already labelled Ronald Cotton as the perpetrator and they told him during the interrogation “Cotton, Jennifer Thompson already identified you. We know it was you”(82). Jenifer Thompson 's testimony along with Ronald Cotton 's past criminal records gave the detectives more reason to believe Ronald committed the crime. Ronald Cotton stated “ This cop Sully, though, he had already decided I was guilty.”(84). Many investigative process have shortcomings and are breached because the officials in charge make
He had explained to police that women were the natural choice because he had the need to feel dominant. He had stated that he found crime easy to commit because it was what he had done before and Catherine was a crime of opportunity, she had no one to protect her, she was alone and he wanted to commit a crime. He stated that Catherine’s murder and assault was “just an idea that came into my mind, I couldn’t put it aside, it was the perfect opportunity.’ He had weighed his benefits and left with a purpose to kill someone and that night he had wanted it to be a woman, he had told police that “I knew as soon as I saw people turn away from her, I could commit a crime and chances were, I could get away with it” (Schmalleger, 2014, pg.
He even wrote the letter indicating evidence on other cases such as locations of the dead bodies and description of who victims were. Both media and police received his letters. Media and police identified all information he has provided. Everything was clear except the case on Taunja Bennett, who was a his first victim. Police already had two people in jail serving term, so they could not just free two people in the jail. Rick Buckner, a detector who were in charge of Keith Jesperson’s inquiry explained about his confession. “He never explained to me why he confessed…...I’d probably because he enjoyed the attention. He wanted to be on the front page” He did not confess but maybe he wanted credit for his kils from the others. Video shows few interviews of Keith Jesperson and in every interview clips, he does seem he is not guilty. No one still knows why he turned in himself, but still can guess he wanted to be attentioned by people around him. There are many
Is Steve Harmon innocent or guilty you decide. Steve Harmon is put on trial of the murder of Mr. Nesbitt and the robbery of his drug store. During the trail Steve Harmon is seen as guilty by the prosecutor Sandra Petrocelli. The witness Allen Forbes testimony proves that the gun used in the murder was registered under Mr. Nesbitt. This helps prove that the gun was used in the murder and the robbery and the gun was later found in the store. This witness helped me prove that Steve Harmon could have used the gun to kill Mr. Nesbitt or had taken part in the robbery at some point in the crime. “I went around behind the counter and I saw Mr. Nesbitt on the floor—there was blood everywhere and the cash register was open. A lot of cigarettes were
Chinese novelist Mo Yan once said the following: “One of the biggest problems in literature is the lack of subtlety.” But trends tend to prove otherwise. In Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill A Mockingbird”, which is often regard the best american novel ever written, subtlety is found rarely throughout. Whether it be in her characterization or allegory she fails to leave the reader with a shred of doubt about what or who she is talking about, through her incessant circumlocution, if it can be called that, she delivers a vivid and redundant recount of events through the eyes of a young Jean Louise “Scout” Finch. If a section of the story (which encompass numerous almost unrelated shorter stories) were to be taken and examined, The Trial (chapters 17-22) would prove the most fruitful, and so it will serve as the subject of this essay.
On that night in Brentwood, the two murders were committed by a heartless individual who had no remorse for his victims. The scene outside Nicole's apartment was gruesome to say the least. Goldman and Brown Simpson’s blood covered the once cement-colored sidewalk. The investigators found multiple pieces of evidence at the crime scene. Most of the evidence leads directly to O.J. as the perpetrator of the two murders. Detectives collected and examined hair, blood, and small fibers (Linder). Other incriminating evidence at the site included a bloody glove and multiple shoe impressions that match the ones found in O.J. Simpson’s white Ford Bronco
Serial killers have interested me ever since I was young; the way that they think has become more interesting to me as of late. I have read a lot about the America's most infamous serial killers and the more I read the more interesting the their story becomes, some had served time in the military. I found this to be more than just a coincidence. This lead me to ask the question: Does the military enable people with personality disorders to “practice” killing, giving them the confidence to commit serial murder? What is the significance of military training associated with serial killers? Some examples would be Gary Ridgeway (Green River Killer) U.S. Navy, William Bonin (Freeway Killer) U.S. Army, Dennis Rader (BTK Killer) U.S. Air Force, David Berkowitz (Son of Sam) U.S. Army, and Jeffrey Dahmer U.S. Army, to name a few.