First, the jury used his name as a reason that he is a murderer. “ Why would someone let their daughter date a man named Adnan Syed? ” (Serial Episode 10) What does that mean? Was the jury implying that through his name, he is a bad man and due to his race and her race that they should not date? This shows the racism of the jury and how bias the case was in opposition to Syed. Honor killings were also brought up as a potential motive for Adnan since he has a Pakistani background. That is something else from the case, the court saw Adnan Syed as a Pakistani rather than an American. Tanya Basu, a staffer for the Atlantic, asks herself, “ What role, if any, did race play in Adnan’s trial?” Basu believed the jury had some form of xenophobia or hatred or dislike of people from other countries which bring the expectation of honor killings common in Pakistan. This brings us back to why Honor Killings could be a potential motive. Honor killings are murders of women who have, one way or another, hurt the reputation of the family. What they are implying is Adnan killed Hae in honor of his family for …show more content…
Adnan’s attitude did not change when the two broke up because it was a regular high school romance that happens to most people, reasonable because high school relationships do not always last forever. Racism is one detail that affected Adnan in his case unfair and unjustified. Again, in episode 10, the Jury was trying to explain. A name does not mean you can or cannot marry someone. Adnan was introduced to the court as a Pakistani rather than an American. The jury that asked the judge on who would let their daughter date Adnan through his name, can be concluded Adnan was violated of the 14th Amendment that gives equal protection of the law. Instead, the jury concluded that his Pakistani backgrounds were his motive. The Speaker of the Jury does not give an explanation to why the name Adnan Syed is such a terrible name for anybody, whereas they should never be allowed to date. Also, Robert Lee Moore, a criminal who killed himself in 2012 and has been connected to another murder in 1999 of a young Asian woman, who was released out of jail two weeks before Hae was killed, appears a better explanation for the murder of Hae Min Lee. These reasons make Adnan