Adnan Syed, the convicted murderer at a young age, got famous because how he got convicted was very confusing and there was not that much evidence against him in the first place. Adnan says he is innocent and many questions have been unanswered from this trial, just keep in mind that everyone is innocent until proven guilty. Adnan’s case got very popular in a podcast Serial, developed by This American Life. Serial is nonfiction that is spoken by Sarah Koenig who is an investigative journalism. Sarah Koenig also mentions there was no real evidence that Adnan is the murderer. The View from LL2 has all the evidence from the podcast titled, Serial: An Examination of the Prosecution’s Evidence Against Adnan Syed, which reviews all available evidence.
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About 19 years ago, January 13, 1999 a high school senior Hae Min Le that went to Woodlawn High School has disappeared. About a month later, Hae’s body was found in Lincoln Park in Baltimore. The cause of death was strangulation and Adnan Syed, was the first suspect and later was arrested for her murder, Adnan states that he did not murder her, that he is innocent (Serial season 1). “There was no physical evidence linking Adnan to Hae’s murder. It should be noted that this was not because of any lack of effort on the state’s part; in developing a case against Adnan, investigators compared soil found on Adnan’s boots to soil samples where Hae’s body was found, looked for Adnan’s fingerprints in Hae’s car and at the crime scene, tried to match fibers and hairs found at the crime scene with Adnan’s hair and clothes. But all of that came up empty” (The View from LL2). Since there was no real evidence putting Adnan in the crime scene, how was he the main suspect? Adnan’s convictions were based on unreliable “evidence”. One was a statement made from Jay, saying Adnan commented the murder but he has 3 different statements which would seem not credible. Two, cellphone records that Jay and Adnan placed, but cellphone towers don’t really pinpoint your real location. There is evidence saying that Adnan killed Hae because he is that kind of person to do out of rage. (Serial …show more content…
“The cops talked to this teacher on March 24 and in their notes, it says the teacher, Mr. Nicholson had had Adnan as a student the year before, the word “brooding” is in there, then it says suspect “had an uncle in Pakistan who can make people disappear.” Under that it says, they drained blood from cows at the mosque one day, he was pumped. So that odd tidbit from Mr. Nicholson ends up as an argument at Adnan’s bail hearing. I couldn’t find any other source for it in the detective’s or State’s attorney’s files I looked at. Adnan’s attorney made a stab at fact checking Wash’s information” (Serial season 10). This quote in the podcast explains that Adnan’s teacher had a story about his family, does not have any facts but just stories. One thing leads to another this story became a fact in Adnan’s bail hearing and made people feel unsafe and did not want Adnan to get bail to try to escape to Pakistan after a murder. Later, when the prosecutor apologized with that statement and informed everyone in the court that the stories of running to Pakistan after a murder is false in this case. Adnan still did not get bail, and how the prosecutor even brought up this story shows some stereotypes that was unforgivable and unfair. These kinds of stories can still give affect on people in their lives and their
About 19 years ago, January 13, 1999 a high school senior Hae Min Le that went to Woodlawn High School has disappeared. About a month later, Hae’s body was found in Lincoln Park in Baltimore. The cause of death was strangulation and Adnan Syed, was the first suspect and later was arrested for her murder, Adnan states that he did not murder her, that he is innocent (Serial season 1). “There was no physical evidence linking Adnan to Hae’s murder. It should be noted that this was not because of any lack of effort on the state’s part; in developing a case against Adnan, investigators compared soil found on Adnan’s boots to soil samples where Hae’s body was found, looked for Adnan’s fingerprints in Hae’s car and at the crime scene, tried to match fibers and hairs found at the crime scene with Adnan’s hair and clothes. But all of that came up empty” (The View from LL2). Since there was no real evidence putting Adnan in the crime scene, how was he the main suspect? Adnan’s convictions were based on unreliable “evidence”. One was a statement made from Jay, saying Adnan commented the murder but he has 3 different statements which would seem not credible. Two, cellphone records that Jay and Adnan placed, but cellphone towers don’t really pinpoint your real location. There is evidence saying that Adnan killed Hae because he is that kind of person to do out of rage. (Serial …show more content…
“The cops talked to this teacher on March 24 and in their notes, it says the teacher, Mr. Nicholson had had Adnan as a student the year before, the word “brooding” is in there, then it says suspect “had an uncle in Pakistan who can make people disappear.” Under that it says, they drained blood from cows at the mosque one day, he was pumped. So that odd tidbit from Mr. Nicholson ends up as an argument at Adnan’s bail hearing. I couldn’t find any other source for it in the detective’s or State’s attorney’s files I looked at. Adnan’s attorney made a stab at fact checking Wash’s information” (Serial season 10). This quote in the podcast explains that Adnan’s teacher had a story about his family, does not have any facts but just stories. One thing leads to another this story became a fact in Adnan’s bail hearing and made people feel unsafe and did not want Adnan to get bail to try to escape to Pakistan after a murder. Later, when the prosecutor apologized with that statement and informed everyone in the court that the stories of running to Pakistan after a murder is false in this case. Adnan still did not get bail, and how the prosecutor even brought up this story shows some stereotypes that was unforgivable and unfair. These kinds of stories can still give affect on people in their lives and their