Hae Min Lee Research Paper

Juror’s Statement
Adnan Syed has been put on trial for the murder of Hae Min Lee. Not only has he been charged with life in a high security prison, but also has maintained his innocence for his whole trial and sentencing. Even though Jay’s testimony had been changed slightly over time, the story itself is consistent. Adnan killed Hae by strangulation and Jay helped Adnan bury her body in Leakin Park. Even though I state that Adnan is not innocent, he should not have been convicted with the evidence presented at trial.
This physical evidence does prove that Adnan was in Hae’s car but does not conclude to when he was there or how often he was with her. The months before Hae went missing, Adnan and Hae had been in a steady relationship in which Adnan could have easily used the map on a car ride with Hae. This evidence is just as circumstantial as any other piece of evidence collected during the case, even though it might be looked at as forensics there is no for sure positive indication that Adnan was in Hae’s car the day she was murdered. Also, there were many other fingerprints on the map of other friends and relatives. …show more content…
This letter could have pushed Adnan to self reflect and try to think about how he had been acting before. After Hae had been declared missing, there was a long weekend due to a snowstorm. During this snowstorm, Adnan could have been reflecting on his life and his time that he had spent with Hae. During the time that Hae was missing, Aisha and Krista had been updating Adnan on any information about Hae either from the news or police. Don, Hae’s boyfriend, also was not trying to contact her either. Just because Adnan didn’t try to contact Hae doesn’t mean that he killed