The 12 part Serial podcast series told a story of a criminal case, involving of a high
school senior, Adnan Masud Syed, who was convicted of allegedly murdering his ex-girlfriend,
Hae Min Lee. The serial podcast was conducted by that Sarah Koenig, a journalist and goes in
depth taking the evidence, testimonies, stories, and characters and laid it out in the podcast
showcasing a likely error within the criminal justice system
On January 1999, in the city of baltimore, Maryland, Hae Min Lee a seventeen year old
high school student went missing after school. Hae first went missing, focus immediately shifted
to another senior at Woodlawn high school student and her recent ex-boyfriend of Adnan Syed,
and was immediately questioned by the …show more content…
In a park about a month later, her body was discovered, killed by manual strangulation.
Adnan Syed, Adnan immediately told police of his actions that day, and has been very consistent
throughout the investigation. Detective’s subpoena Adnan Syed's cell phone records during which
they discovered calls to two people, Jen his friend, and a weed dealer named Jay. The detective’s
interviewed, Jen and then Jay. Jay told the detectives his account on everything that happened
that day, allegedly taking part within the burying/disposing of Hae’s body. Details of Jay's story
shifted in some significant ways that over four interviews, but the detectives aforementioned they were able to
corroborate his story using cell phone records.
The police investigation of the case seemed amateurish. The police investigation, they
focused their entire time on Adnan, and didn’t investigate any other suspects. The Police didn’t
do a thorough investigation, the producers of the podcast spent more time investigating. They
Ignored Adnan alibi whose Adnan timeline of events matched, should have gotten Syed off …show more content…
Most people
said that Adnan was a very nice and charming child, who was dedicated to his studies, religion
and sports. This should have never made it to trail with all the lack of evidence. Deirdre Enright,
Director of Investigation for the Innocence Project at the University Of Virginia School Of Law,
and a team of law students analyze the case against Adnan Syed. Deirdre thinks the evidence
against him was "thin". She advises Koenig to keep revisiting all the evidence, allowing
uncertainties to remain until there is a tipping point once her queries are resolved. They start
with a presumption of Syed's innocence, and ask whether or not they can discover who really did kill
Lee. Defense attorney Cristina Gutierrez argued that someone else did it, and police did not look
beyond Syed.
In conclusion, after looking at the different elements of the case, including the initial
investigation and determination of a suspect, the trial and claims that were made by the eye
witness Jay, and the punishment phase of the case, I can honestly say that there are legitimate
concerns with the criminal justice system and the manner they handled this case. The conviction
school senior, Adnan Masud Syed, who was convicted of allegedly murdering his ex-girlfriend,
Hae Min Lee. The serial podcast was conducted by that Sarah Koenig, a journalist and goes in
depth taking the evidence, testimonies, stories, and characters and laid it out in the podcast
showcasing a likely error within the criminal justice system
On January 1999, in the city of baltimore, Maryland, Hae Min Lee a seventeen year old
high school student went missing after school. Hae first went missing, focus immediately shifted
to another senior at Woodlawn high school student and her recent ex-boyfriend of Adnan Syed,
and was immediately questioned by the …show more content…
In a park about a month later, her body was discovered, killed by manual strangulation.
Adnan Syed, Adnan immediately told police of his actions that day, and has been very consistent
throughout the investigation. Detective’s subpoena Adnan Syed's cell phone records during which
they discovered calls to two people, Jen his friend, and a weed dealer named Jay. The detective’s
interviewed, Jen and then Jay. Jay told the detectives his account on everything that happened
that day, allegedly taking part within the burying/disposing of Hae’s body. Details of Jay's story
shifted in some significant ways that over four interviews, but the detectives aforementioned they were able to
corroborate his story using cell phone records.
The police investigation of the case seemed amateurish. The police investigation, they
focused their entire time on Adnan, and didn’t investigate any other suspects. The Police didn’t
do a thorough investigation, the producers of the podcast spent more time investigating. They
Ignored Adnan alibi whose Adnan timeline of events matched, should have gotten Syed off …show more content…
Most people
said that Adnan was a very nice and charming child, who was dedicated to his studies, religion
and sports. This should have never made it to trail with all the lack of evidence. Deirdre Enright,
Director of Investigation for the Innocence Project at the University Of Virginia School Of Law,
and a team of law students analyze the case against Adnan Syed. Deirdre thinks the evidence
against him was "thin". She advises Koenig to keep revisiting all the evidence, allowing
uncertainties to remain until there is a tipping point once her queries are resolved. They start
with a presumption of Syed's innocence, and ask whether or not they can discover who really did kill
Lee. Defense attorney Cristina Gutierrez argued that someone else did it, and police did not look
beyond Syed.
In conclusion, after looking at the different elements of the case, including the initial
investigation and determination of a suspect, the trial and claims that were made by the eye
witness Jay, and the punishment phase of the case, I can honestly say that there are legitimate
concerns with the criminal justice system and the manner they handled this case. The conviction