The Murder Of Adnan And Hae-Personal Narrative

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Have you ever found yourself facing a world of questioning and accusations with no way of proving your innocence? Do you ever find yourself giving up all hope because you see no positive outcome because you have lost all faith? Imagine how teenage boy, Adnan Syed feels now, fifteen years later after being wrongfully accused of a crime that wasn’t looked at with one’s best ability. A truly good person is spending his life in prison because he was an easy target for the murder of his ex Girlfriend.
The investigators did not have enough of the right information, or evidence, to convict anyone else. Using the only fact they could find, that there were fingerprints in Hae’s car, where Adnan had been several times. Adnan and Hae were in a relationship. Fingerprints were everywhere. They could have been from weeks or months ago. The
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I know, it was forced. I was the same way”. Their idea of a dual personality to them is having a life outside of your home life. If that’s the case then every teenager in that town should’ve been questioned and suspected for the murder of Hae Lee. “His family didn’t know he actually drank, smoked and had sex”. I don’t know one teenage kid that doesn’t do at least one of these things, and for them to use those actions against him just seems completely absurd. I’d say an easy 60% of teens are a lot different when they’re out of the sights of their peers and family members.
A main reason I do not believe Adnan murdered Hae is because he was an above average student, personality wise. He was nice to everyone and great in school. Adnan was not someone with a history of mental illness of any sort that would lean to the State's assumption that he thought she needed to “pay” for breaking up with him. He had a well put together school reputation before her, he was not a nobody. It wouldn’t be hard for him to go back to his life before her. There’s no logical reason to why he would want her

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