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Innocent Or Guilty Case Analysis
On January 13th 1999, a girl named Hae Min Lee was killed and buried in Leakin Park. Her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, was convicted of this murder case and there are still holes and facts that don’t add up to help the situation. This case was so interesting that a podcast was made to research and try to find an answer. The woman, Sarah, made this podcast and worked on years of research but was unable to come to a final saying on whether or not Adnan was truly innocent or guilty. In my opinion, I feel there is not enough evidence to tell if he is innocent or guilty because of Jay’s story, the call records, and the Nisha call. One piece of evidence the narrator found in this case was Jay’s story. Jay and Adnan weren’t best friends but rather acquaintances. …show more content…
In this case, the narrator finds many calls from different times that are either to or from Adnan’s phone. Many of these calls don’t add up to Adnan’s story or Jay’s story. For example, the first call made that day was at 10:45am and it was to Jay. Adnan says that he called Jay from school to make sure Jay remembered to get his girlfriend, Stephanie, a birthday present. Jay says Adnan called him from school and then drove over to pick him up to go shopping. Jay also says that this was the first time he learned of the murder plan. Another example is a call at 3:40pm made to Jay. Adnan claims that after school let out 2:15pm, he would have gone to the library to check his email while waiting for track practice to start at 3:00pm-4:00pm. Jay claims in the first interview that he spent the day at Jenn’s house waiting for Adnan to call around 3:00pm which he called at 3:40pm. In Jay’s second interview, he claims that he left Jenn’s house at about 3:40pm which is when he said Adnan called him in the first interview. These examples are just some of calls that do not add up or help with this murder case therefore the call records are not able to give enough evidence as to whether Adnan is innocent or

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