The case of Adnan Syed is a mysterious one, it all starts with the murder of a 17 year old girl from Baltimore County, Maryland; Hae Min Lee. On the afternoon of January 13, 1999 she disappeared, her body was later found in Leakin Park (a hotspot for dead bodies) cause of death: strangulation. Her ex-boyfriend ,Adnan Syed, was arrested later for the crime and in June 6, 2000 was sentenced to life plus 30 years in prison. The case on his story was mainly based from testimony given from his friend, Jay, who testified to helping Adnan bury Hae’s body. Adnan constantly insists that he had nothing to do with her death. Is Adnan Syed really guilty?…
Western Aluminum, INC expanded its operations through the acquisition of Smelter. By the end of 2007, Smelter is projected to produce 30% of Western Aluminum’s inventory. Western Aluminum evaluated its current practices in comparison to Smelters current FIFO Inventory management system and issued a proposal to change their inventory valuation method from LIFO to FIFO.…
Ladies and Gentleman of the jury, W.R. Grace and Beatrice foods have polluted the aquifer located under East Woburn. There is no question of this, as testimony from workers such as Al Love show that they have spilled, poured and dumped TCE, or Trichloroethylene. Mr. Reilly testified that he should have known what was happening on the 15 acres of property he leased out to the Whitney barrel company. By dumping TCE and other chemicals onto the ground, these companies introduced these harmful substances into the environment, particularly the aquifer underneath. These chemicals are not industrial revolution chemicals; they are modern, harmful chemicals that have adverse health affects.…
Jeffrey MacDonald was born on October 12, 1942. Jeffrey MacDonald was an intelligent and handsome man. He had a very beautiful family, including a wife and two young daughters. He attended Princeton University for 3 years in New Jersey while he was married to Colette MacDonald. While he was still in school at Princeton University his daughter Kim was born. After he was done at Princeton University he went to medical school in Chicago and later on had his other daughter Kristen. The family later on in life moved to North Carolina where Jeffrey would later on receive a job offer as a doctor in the Special Forces. Early in the year of 1970 Jeffery and his wife found out they were having another child.…
During their search of Rangel’s home police came across a smartphone in his bedroom which the court described as “a cellular phone that has the ability to store data, photographs, and videos” all of which is crucial. When the police arrived back at the station an investigator searched the phone and found text messages on his phone that put him to the scene of the crime, Rangel’s motion to suppress the text messages was later denied as he then pled no contest.…
LabCo must determine if their accounting policy for the revenue treatment of its construction contracts is reasonable, if it is appropriate for LabCo to change its method of accounting for the Halibut contract from the percentage-of-completion method to the completed-contract method and how the change should be treated on the basis of the guidance provided within ASC 250, and how LabCo’s accounting policy and accounting for the Halibut contract may change under IFRS if adopted in the coming year. This memorandum will provide support for how the overall conclusion, based on the issues above, was reached.…
On February 25, 2000 Adnan Syed’s world came crumbling down around him. Adnan was convicted to life plus thirty years for the murder of his high school ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. Although Adnan was convicted, he is not guilty. The prosecution's case was shaky and was built around one witnesses constantly changing testimony. The witness was Jay Wilds, the neighbourhood drug dealer and a former schoolmate of Adnan’s. As well as the prosecution's main witness being unreliable, the cell phone tower data that they used to convict Adnan says on the cover sheet that the cell phone data from incoming calls can't be used to reliably and precisely locate a cell phone. Lastly, the autopsy report of Hae Min Lee showed fixed frontal lividity, the phenomenon…
What would it be like if a person was convicted as guilty, but was really innocent? The murder of Hae Min Lee was committed on January 13, 1999. The person found guilty of this crime was Adnan Syed. Adnan was Hae’s boyfriend for a while and they were happy together, according to friends. Sarah Koenig is just a random person to Adnan Syed. She was told about the case by Rabia Chaudry whose brother was Adnan’s friend. Sarah heard what Rabia had to say about the case and was very interested. Since that time, she has done a podcast called, Serial. After investigating, it is clear that Adnan Syed is innocent because after school on the day of the murder, Adnan talked to Asia McClain at the library for a few minutes at 2:30 p.m., Adnan did not obsess over Hae after their breakup, and Mr. S was going to use the restroom in Leakin Park where he found Hae.…
Adnan Syed, 19, was convicted of murder fifteen years ago that placed him in prison for life. Mr. Syed, a Muslim, was charged with the murder of his ex girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, by strangling her and burying her body in Leakin Park. With this in mind, Adnan had a friend, Jay Wilds, who had assisted Adnan in the crime, but walked free out of his trial without having to serve any time in prison. Jay’s testimony of the crime had many inconsistencies that should’ve made him untrustworthy, but the jury still used his story as evidence to decide if Adnan is guilty of murder. Furthermore, the Serial podcast episodes, with Sarah Koenig as the narrator, involves Sarah reviewing the whole case of the crime as she also added many pieces of evidence from family and friends of Adnan and Hae, criminal detectors and the cops to try and discover the truth. The search for the truth without any clear details or information can make it very difficult to come to a conclusion. And after listening to all 12 Serial podcasts, I believe that Adnan deserves another trial, but it wouldn’t change the outcome from the first trial without more evidence.…
This paper utilizes Osama ((Usama)) Bin Laden (UBL) to explain the effectiveness of “psychology of defeat” and how it was implemented by terrorist organizations such as Al Qaeda. At 13 years old UBL’s father, a Yemen billionaire, died leaving him an $80 million dollar trust fund. Throughout UBL’s early life he felt ostracized by his family enhancing his frustration of his lack of social status. Being overshadowed by his brother’s, especially elder half-brother Salim, Osama eagerly looked for a purpose in life. Circa 1973 UBL lived a much westernized lifestyle in Beirut going to night clubs, drinking and often embroiled in shouting matches resulting in the occasional fist fight. At 24 years old UBL graduated from King Abdul-Aziz University,…
How comfortable would you be with a government having access to your personal information and data on your phone? A recent incident involving a terrorist attack in San Bernardino, sparked a controversy between Apple and the Federal Bureau of investigation. Following the attack by two individuals committed an act of terror, killing 14 people, the iPhone belonging to one of the terrorists was found. As you may know, your organization is requesting the court for Apple's forced assistance in weakening the encryption on an IPhone related to the San Bernardino terrorist attacks and supposedly has vital information on it. These terrorist attacks were performed by ISIS's lone wolves, named Syed Rizwan Farook, who owns the phone and Tashfeen Malik, his wife. In my opinion, the phone shouldn't be cracked for three reasons. First of all because it undermines America's founding principles and it…
Racial tension and gun violence has been present throughout the history of the U.S., but it has recently been given a spotlight in the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The young African American teenager was visiting his father and went out to the gas station to buy food, while on his way back, he felt like he was being watched and followed. After he decided to run, Trayvon was "confronted, shot, and killed near [the home he was residing in]." Gunman, George Zimmerman, frequently notified the police on many accounts. He supposedly noticed someone "suspicious" in his neighborhood, and Trayvon Martin happened to be that suspicious individual. His murder was evidently a hate crime, due to all the police reports that state that a majority of the suspected individuals Zimmerman spotted were black males. This case acted as a stimulus for people to reunite and attempt to make some change. Many people began losing trust in the system and acknowledging the…
FBI can demand “any tangible thing,” including books, letters, diaries, library records, medical and psychiatric records, financial information, membership lists of religious institutions, and genetic information without your knowledge or consent…
Yutaka Nakamura is a 44 year old Japanese man who works in the sales department of a large electronics firm. 4 years ago, Yutaka and his family (Son: Kenichi, Daughter: Yukimi and Wife: Chizuru) were sent to work in a key subsidiary in California. After becoming accustomed to living in the United States, Yutaka’s time was up and it was time for him and his family to return to Japan. Although Yutaka and his family enjoyed their life in America, they we’re all excited to go home. Unfortunately, their return to Japan did not go as smooth as they had anticipated. The kids, Chizuru and Yutaka each had their own particular problems in adjusting back to life in Japan.…
In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a U.S. law called the Patriot Act was passed under the Bush administration. The goal of passing this law was to strengthen domestic security and broaden the powers of law-enforcement agencies with regards to identifying and stopping terrorists (Grabianowski). The privacy of the American public was first questioned in 2006 when USA Today reported that the NSA had “been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth” and was “using the data to analyze calling patterns in an effort to detect terrorist activity” (Greenwald). This article referred to a secret…
