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Everyone has something to say about Adnan. Good and bad. "communities golden child" "the odds of getting the charming sociopath are so small"

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Adnans trial lawyer was M. Cristina Gutierrez, a renowned defense attorney in Marylander- tough and savvy and smart. other lawyers said she was exactly the kind of person you'd want to be defending you on a first degree murder charge. But Adnan was convicted, and a year later, Gutierrez was disbarred. What happened?
Adnans family, hands down thinks Adnan didn't do it. There were a lot of people coming to Adnans trial. The courtroom was full. Adnan is not Pakistani. Hes American with Pakistani heritage. The prosecutor Kevin Urick is a piece of s***.
Did Christina Gutierrez blotch the case? i think yes. She never talked to Asia McClain, who should have been a key witness. Christian died in January of 2004, so Sarah never got the chance to ask her. I think Gutierrez really believed that Adnan didn't do it but she did a terrible job putting the facts across to the jury. Mr.S is still very suspicious. Christian wasn't clear about presenting the facts, like the states. Everything was jumbled with Christina. Christina grills Jay about not telling the cops that Adnan supposedly called him saying he was going to kill Hae. The jury believed Jay all the way. i don't think she purposely tried to threw threw the case. I think she was having problems, this was the time that she was getting sick. Adnans mother said overtime Christina had changed.

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Episode 10: The best defense is a good defense

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Episode 10: The best defense is a good defense

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Laura says there was NEVER any phones around best buy. No payphone no anything. this is so important because Jay wilds testifies that Adnan had called him from the best buy payphone telling him to come pick him up, telling him he (Adnan) had killed Hae. He draws a map with the phone booth, no one could ever account for the phone booth. Summer (a friend of Haes also apart of wrestling manager with Hae) says theirs no way Hae was at best buy at 2:36, because Summer was talking to Hae after school about the wrestling match. It wasn't a quick conversation, lasted at least 10 minutes. Summer never talked to detectives. which i think is stupid. Adnan didn't do it!!!!!! that 2:36 phone call did not happen. "Kathy" testified about the call Adnan got, Aisha was calling around to see if anyone had heard from Hae. Aisha told the police to check in with him.
Adnan had to remain silent for two trials and it killed him. he would hear something and then wanna say "no that inst what happened" but he couldn't say anything.
no one saw anything strange in Adnans behavior. they were so young, how are you supposed to react?
people tend to bend there memories for what police want to hear.
Adnan really thought the cops weren't going to come to him because he didn't do anything. Adnan is doing really well in jail. He was very likable and made friends easily and always had people looking at for him. Sarah tried hard to contact the family but they want no part in it.

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Summary from serial website: the states case against Adnan hinged on Jays credibility; he was heir star witness and also, because of his charging statements to police, their chief liability. Naturally Adnans lawyer tried hard to make Jay look untrustworthy at trial.
Our summary: Jay had said that he was forced to do it or he thought that Adnan was going to hurt Stephanie (Jays gf) and thats the only reason he helped Adnan.
Adnans friends have good things to say about Adnan and then Jays friends have good things to say about him so its very in between.
Sarah speaks with Jim Trainum a former detective. He tells Sarah that it inst the polices job to find the truth, its to build the case.

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Adnan says he hates when people say "theirs no way you could have done it, you're such nice guy"

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Episode 7: The opposite of the prosecution

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Episode 7: The opposite of the prosecution

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Key witness in the murder of Hae min lee. She said she saw Adnan Syed at the library during the time of the murder, but then later changed her story and said she only said she saw Adnan at the library because the family would not leave her alone.... during the time that Sarah called her and she said that she probably saw Adnan at the library bit she couldn't remember because it was so long ago. then later she says i hope he gets the justice he deserves.

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The physical evidence against Adnan Syed was scant- a few underwhelming fingerprints and aside from a couple phone calls. they don't have much besides the story told by Jay wilds.
Fingerprints are in exclusive. Did Adnan really ask Hae for a ride to school??
when Adnan first got the call about Hae missing from the police was "oh Hae is gonna be in so much trouble when she gets home" hmmm that doesn't sound like he killed her to me.
Adnan never tried to contact her after she went missing (so the cell towers so) but all her friends were trying to contact her. Adnan says he was just as involved as anyone else when talking/looking for Hae. Hae wrote Adnan a very angry letter.. talking about how people break up all the time. Hae said Adnan didnt respect Adnan.
Aisha says she never saw "i kill" so she was surprised to see that later when she got the letter in court.
Laura said she say the body (Hae) in Adnans car with Adnan. the neighbor boy never remembers that happening. The neighbor boy said him and Jay weren't friends.
Adnan says "i wonder what made people think why it could have been me" he thinks there was no proof. He said "what did these people think about me"

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now going on to episode 6 and i still believe Jay wilds killed Hae.

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One of the biggest pieces of evidence in the states case against Adnan was the use of his cell phone and the cell phone towers were used to put Adnan in the general area of where the police said he was. The only issue with this is that the state tested 14 cell towers and only used the results from 2-3 cell towers.

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The challenge. the state said Hae was killed between 2:15-2:36 in the best buy parking lot. the murder took 21 minutes. its impossible to get from school to best buy or the park. 21 minutes just isnt enough time to do what was told happened. Sarah and another person go on the route from school to the best buy parking lot, 11 minutes in and they're still at school. took them 18 minutes to get to best buy.... what happens in those next 3 minutes.
a friend of Adnans said the best buy parking lot was Haes and Adnans spot to hang out.
News: was there ever a payphone at best buy????
Adnan cant believe that the 21 minutes actually worked. yes it worked but everything had to be perfect, no mess ups for everything to be completed in 21 minutes.

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Rabia is a family friend of Adnan. She is the one that brought Adnans story to Sarah. Till this day she believes Adnan is 100% innocent

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Detectives had other leads. Memo: regarding an anonymous call three days after Haes body was found. "look at the ex-boyfriend".
They(detectives) look at Adnans call log. one person was called 6 times that day...Jenifer. Jay had Adanas car that day and his new cell phone.
The police are wanting to talk to Jenifer, shes freaked out. The first time she tells the detectives that she doesn't know anything. but then the next say she comes back with a lawyer and her mom and says that Adnan killed Hae.
They do not know where Haes car is. Jay says that he knows where the car is.. he takes the detectives to the car. Adnan is confused, says that Jay isn't telling the truth.
Adnan and Jays girlfriend Stephanie were very close!!!!!! and Stephanie family did not approve of Jay but they had no problem with Adnan!!!!!! This is very important. This could have bothered jay enough to frame Adnan for the murder of Hae

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This park has a reputation...dead bodies. "well you're in digging in Leakin park to bury your body, you're most likely to find someone elses body". The maintenance man that found Haes body is very suspicious. Cops are looking for Brandi drinker, because Brandi bottle was found near Haes body. When interviewing "Mr.S" they ask what he drinks, how much, etc. the detective starts naming alcohol and eventually gets to Brandi and Mr.S says nah not Brandi. He's off the hook. Mr.S has a "reputation", a record for streaking. The freaky kind.
Mr.S is let off the hook. He did not murder Hae ee Min

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prom dates, love letters, sneaking off to be alone together. Their love was a regular cheesy high school relationship. Soon before Christmas break, Hae broke up with Adnan, and soon started to have a crush on a co-worker named Don. They soon started dating. she writes in her diary "i love you don. I think i found my soulmate"
Jay tells detectives about the car situation, where Haes body was in the trunk of Adnans car. At the end of the episode there is debate whether or not Adnan had asked Hae for a ride on the day she went missing.

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On January 15th 1999, a girl named Hae Min Lee, a senior at Woodlawn High School, in Baltimore, disappeared after failing to pick her younger cousins up from school. A month later, Hae’s body was discovered in a park in Baltimore, by a maintenance man. Jay wilds would soon be arrested for the murder of Hae only to find out that he has innocent and testified against is former best friend, Adnan Syed. Adnan is currently 37, and still in prison.

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Sarah Koenig is an American journalist, public radio personality, staff producer of the television and radio program This American Life, and the host and executive producer of the acclaimed podcast Serial. Sarah follows the heartbreaking story of a 17-year old girl who has bee murdered while trying to clear the name of Adnan Syed, who has been convicted for murder.

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Senior in high school. Adnans best friend, now ex-best friend. Suspect in the murder of Hae Min, but now is being used against Adnan because he told detectives that Adnan was the one who had killed Hae, and had planned it.

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17-year old high school senior. Convicted for murdering his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee.

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17-year old high school senior girl, Found dead on February 13, 1999 in Leakin park.