https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz SERIAL Final Project en-us 2019-04-08 14:10:02 UTC 2019-04-11 01:13:10 UTC hello@padlet.com 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349514718 The ex-boyfriend and convicted murderer of Hae Min Lee. Adnan was a 17 year old senior at Woodlawn High School when he was arrested and was sentenced to life in prison.]]> 2019-04-08 14:20:04 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349514718 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349517925 She is the victim in this case, murdered by manual strangulation. Hae was a 17 year old Korean-American when she died. ]]> 2019-04-08 14:25:23 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349517925 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349520686 The state's key witness in the case against Adnan Syed. Jay graduated a year ahead of Adnan, with whom he'd smoke weed. He also sold weed and was not sentenced to any jail time at all as a result of this case. Overall, Jay seems like an extremely sketchy person, and his story of what happened on January 13th, 1999 changes repeatedly.]]> 2019-04-08 14:29:35 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349520686 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349528261 During the time that they were dating, Hae and Adnan were really in love. When they broke up, they remained close friends.]]> 2019-04-08 14:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349528261 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349529726 Jay and Adnan occasionally smoked together, but were not close friends at all. When Jay testifies against Adnan, he claims he had to help him bury Hae's body because Adnan threatened to go to the police about him dealing drugs.]]> 2019-04-08 14:44:22 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349529726 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349534514 The location in Leakin Park where Hae's body was found by Alonzo Sellers.
What's suspicious about the whole case is hardly anything is DNA tested. They have no physical evidence against Adnan Syed. Therefore, this means that he has been convicted or murder solely based on Jay's story.]]> 2019-04-08 14:51:28 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349534514 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349535822 For some reason, the investigators went right to and settled on Adnan. But what about Jay? What about Don? Why didn't the state do more to find out who really took the life of an innocent young girl?]]> 2019-04-08 14:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349535822 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349543424 This map shows the main and important locations in the case against Adnan Syed. Adnan's cell phone call log from January 13th, 1999 was used as evidence by the state to show where Adnan at what time. However, according to the cell record information sheet, the incoming calls are not reliable for location evidence.
Another thing about this case: After hearing Jay's story, the state just tried matching any evidence and the calls from the call log to the story. They work backwards to help support Jay's story instead of the other way around. Justice was not wholly served, and the truth is still yet to be uncovered.]]> 2019-04-08 15:07:07 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349543424 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349604075 Don was Hae's boyfriend at the time before she died. Overall, he seems like a sketchy person. His alibi for the night Hae disappeared is backed by his own mother. He claims to have been working at LensCrafters, but his name was not listed on the schedule.]]> 2019-04-08 16:55:15 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349604075 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349619367 Asia claimed to have seen Adnan at the Woodlawn Public Library at the same time that the state claims he was at Best Buy killing Hae. However, Adnan's lawyer, Christina Gutierrez, never contacts her.]]> 2019-04-08 17:20:58 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349619367 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349946813 This call matches all of Jay's multiple stories. He says that at 10:45, he gets a call from Adnan. This can be backed up by the call log. ]]> 2019-04-09 14:14:24 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349946813 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349948347 This call helps to backup Jay's story from his second interview. At 3:32, Adnan calls Nisha on the way to Forest Park.]]> 2019-04-09 14:16:53 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349948347 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349951374 Again, this helps Jay's story from his second interview. Jay calls his friend Patrick to "score some weed" at 3:59.]]> 2019-04-09 14:22:24 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349951374 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349952355 Both of these calls are incoming and support Jay's second story. Adnan gets a call from Hae's brother asking if he's seen Hae, and a call from the police who are looking for Hae as well.]]> 2019-04-09 14:24:21 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349952355 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349957548 Clearly, there are a TON of inconsistencies throughout Jay's stories. Notice how multiple parts of his story change for seemingly no reason. For example, something that constantly changes is where Adnan first shows Jay Hae's body in the trunk of her own car. How someone can simply forget or lie about where they saw a dead body continues to baffle me.]]> 2019-04-09 14:34:35 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/349957548 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350049945 In conclusion, it is obvious that justice was not served in the case of the state vs Adnan Syed. The real murderer of Hae Min Lee is currently out and free, while Adnan has spent more than half of his life in prison for a crime he did not commit. There are multiple sketchy and unsatisfactory aspects of this case. Let's take a look at a few of them to recap:


1. Lack of investigation: The state basically stopped looking for suspects after Jay came forward with his story. The majority of evidence that they uncovered was not even DNA tested. And any evidence they did find, was only used if it supported Jay's version of events. 

2. Suspicious people: It is clear that Jay should have been looked at more as a suspect rather than the innocent man that had no choice but to assist a murderer. Plus, Don is an extremely sketchy figure. His alibi is not even close to airtight, and the only person backing him up for it is his own mother.

3. Reasonable doubt: There is an abundance of reasonable doubt in the case of the State vs. Adnan Syed. There is no way he should have been convicted as the murderer of Hae Min Lee because there were multiple things that made him sem innocent. Pretty much the only thing he had against him is Jay Wild's story. So what happened to innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt?


Overall, Adnan Syed is clearly an innocent man, who simply happens to be extremely unlucky.]]> 2019-04-09 17:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350049945 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350183746 2019-04-10 01:11:06 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350183746 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350190167 Here are some of the inconsistencies that show up in Jay Wild's stories of what happened on January 13th, 1999:


1. The times: Each time Jay tells his story, he changes the time of when each of the events occur throughout the day. You might think, Well that's understandable. He is being asked to recall a day from more than 6 weeks back. But the thing is, these times change drastically. For example, in his first interview, Jay says he drops Adnan off at track practice at 4:30. In the second interview, he drops him off at 5:10. And in the third story, he drops him off at 5:15. This is about a 45 minute difference.

2. The location of where Jay first sees Hae's dead body: In the first story, it's at Edmondson Avenue. In the second and third stories, he sees it in the Best Buy parking lot. And in his interview with intercept, he sees it outside his grandmother's house. Intriguing, isn't it?

3. Patapsco State Park: In his second interview, Jay claims he and Adnan smoke a blunt at Patapsco State Park. The in each of his other stories, this never happens. So why include it in the first place?

Of course, these are only a few. It is obvious that Jay is untrustworthy and unreliable. Now, an innocent man has to spend the rest of his life in jail only because of this guy's stories.]]> 2019-04-10 01:40:18 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350190167 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350378124 New information was revealed from a 4 part HBO Documentary on this case that was not included in the SERIAL podcast. Here are a few new and important things to know from it:]]> 2019-04-10 14:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350378124 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350381190 -Jenn Pusateri says Jay was a good story teller and could manipulate people. 
-Aisha now says that she sees Jay as shady.
-Jenn also admits that she was dumb to not question Jay's involvement in the crime more.
-Kristi says she is not even surprised at Jay's inconsistencies because "he always lied".]]> 2019-04-10 14:40:50 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350381190 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350385399 While Hae's car was supposedly parked in the lot for 6 weeks, the grass under it seemed pretty fresh unlike the grass around it. The grass on the car tires also seemed fresh. A woman who lived in that development claimed she would have had the car towed had it actually been parked there for so long. ]]> 2019-04-10 14:49:31 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350385399 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350385908 2019-04-10 14:50:29 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350385908 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350408474 Something really suspicious about Jay is the lack of jail time he served after Adnan's conviction. He was arrested over 20 times, and yet served little to no time in jail. Once, Jay literally beat his girlfriend, and then proceeded to assault police officers. This makes it seem like the state must have worked out some deal with Jay to prevent him from serving jail time.]]> 2019-04-10 15:32:47 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350408474 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350591426 Adnan's lawyer, for some unfathomable reason, never contacts Asia McClain about her alibi story that supported Adnan. If her story had been brought to court, there is a big chance that Adnan could be out living his life instead of sitting in prison. The prosecutor also lies about the reason behind Asia withdrawing her affidavit, claiming that Adnan's family had pressured her into writing it. In reality, Asia just thought Adnan's conviction was airtight; However, she now realizes that Adnan could actually be innocent.]]> 2019-04-11 00:20:41 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350591426 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350593056 It is obvious that the state simply wanted to have someone that they'd be able to convict, and only try to find evidence that helps to back up Jay's story. In fact, his story did not even match the cell tower evidence "at first". In the time between when Jay first steps into the police station to when he finally gets recorded for his interview, the detectives most likely helped him out in crafting a believable story. You can even hear tapping in his interviews that probably comes from the detectives pointing at the map of Woodlawn each time Jay forgot what to say.]]> 2019-04-11 00:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350593056 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350595109 Kristi says Jay and Adnan only came to her house once, while Jay insists that they went twice. She also is now sure that these events could not have taken place on the 13th on January 1999. A look back at her schedule from that day makes her certain that she would not have been home that evening because she had an important test to take that she would not miss.]]> 2019-04-11 00:37:05 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350595109 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350597252 While it may not be the only reason Adnan was convicted, racism did pay a major role in it. Basically, the court did not grant him bail because he was Muslim. ]]> 2019-04-11 00:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350597252 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350597984 The lividity of Hae's body proves that her body could not have been buried that night at 7:30. There were also diamond shaped prints on her shoulder that may have come from Alonzo Sellers' concrete working boots.]]> 2019-04-11 00:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350597984 22aapatel https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350598564 It is understandable that Adnan Syed would seriously consider a plea deal after spending so much of his life in prison for a crime he did not commit. However, he declines the deal he is offered that involved serving four more years of jail. This shows that Adnan definitely did not kill Hae Min Lee, otherwise he would have accepted the offer. ]]> 2019-04-11 00:52:44 UTC https://padlet.com/22aapatel/yxlhqhgginxz/wish/350598564