Adnan Syed Case Study

Adnan was tried and convicted of a murder based on evidence that was, at points, proven to be misleading or false. The witnesses in the case lied, the timeline the state had was faulty because of its reliance on the cell records, and there are several alibis who say Adnan was not able to commit the crime because he was in other locations. It appears that the state was just trying to pin the crime on anyone they could without looking further into many obvious holes in their understanding of what happened. While it is not entirely clear who killed Hae Min Lee, it is exceedingly clear that there is a minuscule amount of reliable proof that Adnan Syed was the one who killed her and so he should not have been convicted of the crime.

Jay, the main negative factor in the case against Adnan Syed. Jay claims to be there for the burying of the body and says he knows Adnan did murder Hae. It was, however, discovered that Jay's story changed in his tellings of it, at one point “There's a whole side trip...to smoke some weed at Patapsco State Park.” (Koenig episode four). The side trip is removed when Jay actually testifies at trial. Jay did have reliable evidence about where Hae's car was located which does link Jay to the killing but that's all it does. We know Jay was involved in the

The cell phone records did not truly support the polices story, only a few calls did, so the police did not show the rest, presenting a skewed view of Adnan. Even if all the cell records did support the story of the state “Federal courts in Oregon and Illinois have ruled cell phone evidence inadmissible.” (Koenig episode five). Having that shouldn’t be grounds for a conviction in any case. Finally, “the call records also undermined what Jay tells the cops” (Koenig episode five) further degrading any vague conclusions the state jumped to in establishing Adnan's