Comparing The Textual And Violent Murder Of Hae Min Lee

The sudden and violent murder of Hae Min Lee was concluded by the state that Adnan was guilty; however, it's entirely possible that the state’s evidence was not credible, and Hae’s murderer still runs free. In the popular podcast “Serial” by Sarah Koenig, the state concluded and ended the case, sending Adnan’s teenage life away. Although the evidence the state provided may be convincing, The evidence that wasn’t presented leaves the case in shambles, and puts someone else to blame. To begin with, the state's main witness, Jay, who claimed to have helped Adnan bury Hae's body, provided inconsistent statements and changed his story multiple times. Additionally, the prosecution relied heavily on cellphone tower data to place Adnan at the crime scene.

But it's inconsistent because you couldn’t tell when the date on which the fingerprint originated. From a practical standpoint it was 1999, and it was regular to use maps to navigate, Adnan and Hae were close, so it could’ve been a common coincidence that was taken too far. This evidence proves how the lack of physical evidence further proves that the states conviction was wrong from the beginning. Even though it can be proven that the state wasn’t credible, there are a couple of strong pieces of evidence that prove that Adnan could've killed Hae and the trial was right. For example in episode 6, the text states, “He was, he was, with a friend and the friend said something like, ‘look what I have’ and he popped the trunk and that’s what he saw.(Koenig 7). This is what checks out about the conviction. The neighborhood boy that witnessed Adnan showing Haes body to Jay, seems to be the exact same story that Jay confirmed at the trial. However, Koenig explains how the neighborhood boy saw a movie and it could be possible that it adapted to this story; witnessing something traumatizing would be something to be able to tell