Examples Of Opening Statement For Hae Min Lee Jury

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Eileena Luu Mrs. Eddins English II Honors 03/30/23 Opening Statement Greetings, people of the jury, my name is Eileena Luu. I am here to represent the prosecution of Adnan Syed who murdered Hae Min Lee. When Hae told Adnan that she would be breaking up with him for the final time he was heart-wrenched as if someone had taken a piece of him away. Sadness and anguish continued to consume him more after he found out that Hae would quickly find another partner to share her love with. While in this deep state of sorrow came an urge for vengeance that would drive him to kill. She was an innocent high school girl who was going to graduate soon at Woodlawn high school but had her future taken away from her. We should not let this act of crime escape our grasp as Hae must get justice for Adnan’s wrongdoings. This nightmare of an act started on January 13, 1999, when a Korean girl named Hae Min Lee disappeared. She was an intelligent yet optimistic individual who played sports in school so it didn’t make sense for her to go missing when she was supposed to pick up her younger cousin that day. She was later found dead at Leakin’ Park by a maintenance …show more content…

Jay had described the moments of what Adnan planned to do to kill Hae ever since the morning of January 13th, to the detectives. When Adnan kept rambling about killing Hae for what she did to him, Jay didn’t take it that seriously until the day progressed. When Jay dropped him off at Woodlawn High School he would leave his car and phone in Jay’s possession. Jay would later meet up with him at Best Buy and to Jay’s shock, Adnan revealed Hae’s body to him in the trunk of her car; he wanted Jay to help bury Hae’s body. Jay was very distraught about the whole situation when he met back with Jenn. After carrying this burden for about a month, he turns himself to the detectives to be

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