Angel Andujar January 15, 2016 Honors English 4 Argumentative Essay The State of Maryland vs. Adnan Syed The case of the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee an 18 year old student at Woodlawn High School in Baltimore, Maryland. She was last seen about 3 p.m. on January 13, 1999. Hae Lee 's ex boyfriend, Adnan Syed was arrested on February 28 at 6 am. and charged with first degree murder. This case on the podcast “Serial” there are two decisions to be made. Whether Adnan should be guilty or be proven innocent. If he’s proven guilty he will remain in prison for life. If he is innocent then he will be free. But based on all the evidence on the podcast. So should Adnan Syed be guilty or should the evidence in podcast shows that he is innocent. After …show more content…
Episode 2 of the podcast Serial Becky claims to have witnessed Hae turning down Adnan 's request for a ride that day. Keisha claimed she saw Adnan and Hae talking with each other after school. Debbie claimed she saw both Adnan and Hae after school, separately. No one claims to have seen Adnan leave with Hae. No one saw Adnan get in Hae 's car. No one in public saw the two together when the prosecution is trying to place them together. The claims aren 't even really contradictory. No one is saying Adnan got in Hae 's car. The only supporting piece to his possible guilt would be that he asked for a ride. That 's it. Asia puts him at the library. And the Coach puts him at practice on time with no real reason to suspect otherwise. It doesn’t take less than a day to murder someone especially around that time. Not many people seem to remember anything when Jen talk to everyone. No one seem to remember anything during that time period. If thats is the case then how is Adnan guilty? How did they get enough evidence to actually prove that Adnan is guilty? It doesn’t make any sense. People remember some of it but not all of it. “I don 't remember what I ate for lunch three days ago.” “I took my dog to the Vet this morning and I don 't remember the time we left.” If no one remembers anything then therefore there is not enough evidence! Which means that there isn’t enough information to prove that Adnan Syed is
There was absolutely no evidence that could tie Adnan to the case, but he was still convicted of the crime. I’m not sure if the crime scene investigators at the time missed any details or didn’t think the case was too important since Adnan was Muslim, but they should have found at least one small piece of evidence. From all the crime scene investigation shows that I have seen over the years the investigators have always, and I mean always found some type of physical evidence from the crime scene or off the victims body. Regardless of any type of crime scene, the investigators always managed to find a shred of evidence so the idea of Adnan’s case having no physical evidence found makes it seem very
This case has many holes and problems that bug me, one being the fact Adnan was sentenced without any physical evidence excluding call records. Hae’s reason for passing was strangulation which is a violent and personal crime, It doesn't add up to the statements Adnan and others observed about their relationship.
This story is interesting because at some points you’re like Adnan is innocent and at others you’re like ohh….this could mean he’s guilty. I believe Adnan Syed is innocent because no forensic evidence was ever tested and used in trial. Also summer (last person in contact with Hae) claims that Hae couldn’t have been there at the time the state says she was murdered. The first reason i believe Adnan is innocent is that no forensic evidence was ever tested nor used in trial.
To start off, let's talk about a woman named Asia McClain. She was Adnan's former school mate at Woodlawn high school who claims to have seen Adnan Syed in the school library around the time of the murder. Now if this was true, the library would have surveillance footage of Adnan and
However, I do disagree on what others and the state says as I am sure Adnan is innocent and
All though i believe Adnan is innocent it is possible he’s guilty ,because he has a motive and he said he was going to kill her before and there’s people saying he asked her for a ride on January 13, the day she went missing . There’s no evidence he was at track ,where he was supposed to be . Some may say he’s guilty because of that ‘’ he doesn’t take Adnan’s words of threatening to kill Hae ‘’ Jay said he didn’t take him serious . It helps my topic sentence to be proved because it says why he may be guilty .
Not only that, but Adnan helps organize memorial events within Woodlawn High to commemorate Hae, actions that someone who truly loved her would do (Ep. 9, 18:00). In his suffering and efforts to commemorate her, listeners can see how Adnan truly appreciated Hae. With these actions alone, it seems incredibly unlikely that Adnan could have had the heart to strangle Hae. In addition to the many things he did for Hae, Adnan was also an extremely kind person that often looked out for others. Within “Serial”, many students at Woodlawn described Adnan as supportive, kind, and genuine.
Sarah talks to Adnan on the phone about their attempt and he was shocked that it was possible. According to … “So the towers, the times, and Jay’s story are not matching---anywhere in that basically six hour period.” When Jay’s story is compared to the calls and the cell towers, they don’t add up to when Hae was murdered. With the call records not matching to the right cell tower there is more proof that Adnan did kill Hae. It was the Nisha
This shows that evidence is an important role in pleading someone guilty. When you convict someone of a crime, make sure you know the evidence and information on the case before sentencing
If our judicial system still believes that someone is innocent until proven guilty, then Adnan has to be innocent, because they did not prove him
Anya Schultz, the author of a review titled Serial: A Captivating New Podcast, works to show how multiple narratives and stories can be manipulated and sometimes vastly misinterpreted. Serial, an intriguing, enthralling podcast hosted by Sarah Koenig, tells the story of Hae Min Lee, a young, beautiful, high school senior who was murdered in 1999. Lee 's case, as Koenig and Schultz point out, has a few missing pieces of information that were never accounted for. For example, how did the jury come to the conclusion that Lee 's ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, was truly guilty? Why did Syed 's lawyer forget to mention the letter from his acquaintance Asia McClain that could have polished his alibi?
but they still used it as the main evidence against adnan. Therefore,adnan is innocent because the story that was the main evidence to Adnan's conviction was
His confession makes their already doubtful stories in the eyes of the court, lose
Relationships, lies, murder, conviction. These are all aspects that come into play when talking about the January 13th, 1999 murder of high school student Hae Min Lee. Adnan Syed, Hae’s 17-year-old ex-boyfriend was convicted of her murder in 2000. The problem with this is that the only evidence the state had to convict Adnan was the stories told by others, specifically someone named Jay who was with Adnan for some of the day Hae went missing and had possession of Adnan’s car and cell phone. He claims Adnan made him come pick him up after the murder was committed and assist him in burying Hae’s body.
She states “A year after Adnan was arrested and the case came to trial, Jay walked up to the witness stand. There’s a moment when Adnan muttered something to him” (45). By Adnan calling Jay pathetic he showed that he couldn’t believe Jay would rat him out. This incident shows that Adnan is a liar and is mad at Jay for going to the police, showing that he is guilty. Even after controlling himself through the whole case he snapped when he saw the man that betrayed him.