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What Is The Case Against Adnan Syed Case

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Adnan Syed couldn’t have killed his former high school girlfriend, Hae Lee, 20 years ago: “I know it’s physically impossible for people to be in two places at one time.” Syed, the subject of Sarah Koenig’s hit podcast “Serial” and Amy Berg’s HBO docuseries “The Case Against Adnan Syed,” was convicted of killing Lee, his ex-girlfriend, in 1999. But McClain, who was never called to testify during the first trial, said she had a 20-minute conversation with Syed in their high school’s library at the same time prosecutors say Lee was murdered”.Another witness who testified to seeing Adnan was Rabia, She claims to have gone into the library and saw Adnan printing papers, they even managed to chat for a bit, As Koenig comments, “And she told me, that …show more content…

Either way they both support the fact that Adnan was not given an effective lawyer. Adnan also has no real motive for the murder. This is important because motive is a key factor in identifying a murder as it explains their intentions and gives a reasonable explanation on why they had committed the crime. The prosecution, not being able to give a convincing motive, raises doubt as to whether Adnan had a reason and if he really was responsible for the crime. The prosecution claims that Adnan killed Hae out of rage due to their breakup, however there is no real evidence to support this. When asking multiple eyewitnesses who both knew Adnan and Hae they claim that there was no unusual behavior hinting that Adnan was looking to get revenge on Hae,instead most of them claim that Adnan did not seem like the type of person to commit nprofessional at times, and failed to give important pieces of information that could have been crucial in Adnan’s favor which led to many people believing the case was botched. Based on the evidence there is room for reasonable doubt in Adnan’s conviction as it is hard to paint Adnan to be responsible for the murder of Hae. There is not enough evidence against him and should not have been punished for the murder of Hae. While it may

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