Who Really Did It? Has anyone ever accused you of doing something wrong, even something small, like misplacing the car keys or breaking a vase. Now imagine being accused of something much bigger, like the murder of your ex-girlfriend. Well, that's what happened to seventeen-year-old Adnan Syed in 1999. Here's how the story goes: On the afternoon of January 13, 1999, Hae Min Lee, who was his ex- girlfriend, was supposed to pick up his girlfriend. cousin after school but she never came. Hae Min, along with Adnan, was a popular, intelligent, and athletic high school student at Woodlawn High School in Baltimore, Maryland. Lee's Korean parents and Syed's Pakistani parents were both very strict and did not approve of their dating, so they continued their relationship in secret. Which will later be used as motive for Adnan to kill Hae. Continuing the case, Hae's body was found about a month later in a huge Baltimore park called Leakin Park. The autopsy established that the injury was caused by manual strangulation. About two weeks later, Adnan was arrested for the murder of Hae Min Lee. To properly analyze the case and decide whether Adnan was guilty, not guilty, or wrongly convicted, I had to ask many other classmates what they believed, listen to the podcast Serial which talks about this case, several times, and search for evidence online. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on “Why Violent Video Games Should Not Be Banned”? Get the original essay Now, this case is somewhat difficult to solve because there is not much, if any, evidence to analyze. There are a few links to cell towers, a testimony from an unreliable source, and a few words from a few individuals. No DNA, surveillance videos or solid evidence linking Adnan to Hae Min's death. However, here are a few things I discovered. First, we'll start with the lack of physical evidence. Investigators compared the dirt from where Hae's body was to the dirt under Adnan's shoes, to fingerprints in Hae's car that belonged to Adnan, or to hair or fibers that might have belonged to Adnan, but none matched (www.viewfromll2.com). Now it could have been possible that Adnan was very careful not to leave any evidence, although very unlikely because he was not an experienced criminal or perhaps he was just very lucky that the Investigators found no physical evidence. The fact that no DNA was found is a good sign for Adnan, it means it will be even more difficult for prosecutors to connect him to the murder, but they are not done fighting. The second piece of evidence would be Jay, Adnan's alleged friend and accomplice, and his testimony that essentially made the whole affair possible. Jay said Adnan had previously told him he wanted to "kill that bitch." Thus, it implies that this murder was premeditated and paints a picture of Adnan as someone who was capable of such a horrific crime. Jay's story changes significantly between his first interview and his testimony at the second trial. To start, he first says that they went to Westview mall and there Adnan tells him that he is going to kill Hae. In his testimony he says they are going to Security Square Mall and on the way Adnan says he will kill Hae (www.serialpodcast.org). Also, his whole timeline is that his testimony is about an hour out of time from his first interview, so how could the State rely on that timeline based on Jay's testimony if hedoesn't even seem too sure? First, he states that Adnan presented him with Hae's body in the trunk of his car on the Edmenson Avenue strip. Then he changes the story to meet at Best Buy, after Adnan calls him from a payphone in the parking lot (which by the way doesn't exist), and he shows Jay Hae's body in the parking lot. In his stories, events just don't happen at the same time or place, like the cops, from the police to Adnan, happen at McDonald's, but then happen while they're at Jay's friend's house. But it's concerning that Jay knows the approximate measurements of the grave Adnan dug on his own, because prosecutors have argued how else Jay would know. Jay] admits he would have done something so drastic if [Adnan] hadn't? You know what I mean? For what reason? What would he gain? He still had to go to prison. (www.viewfromll2.com). However, Jay had stated that he would lie to avoid going to prison or else he would have been convicted of murder. It's possible that the police used Jay to frame Adnan and that Jay's story changed because the police were guiding him in what to say and he agreed because they had a plea deal. Additionally, Jay never took a polygraph test, but an investigator was present who was supposed to act as a human polygraph machine. But how accurate is this person's ability to tell lies from truth and Jay had lied in all of his interviews with the police, so why did he suddenly become honest at trial? (www.viewfromll2.com). They thought Jay wouldn't admit to being connected to the crime if he wasn't actually part of it, because he would get himself into trouble. But he would never go to jail if he followed the cops' story, which he did. Furthermore, the prosecutor portrayed Adnan as an angry, possessive and embarrassed young man. He was angry because Hae broke up with him and it hurt his pride which filled him with rage and motivation. They used his Pakistani ethnicity to say that he was possessive of the women he was with, because that's how his culture is. So when Hae left him, he felt disobeyed. Finally, he was embarrassed because he had to hide his relationship with Hae due to their religious background, they were both not allowed to date and once Adnan's parents even showed up to the prom. year and forced Adnan to return home. His friend said he got a call from Adnan after that and they laughed about the ridiculous night, but he wasn't angry for revenge. (www.serialpodcast.org). Finally, many of my classmates said they couldn't say Adnan was guilty because there was no evidence or an "ah-hah" moment that really proved he did it . However, they also couldn't say he didn't do it, because it seemed possible that they said they wouldn't vote guilty in front of a jury simply because there wasn't enough evidence. evidence. Keep in mind: this is just a sample. Get a custom paper now from our expert writers.Get a custom essayThere is more evidence and this case could be discussed for days without end. But, with these few faults that I presented in the case, I say that Adnan was wrongly convicted because there was not enough evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, which I believe which Adnan's lawyers failed to do. There clearly wasn't enough to incarcerate him, but they didn't argue this point enough and the prosecutors kept arguing..