The last episode of Serial, “What We Know,” reviewed most of the evidence found during the re-investigation of the murder of Hae Min Lee. The state’s stance on the case was against Adnan Syed, who was accused of killing Hae, his ex-girlfriend. They presented him as a possessive, jealous ex-boyfriend who could not stand that Hae dated someone else shortly after their breakup. However, after discovering conflicting information within Jay’s stories, recent connections to another serial killer, and the previous defence lawyer’s negligence, I have more reasons to believe that Adnan is innocent.
The Evidence and its Implications
The state’s main evidence against Adnan was Jay’s testimony and stories from two previous interrogations. However, upon …show more content…
Nevertheless, at least the state used its best source of evidence that was available, but the defence chose not to use an alibi when one presented itself. Asia McClain personally tried to contact Adnan’s lawyer at the time, but the lawyer never contacted or checked the alibi. I found this very peculiar because the defence should be doing everything in its power to prove their client’s innocence. Adnan’s lawyer appeared to be negligent in her usage of information during the trial which aided the jury to reach their guilty verdict. If Asia’s testimony was used, the course of this trial may have changed entirely. This strange occurrence with Asia’s testimony was something that hinted that Adnan may be …show more content…
However, recent DNA evidence investigated by Deirdre Enright, the head of the Innocence Project showed that there is an alternate suspect in the murder. The DNA evidence found at the crime scene in 1999 was taken but was never tested. I found this very suspicious because I did not understand why the state would choose to believe a person’s story over hard evidence from the scene. Upon analysis, the swab tests and hairs found on Hae’s body at the crime scene did not match Adnan nor Hae. Enright linked the evidence to trademarks of another serial killer named Ronald Lee Moore, who was released from jail a few days before Hae’s disappearance. In an interview by TIME, she explained that it appeared that Hae was raped before being murdered, which would explain the presence of a condom at the crime scene (Dockterman, “The Innocence Project Tells Serial Fans What Might Happen Next). She also explained that she finds it strange that Jay is still afraid because it seems that there are other people who may have threatened him. This finally confirmed that Adnan was innocent because anyone who confirmed his presence at the crime should not be questioning otherwise like Jay. If they question themselves, then there is a high possibility that their testimony was