Tag: Serial

Adnan Syed: Innocent or Guilty?

The Serial podcast is a twelve episode podcast based on the trial of Adnan Syed. The case behind Adnan Syed revolves around the murder of his ex girl friend Hae Min Lee. Adnan claims he had nothing to do with the murder but the case was largely against him due to the story of one witness. After trial, Adnan was sent to jail which he has been in for many years but recently has been granted a new trial.

Adnan Syed being brought to court.

Many different sources believe that Adnan Syed is innocent, while many still believe he is guilty. When listening to the Serial podcast I came to my own conclusion that Adnan was innocent due to the lack of evidence.

After trying to deepen my knowledge about the current updates regarding the case of Adnan Syed, I came across many insightful information pieces. Most sources I read focused on examples of why Adnan should be proven innocent rather guilty. A big point brought up in many sources was that many dates and events from the podcast were inaccurate or completely false.

The Baltimore Sun published an article about the innocence of Adnan Syed that further agreed with my reasoning for innocence. The article had a point about how there was none of Adnan Syed’s DNA found on Hae Min Lee. The only DNA that was found on the girl was an unidentified woman. This was not brought up in the first trial for Adnan but allows him to have some relief.

Adnan Syed’s case DNA results.

With all the new information being brought forward regarding Adnan, I believe the reason they are allowing him another trial is due to more people believing in his innocence. With information like false DNA and inaccurate dates, this is a large factor to getting proven innocent.

For more information regarding the trial of Adnan Syed, the Serial podcast website allows you to listen to the multiple hearings of his trial.

Adnan’s three hearings now available to listen to.

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-ci-syed-dna-evidence-20190328-story.html

https://serialpodcast.org/season-one

Answers Behind Serial Podcast

The podcast Serial is a well spoken podcast by the narration of Sarah Koenig. The story behind it is about a girl in high school that is illegibly killed my her formal boyfriend. After time a girl comes for to say she knows where the boy was during the time the girl was killed.

I personally enjoyed this podcast as it used different ways to grab listeners attention, such as using multiple voices. Using a podcast to present investigative journalism allows you to gain a lot of information about the situation and allows listeners to stay intrigued. The combination of the audio with the photo proof really helps the reader visualize what is happening in the story.

  • Photo proof of letter written to Adnan

I feel like the victim’s family would not feel very comfortable with the story of their daughter’s death becoming a popular podcast. Losing a child is an extremely hard situation to encounter. Having strangers opinions on the turn of events leading to the tragic outcome, can make this situation even harder to endure.

I personally enjoyed listening to the story, as I felt I was able to get a better grasp of the story and therefore a deeper understanding. Listening allowed me to feel the emotions of the participants through their tones and use of words. I feel this would not be possible to obtain this feeling while reading. Although reading does not allow for the same emotional understanding, it is beneficial in terms of being able to maintain a high level of focus. While reading, it is harder to get distracted and you can focus in more on the details of the story

Adnan’s hearings now available to listen to through Serial

“Memory is vital to experiences, it is the retention of information over time for the purpose of influencing future action.” (Wikipedia)

Memory is very open to interpretation. Two people may remember a certain situation very differently from each other. In the podcast, the accused murder couldn’t remember what he was doing the day of the murder. This makes it very difficult to put together the pieces of what happened.

If I was in the situation of the accused murder, I feel I would remember most of the day’s events. I probably would not remember insignificant events, such as what the exact time was when I woke up, and what I did with my hair.

The accused murder’s lack of memory raises some concerns that maybe not everything he is saying is true and accurate. Therefore, the story is not truthful to the events of that day.

“Memory.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 22 Feb. 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory.