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The Murder case of Hae Min Lee is a flawed one, it lacks not only physical evidence, but a good reasoning on why they thought Adnan Syed killed his ex-girlfriend. This case gained only local interest until in 2014 Sarah Koenig who created a podcast called, “Serial” , where she did years of research to try, and find the truth but she came to a lot of dead ends. The information only led to more questions about the case. I believe Adnan Syed is innocent, and there was never a good of enough reason for him to be charged with the murder. I will go over why I stand by his innocence, and the fault in the evidence that was brought up during the trial that led to his ultimate conviction.

There happens to be more evidence that proves Adnan’s innocence rather proving him guilty. First, Jay's story had a lot holes, and every time he was being questioned something in his story each time didn’t match up to what he had said previously. In this first interview he had said that Adnan called him to pick him up, and that Adnan was in Hae’s car with her body at a drug spot. Later, Jae altered his story even more, and instead of Adnan calling him saying he was at the
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There were no hard feelings, and both had moved on. Hae was seeing an older guy from her work, and Adnan was seeing a lot girls, which were ultimately “hook-ups”. Even after their breakup they still would speak to each-other. Saad which is Adnan’s friend described their break up as normal, and rational. So, why would someone who was clearly over the relationship kill their ex? She even spoke highly of him in her diary, ‘Now how can I not fall in love with this guy? Of course I gave him his first kiss on the lips, then I totally fell in love with him’. Her friends even said that nothing was alarming, and it was a typical High school relationship. Hae was never “freaked” out about Adnan’s behavior or

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