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Serial: The Murder Of Hae Min Lee
In Serial, Adnan is betrayed by those around him and falsely convicted for the murder of Hae Min Lee, showing that Adnan should deserve a retrial. First, the police interrogates Jay a lot. One of the days Jay was interrogated, 3 hours of the interrogation was not recorded. Jay has something new to say every time with a different version of a story. In this 3 hours Jay probably had said many things. In those stories there might have been crucial amount of info that could have helped but was not recorded. Second, the prosecutor maybe turned on Adnan and helping Jay. A question sparked people's attention when Jay was asked how he attained a lawyer. It was strange about how he attained a lawyer. Jay claimed he was not allowed to get one until
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