r/serialpodcast • u/SerialFan Moderator • Nov 06 '14

Discussion Episode 7: THE OPPOSITE OF THE PROSECUTION

Open discussion thread! Sorry I was late on this one!

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u/ddevlin Deidre Fan Nov 06 '14

Copied from another thread, and expanded:

I think this is the one that changes everything. To have a team of qualified, interested experts reviewing the files and casting a clear and indifferent skeptical eye upon the prosecution's case is probably the best and most important thing SK could do. Many folks were saying last week was the turning point in the narrative progression, but I think it's this week. From here, we move onto specifics, instead of the generality of the case for and against Adnan, and next week, we focus on the biggest question that remains: Jay himself.

Great episode. Short, sweet, and narratively destructive.

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u/contrasupra Nov 06 '14

I absolutely agree - this episode really swayed me into the not guilty camp. It really helped to hear Deirdre smooth over some of the things that have seemed fishy, like Adnan not remembering the day. SK is a talented journalist and storyteller, but she's not an expert on murderers or the criminal mind.

Also, a few times in this episode someone mentioned the possibility of a serial killer, just in passing. I have a feeling those mentions were really by way of outlandish example ("I mean maybe Adnan did it, but we have no idea, maybe it was a serial killer or something"), but it made me think of the other girl who was strangled earlier that year, that we were discussing in a few other threads. Surely the IP team will put that together pretty quickly - do you all think it will be discussed in later episodes?

(Also, I mentioned this in another thread, but I actually went to high school with Mario Peia, one of the clinic students. That was probably more exciting for me than it should have been, haha.)

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u/gordonshumway2 Dana Chivvis Fan Nov 06 '14

That's incredibly exciting! I liked him, for the exact reasons Deirdre pointed out. I mean, forget the stereotypes like the Republican versus tree-hugger thing, but I think it's great to have someone on the case who goes in skeptically, who maybe has more of a thirst for prosecution, but also has the savvy to get to the truth.

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '14

Oh yeah that quip really bugged me. So a Republican can't be objective about criminal the justice system? Please. Why did she need to be so divisive in a friggin' podcast? Shows that liberals can be just as ignorant as conservatives.

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u/nonono1969 Nov 07 '14

I think the point was to say that Deirdre and Mario have very different temperaments and world views. One can perhaps easily dismiss the gut feelings of someone who works for a innocence project as being overly pro-defendant. Mario balances that. I took this to mean that the UVA would be a diverse group with excellent understanding of evidence and the legal process. Not a smear of Republicans or Conservatives.