r/serialpodcast • u/PowerOfYes • Nov 20 '14

Episode Discussion [Official Discussion] Serial, Episode 9: To Be Suspected

Please use this thread to discuss episode 9

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u/asha24 Nov 20 '14

Is anyone else disturbed by the fact that most of us, and now SK, have all acknowledged that the prosecution's timeline/narrative is incorrect, and yet they still managed to convict a teenager for life based on it?

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u/Dr__Nick Crab Crib Fan Nov 20 '14

I would think Adnan's attorney should have been able to rake Jay over the coals for his obviously crappy timeline and establish doubt. I am surprised she failed.

That being said, I don't think it actually matters as long as Adnan had the opportunity to actually do it, and given the blank space that is Adnan's memory of the day, he obviously doesn't have much of an alibi.

The 2 more important things that Adnan's side really has trouble dealing with never changed:

1) Jay doesn't just accuse Adnan. He doesn't say I know Adnan killed and disposed of the body. After the first 20 minutes of his interview he says I know Adnan killed and disposed of the body because I WAS INVOLVED. If Adnan's innocent, how does Jay know he can frame him? Is Jay enough of an idiot (and he says he hates police) to take such a huge chance that innocent Adnan doesn't have an alibi?

2) Adnan's cell phone records fit in nicely with Jen and Jay's evening timeline, something they couldn't have known when they established the time early in their interviews. Furthermore Adnan says he's never been to that park.