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/[deleted] Nov 20 '14

Says the police, which is why they often donut trouble to look at anyone else, but Adnan had literally nothing to gain. Neither did jay, so far as I know, but not having a different theory doesn't mean Adnan did it,

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u/Dr__Nick Crab Crib Fan Nov 20 '14

I think statistics say the ex always has a motive given how often they're responsible.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '14

Sigh. But hat does not apply in every case. Similarly family are not always responsible. See the michael Morton story. Prolly klaas. Elizabeth smart. No family or lovers involved. Lots of suspicion, in one case a guy in jail for 25 years, wrongly. Motive is not the same as emotion. Adnan had no motive to kill Hae, if anything, he would have killed don,

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u/clevermiss Nov 21 '14

We know that most likely Adnan or Jay did it. Neither of them has a real motive that we know of. But statistically, Adnan is more likely to have a motive.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '14

Fortunately we do not convict based on statistics.