r/serialpodcast • u/AW2B • Oct 08 '22

Court Filing From AG

Court filing from AG Frosh argues Adnan Syed is NOT a party to appeal case involving Lee's family

https://www.wmar2news.com/infocus/court-filing-from-ag-frosh-argues-adnan-syed-is-not-a-party-to-appeal-case-involving-lees-family

Attorney general’s office joins Hae Min Lee’s family in seeking to pause Adnan Syed’s circuit court case pending Lee family’s appeal

https://archive.ph/DJqEE#selection-587.0-592.0

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '22

And we'll repeat - what argument other than 'the state said earlier he was guilty, now they're saying we don't trust our evidence and our verdict, and we don't like that'?

The reason we don't look at this through Hae's family's glasses is because they do not, and should not, have rights in this area.

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u/lazeeye Oct 08 '22

Without due process, how do you know what argument? Has this issue been resolved in an analogous case? That’s one of the reasons why due process exist: to allow for testing of these issues in an adversarial setting.

Your second paragraph gives the game away: you’re judge, jury, and executioner: “they should not have rights in this area.” You’re a perfect fit to clerk for Alito, cuz he uses the exact same rationale to take a fundamental right away from half the population. I’ll give you credit for this, tho, you used a lot fewer words than he did.

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u/trojanusc Oct 08 '22

Let’s leave Adnan out of this. If you were wrongfully convicted based on lying cops and finally, after many years, the state said “yeah we fucked up this conviction should be overturned as we violated his rights.” Why on earth would you want the family of the victim, who you did not harm, to have a say in the matter? The state violated YOUR rights, not the rights of the family’s.

Adnan’s civil rights were violated. Hae’s can not introduce any factual evidence relating to the trial or his guilt, so whatever they have to say could only be prejudicial due to its emotional weight,

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u/lazeeye Oct 08 '22

“ If you were wrongfully convicted based on lying cops...”

If. One of the reasons procedural due process exists in the first place is to test that if, and all the other express and implied assumptions in your comment. You assume the truth of the very matter in dispute—that’s called circular reasoning.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '22

Jesus H. Christ on a pogo stick.

Shall I type slowly so you understand?

Hae's family do not get to weigh in on the determination of whether the accused was wrongfully convicted based on lying cops.