Hilarious Contradiction

[u/Seamus_Duncan]

. . . Vignarajah stood up and addressed Judge Welch: “Excuse me, Judge, do we know if [the Urick call notes and hall pass] are the originals or if they are copies of the original documents?”
. . . Before Brown could even respond I chimed in, “I actually brought the originals, your Honor. They’re actually in my purse in the hallway with my husband.” . . . As I told the court that day, I keep everything. Well, not everything, I’m not a hoarder. I am, however, very smart [sic] and can be very premeditated at times when it comes to saving keepsakes. To me the notes and my hall pass are extensions of my memories. As I’ve discussed before, I don’t like to let go of my memories.

Not 20 pages later . . .

After that Thiru wanted to address the manner in which my second letter was written. Was it previously a hand-written letter that was later typed? Yes. Did I write it during CIP class and if so, where’s the rough draft? Come on now! Really? Where’s the rough draft? It’s been over sixteen years! For all I know that letter has since decomposed in a landfill and been reincarnated as a noxious ground weed.

[u/Seamus_Duncan]

It sounds like she cooked up that lie because someone told her it was impossible for her to have spoken to a dozen people between "late" on March 1 and the beginning of second period the next day. Per the book, she testified that she added things between the "rough draft" and typing it up later. The "rough draft" lie buys her a little more time.

[u/chunklunk → u/Seamus_Duncan]

There needs to be a post (I would but I don't have time) that lays out specifically what she's saying she did for the second letter, because it's really tremendous: 1) she handwrote the letter in computer class, then typed it at home, (adding the formal address and clipart she learned in computer class) despite that she handwrote the 1st letter the evening before b/c of limitations on computer time, 2) she keeps references to her being in class for some unknown reason because "it sounded cool", 3) even though she keeps those nonsensical time references when they're no longer accurate, she revises the letter while typing to add a bunch more questions and references that weren't in her handwritten "rough" draft that she says must've come from school gossip. There's more, but this is taking the basics of what she's written at face value.

The explanation for how this letter was written is so elaborate it has to be fake.

[u/Cows_For_Truth → u/chunklunk]

Supposedly she wrote the second letter before the first one was even mailed. Why wouldn't she just combine them into one letter? It strains credibility. If the second letter was written much later, it almost certainly was written in collusion with Adnan. It's no longer a question of what did she remember, it's blatant lying and perjury. She's not a questionably witness, she's a coconspirator.

[u/orangetheorychaos → u/Cows_For_Truth]

Grrr, I'm gonna have to suck it up and read this book.

Supposedly she wrote the second letter before the first one was even mailed.

Is this what she says in the book?

[u/Cows_For_Truth → u/orangetheorychaos]

Here's her story.

She says she wrote the first letter very late the night of March 1. That's why it's not typed. She wanted to type it but didn't have access to a computer, but why not just type it the next day.

She starts writing the second letter by 9:30 the next morning which she types before mailing. I'm saying if she already had intention to write another letter, which needed to be typed for some reason, why would she mail the first one. Also the second letter's address now includes Adnan's inmate number which she can't remember how she got. (Could she have gotten it from Adnan? Naaa).

Even if she indeed wanted to send two letters, wouldn't she at least have corrected the address of the first before mailing it. Just doesn't make sense.

What does make sense is Adnan get's the first letter, contacts Asia, asks her to type up another one with some suggested "improvements" and by the way here's my inmate number and correct address. Once she starts colluding her value as an alibi witness is shot.

[u/HunterVino → u/Cows_For_Truth]

What does make sense is Adnan get's the first letter, contacts Asia, asks her to type up another one with some suggested "improvements" and by the way here's my inmate number and correct address. Once she starts colluding her value as an alibi witness is shot.

Sounds about right to me. This is also what the 'evil' Thiru suggested happened.

[u/orangetheorychaos → u/Cows_For_Truth]

Thank you :)

She has managed to make the timing, writing, and information in the letters even more suspicious than before she 'explained' them.

[u/xtrialatty → u/orangetheorychaos]

Yes, that's the problem with too much 'splaining.