How did Hae’s friend Aisha describe Adnan? Annoying but mostly normal. His parents were really good friends with Hae’s parents, so they were happy about the connection. His parents didn’t know her parents, but they adored Hae, and were happy that Adnan was dating her.

Leakin Park is widely described and referred to as the dumping site of the bodies of murdered persons.

“As a juror, I vote to acquit Adnan Syed,” she finally concluded. “I have to acquit. Even if, in my heart of hearts, I think Adnan killed Hae, I still have to acquit. That’s what the law requires of jurors.”

When the police come to question Adnan, what is he most concerned about? He was concerned that the police would tell his parents that he had a relationship with Hae.

Prosecutors relied heavily on a few main pieces of evidence, none of it physical. The most important was testimony by a friend of Adnan’s named Jay Wilds, who told the police he had helped Syed to bury Lee’s body after Syed confessed to killing her, on Jan. 13.

Adnan Syed was wrongfully convicted for the murder of Hae Min Lee because of the lack of evidence beyond reasonable doubt, the manipulation by Cristina Gutierrez, and a failure to pursue information that could have acquitted Adnan or diminished his punishment.

Syed is serving a life sentence after a jury convicted him in 2000 of strangling his former girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, whose body was found in Baltimore. Syed’s lawyer, Justin Brown, said on Monday he was “extremely disappointed” by the Supreme Court’s decision.

Episode 5: What challenge does Adnan post of Koenig as his way of proving that it would be impossible for the murder to occur between 2:15 and 2:36? A challenge to map out the route in real time by visiting the school and timing the drive to Best Buy.