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Twenty years ago Hae Min Lee was murdered. She was strangled and left in Leakin Park. Her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, was convicted of her murder a year later. The only thing that lead the police to Adnan was a testimony from his friend, Jay Wilds. Wilds’ testimony was full of inconsistencies and the whole case felt fabricated. This led the...
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Introduction to the Case of Adnan Syed Adnan Syed was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. Hae Min Lee went missing on the 13th of January 1999. Her body was found less than a month later on February 9th. The cause of death was manual strangulation, meaning somebody choked her to death with their hands. Syed...

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10,000 people are wrongfully convicted of serious crimes each year, and that at least 340 innocent people may have been executed since 1973. Adnan Syed is living proof of this statistic. He was wrongfully convicted for the murder of Hae Min Lee in 1999. Sarah Koeing unfolds the whole story in her podcast “Serial”. Throughout the podcast, Sarah uncovers and...
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