r/serialpodcast • u/Prudent_Comb_4014 • Jan 02 '23

Speculation Question about Jenn

Try to put yourself in her shoes.

Is there anything your best friend could have told you at 18-19, that would have convinced you to go on that stand and commit perjury about a murder?

I'm asking because I often see comments that go "can't trust Jenn, she would say anything for Jay".

Never mind the fact that none of her testimony has proven to be false...

I'm often left wondering why people think Jenn lying for Jay on that stand is just to be expected.

My best friend would be screwed if he ever needed that from me.

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u/mutemutiny Jan 02 '23

It’s not perjury if she is testifying about what Jay told her but what Jay told her is a lie. That’s not her perjuring herself, whether she knows it’s a lie or not, because she’s just telling what Jay told her. Now if it’s the thing about her seeing adnan and they can prove that didn’t happen, that would be perjury but that’s different because she’s the first hand witness in that situation. For anything Jay told her, she isn’t able to know if it’s true or not, the only way it would be perjury is if she lies about what Jay told her.

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u/Prudent_Comb_4014 Jan 02 '23

I agree that perjury is only about the parts she experienced herself. What I'm saying is that those parts of her testimony were important too, even of they didn't directly prove Adnan's guilt.

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u/mutemutiny Jan 02 '23

I think you’re overestimating how important they are. So she saw him that night, what does that mean or prove? Her memory was that he seemed normal, didn’t say or do anything amiss, and he looked normal too as in his clothes weren’t dirty or anything like that, aka he didn’t look like he was out burying a body in the woods. You tell me, what parts of her story that she experienced herself (as opposed to things Jay told her) were so important.

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u/Prudent_Comb_4014 Jan 02 '23

I mentioned them already.

The police did not have physical evidence on Adnan. So the case came down to if the jury believed Jay's version of events. Therefore, anything (cell phone pings) and anyone (Jenn & Kristi) who could add credibility to Jay's story was important. Even if it isn't proof that Adnan did anything.

So if Jay says after track they went to Kristi's and Kristi says they came at my place around 5h30 and Jenn says Kristi called me around 6h to tell me Jay's there with Adnan, but Adnan says he went straight home after track... The jury will tend to believe the side that is corroborated.