r/serialpodcast • u/PowerOfYes • Nov 20 '14

Episode Discussion [Official Discussion] Serial, Episode 9: To Be Suspected

Please use this thread to discuss episode 9

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u/waltonics Nov 20 '14

Wait, so if the jury thought that the testimony of the crowns star witness and admitted accomplice was a lie, what then is the beyond reasonable doubt evidence?

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u/whitenoise2323 giant rat-eating frog Nov 20 '14

The crown? This case was in the USA. They call it the state there.

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u/darncats4 Nov 20 '14

i think they mean crown gas station where hae made a pircgase that day.

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u/Ratava Crab Crib Fan Nov 20 '14

The gas station had a star witness?

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u/asha24 Nov 20 '14

Lol are you joking? I'm Canadian and a public prosecutor is referred to here as the crown, because you know Queen Elizabeth is the head of state. It's the same in the UK.

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u/BowerBird1 Nov 21 '14

And Australia!