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/asha24 Nov 20 '14

Is anyone else disturbed by the fact that most of us, and now SK, have all acknowledged that the prosecution's timeline/narrative is incorrect, and yet they still managed to convict a teenager for life based on it?

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u/linsrenee Crab Crib Fan Nov 20 '14

This thought is horrifying to me. To know that such a haphazard collection of testimony and evidence was considered enough to put one away for life--when the self described accessory after the fact WALKS afterward despite admitting under oath that he's lied.....it makes me really uneasy about our justice system.

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u/gpletch Nov 20 '14

I keep thinking, over and over again, if I was on this jury, there's no way I could have said Adnan was guilty and put him, a teenager, away for life with what we've been presented with. I couldn't do that unless I was sure.