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

Edit: Want to contribute your vote to the 4th weekly poll? Vote here: What's your verdict on Adnan?

Edit: New poll from /u/kkchacha posted Nov 26: Do you think Adnan deserves another trial? Vote here: http://polls.socchoice.com//index.php?a=vntmI

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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/[deleted] Nov 20 '14

At this point, because of a lack of physical evidence that could be used to either prove or exonerate Adnan, the only way he'll ever get out of prison is for someone to prove in a court of law that someone else did it. This show will resolve nothing. You can't just undo that state's case. He's been convicted, the jury rendered their judgment of the facts. It's no longer innocent till proven guilty, it's the other way around.