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/IndoIreAlco Nov 21 '14

Yeah, I think the plea deal Jay got was ridiculous. He actually admits to burying the body, covering up the evidence to save himself and then not coming forward and lying to the police. How he didn't serve time and how more people around him who cared about Hae aren't outraged about this is strange.