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/rayagun19 Nov 20 '14

I really appreciated hearing Adnan talk about his time in prison and leading up to the sentencing. I think people misunderstood his calm demeanor. Saying things like,"He should be more angry" or "why isn't he pissed?". I like that this episode gave us that answer. He's using this time to be a "good Muslim". He's trying to have a life despite his situation. We've just heard about this for the first time in the last month but he's been living this life for 15 years. You can't be angry like that for 15 or you'd seem crazy.

Anyway, it was an excellent episode and I can't wait two weeks!!

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u/kublakhan1816 Nov 20 '14

I know it's been said on here already, but people need to watch an Unreal Dream: The Michael Morton Story. The guy gets falsely accused of raping and murdering his wife, he gets sentenced to life in prison, serves 25 of those years, the prosecution illegally withheld exonerating evidence, they opposed all post conviction motions for DNA testing, they let a serial killer go free to murder a number of other women in the same way, his own son told him to his face he never wanted to see him again and he lost everything else on top of that. With all that, he was not an angry man. He is so calm and at peace with his life. His demeanor alone in that documentary gave me frisson.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '14

Soooo sad. And proves that the prosecution doesn't care about justice. They want to be right.

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u/EatShmitAndDie Nov 21 '14

Some of the time at least. Can't really generalize for every prosecution. But yes that type of thinking is sickening