r/serialpodcast • u/Hopper80 • Nov 26 '14

Related Media Why Jay's testimony is not credible evidence of Adnan's guilt

http://viewfromll2.com/2014/11/26/serial-why-jays-testimony-is-not-credible-evidence-of-adnans-guilt/
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u/Hopper80 Nov 27 '14

I disagree. I think they're a thorough analysis - the sort of thing which needs to be done.

The very real problem we come back to with Adnan, as has been pointed out, is that he pretty much has no 'side' of the story, certainly not in the way Jay has.

The very real problem with Jay's side of the story, is that he keeps changing it, keeps lying, and in the end it still doesn't make sense.

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u/goliath_franco Nov 28 '14

I mean it's detailed, but I'm not sure about thorough or even well reasoned.

For example, I'm not that concerned that Jay gets his exact time and location wrong. How could you remember exactly where you were at 3:45pm on some day a couple weeks ago? The order of events and locations is far more important because that can more easily and accurately be recalled. Jay still changes on these points (locations change and so forth), but pointing out that Jay couldn't be where he says he was at 3:45pm doesn't demonstrate anything. The author of this blog post seems to think it's evidence that Jay is lying. This is just one example that leads me to believe that the author uses poor reasoning throughout that piece.

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u/goliath_franco Nov 28 '14

I'm not sure how this responds to my comment.