Adnan Syed’s conviction reinstated by Maryland Court of Appeals

Look, I believed Adnan was innocent . . . until I listened to Serial and looked at the prosecution’s case.

To believe Adnan is innocent:

  1. Jay lied
  2. Jenn lied
  3. Don lied
  4. Adnan’s teacher lied
  5. The school nurse lied
  6. The detectives lied
  7. The medical expert lied
  8. The cell phone expert is wrong
  9. Those who said he asked for a ride were wrong
  10. Everybody is either lying or mistaken except for Adnan

Ultimately, the case comes down to this: Adnan shows up with Hae’s body in the trunk of her car, recruits Jay to help him bury Hae’s body, and Adnan either received or made a call from Leakin Park the evening that Hae disappeared, the very park in which her body was found in five weeks later. For that, Adnan has no explanation.

The Syedtologists will insist no, there’s still reasonable doubt, a man is in prison for a crime he did not commit, hundreds of people are in prison who should not be.

This is not one of those cases.