The cell phone records the prosecution used leave much to be desired. To many of his former classmates, he was an enigma, difficult to pin down and even harder to read. To some of the jurors Koenig interviewed, Jay was streetwise and credible. Perhaps most damning, Koenig finds that the prosecuting attorney recommended an attorney to represent him pro bono - a major conflict of interest that might have made Jay feel additional pressure to appease the prosecution. His story changes several times, and three hours of his interview with the police were not recorded. His cooperation with detectives is directly linked to his guilty plea to accessory to murder, in exchange for which he served no jail time. Jay claims to have helped Adnan bury Hae’s body. Koenig spends much time dissecting Jay’s testimony and his trustworthiness as a witness. In an interview with TIME, Koenig asserted that what Gutierrez offered Adnan was certainly “flawed counsel,” but she’s not convinced that the lawyer intentionally threw the case.Īdnan’s conviction is based almost entirely on the testimony of a former friend named Jay. It’s not clear where the $10,000 she requested from Adnan’s family went, although we do know that the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland paid out more than $200,000 to other clients who claimed she had misused their money. It’s not clear why she never reached out to Asia McClain, whose memory of speaking to Syed at the library on the afternoon of Hae’s disappearance could have offered a crucial alibi. Koenig raises some serious questions about the competence of Adnan’s attorney, Cristina Gutierrez. In the moments before this final revelation - or, as the case may be, lack thereof - here are the most important clues from the first 11 episodes:Īdnan’s defense attorney may have botched the case. As the 12th installment of Serial downloads on millions of phones Thursday morning, a common question will reverberate through curious minds: Did he do it? Did Adnan Syed kill Hae Min Lee on that January day back in 1999? Of course, for steadfast listeners of Sarah Koenig’s immensely popular This American Life spinoff, the more relevant question is whether Koenig herself will tell us whether she thinks he did it.
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