That said, the second part of Jays interview does provide tremendous insight into his decision not to speak with Koenig. Wilds' credibility was already in question at trial. I watched the hits: Hannah Montana, The Cheetah Girls, Wizards of Waverly Place. "To be honest, none of the evidence listed in the petition has ever been tested, not even the rape kit," Syed's friend and author Rabia Chaudry said. The judge ruled that Gutierrez's decision not to call McClain as a witness was part of her defense strategy rather than an act of incompetence. None of the samples tested positive for either Syed or Wilds's DNA. Feb. 25, 2000:The jury found Syed guilty of first-degree murder, kidnapping, false imprisonment and robbery. In production since 2015, "The Case Against Adnan Syed" re-examined Hae Min Lee's disappearance, from her relationship with Syed up to present-day, as Syed pushed for a new trial. It takes him about half an hour, 45 minutes, and he comes back with gloves on, panting, like, 'She was really heavy.' He goes on: That's the best way I can account for the inconsistencies. Heres a link to the full text. I'm pretty sure it was my fear of going to prison for having a bunch of weed in my grandma's house. The evidence included a GPS location and witness testimony from Jay Wilds. For every proven wrongful conviction, there are hundreds more where the truth is not so clear and the burden is of proof is too high. The determination of how much new evidence is enough to merit a new trial falls under the full discretion of the judge, which doesn't usually bode well for the appellant. Didn't say that much. Adnan, who was 17 at the time, was the main suspect in the murder. It's just on the street. "Why did you agree to help Adnan bury Hae?" Some of this isnt quite fair. There was never a real friendship. Wilds struck a deal and claimed that Syed asked him to help bury Hae Min's body. Some people expressed their confusion at the inconsistencies, while others believed Jays explanation about why his story keeps changing. But he didnt call me unless he needed something.. He calls me and says 'I'm outside,' so I come outside to talk to him and followed him to a different car, not his. Most significantly, Brown argued that Gutierrez failed to investigate or call a potential alibi witness in Asia McClain, a classmate of Syeds who claimed that she saw him at school on the afternoon of January 13, at the exact time Lee was allegedly killed. I don't know if she said something he couldn't handle, and he went off the edge or if he had been seriously speculating about it. Wilds's testimony played a giant part in convicting Syed of murdering his high school girlfriend, Hae Min Lee in 1999. Slate is published by The Slate The prosecution appealed to the Maryland Court of Appeals, the highest court in the state. Jay Wilds is a former classmate of Adnan Syed from Baltimore, Maryland. Maryland Attorney Generals Office spokeswoman Raquel Coombs said in a statement that these results "in no way exonerate" Syed. Other cited factors include the discovery of new suspects and concerns about a detective who worked on Syed's case. In the petition, Syeds new attorney, C. Justin Brown, laid out a number of failures on the part of original attorney Cristina Gutierrez. But the most important points remained (what the prosecution called the "spine" of the case against Syed): Syed called Wilds that afternoon, Wilds saw the body in the trunk, and Wilds helped bury the body in the park. Remembering one of fashions most problematic faves, Karl Lagerfeld. December 1999:Syed's first trial started but ended in a mistrial after three days.

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