At trial, the prosecutor told the jury, “Let’s talk about Jay [ ] because, clearly, this case hinges on his testimony” (Brief of Appellant at 40).
The Jay that Stella saw at trial, he was wearing a tie, sometimes a jacket. He’s handsome, he’s tall and thin. You can see in the trial video how he has to bend over a little each time he speaks into the microphone in front of him.
Keep in mind, there were at least four of these pretrial statements: the February 28, 1999 interview; the March 15, 1999 interview; the March 18, 1999 written itinerary; and the April 13, 1999 interview. And Jay gave different stories in all of them. Not to mention that he later gave a completely new story still, in his testimony at trial.
And Jay gave different stories in all of them. Not to mention that he later gave a completely new story still, in his testimony at trial. In fact, on the day of Jay’s first interview with the police, he gave at least two entirely different stories.
The most important was testimony by a friend of Adnan's named Jay Wilds, who told the police he had helped Syed to bury Lee's body after Syed confessed to killing her, on Jan.
What exactly did Jay Wilds do to help Adnan Syed? The way Wilds tells it, Syed pressured him to help dispose of Lee's body. In one police interview, Wilds said he saw the body, it was in a car in the parking lot of a Best Buy. (Wilds would later lead the police to Lee's car, parked on a residential street.)
attorney Anne BenaroyaOn helping Wilds find defense attorney Anne Benaroya: “At that time, I had a case with Anne Benaroya. … I told her about Jay.
The State's claim is that, on the night of Jay's first police interview, Jay led the police to Hae's car, corroborating his story about (1) Adnan and he ditching the car behind the row houses; (2) Adnan tossing the keys in the dumpster; and (3) Jay confirming that the car was in the same location on multiple occasions.
So even though Jay is not a credible witness, we can, with a fair amount of confidence, credit those two major portions of his testimony, as they could be verified by independent and external evidence (i.e., Jay's story about the burial did in fact match what police discovered at the scene, Jay's story about the car ...
Why would he change this part of his story? Probably to protect himself. He wants to show how he could be blackmailed by a murderer (and thus explain why he hasn't come forward until now), but doesn't want to confess to felonies in front of two detectives.
Two Maryland courts found that Syed deserved a new trial. His lawyer during his first trial, Cristina Gutierrez, failed to contact a woman who said she saw Syed at a library at the time prosecutors say he strangled his ex-girlfriend in 1999. Gutierrez has since died.
Asia McClain was a typical student at Woodlawn High School in Baltimore, Maryland on January 13, 1999. She would later recall seeing a classmate, Adnan Syed, in the library that afternoon, and chatting briefly with him about his recent breakup.
The 12-part podcast “Serial” never formally interviewed Jay Wilds, the star witness who helped convict Adnan Syed of Hae Min Lee's murder. The Intercept interviews Jay at length for the first time. December 29 2014, 12:55 p.m.
Why is it important that Asia mentions that a lawyer didn't contact her? Because it could show that Adnan's lawyer was not doing a good job.
It doesn't seem like he and Jen knew each other. Jay's narrative has problems, but he was definitely involved in some way, either as an accomplice, a witness, or covering up afterwards. Unless SK has held back information tying Don to Jay it seems highly unlikely that he was involved.
why is Jay's story so important to the case? do you think this impact Jay's testimony, how? he gives important and gives him the ability not to go to jail for a long time ever. what was Adnan and Hae's relationship like?
They were granted Syed’s cell phone call records and then looked at two recipients of calls from Syed’s phone: Jennifer Pusateri and Wilds.
According to Simpson, whenever Wilds can’t recall a detail or pauses for a long period before answering a question, there can be heard a series of taps, after which Wilds always miraculously comes up with the right answer.
What we do know about Wilds and Syed, which Syed’s testimony confirms, is that Wilds and Syed were together on the day of Lee’s murder, and Jay had Syed’s phone and car for an unspecified period of time. Their accounts depart when Wilds says Syed showed him the body in the trunk of the car, and then Syed enlisted Wilds to bury Lee.
The way Wilds tells it, Syed pressured him to help dispose of Lee’s body. In one police interview, Wilds said he saw the body, it was in a car in the parking lot of a Best Buy. (Wilds would later lead the police to Lee’s car, parked on a residential street.)
Wilds looms large in Sarah Koenig and Julie Snyder’s reporting about the trial. By April Wolfe. Mar 9, 2019. HBO. When the Serial podcast premiered in October of 2014, many listeners were shocked to find that almost the entirety of the prosecution’s case to convict Adnan Syed for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee hinged on ...
Though Wilds didn’t participate in Serial, he did conduct a three-part interview with The Intercept ’s Natasha Vargas-Cooper, and attorney Rabia Chaudry (also Syed’s childhood friend) launched the Undisclosed podcast, both of which add layers to the mystery enshrouding Wilds’ testimony. Here’s everything we know about Jay Wilds before ...
Consequently, Wilds is a looming figure in Sarah Koenig and Julie Snyder’s reporting about the trial. Though Wilds’ testimony seemed to have been trusted implicitly by Syed’s jury, the Serial podcast shining a light on the key details of Wilds’ claims led many listeners to believe Wilds was not exactly truthful and that even the slightest bit ...
The New York Times Company acquired Serial Productions in 2020. This episode of “Serial” was produced by Sarah Koenig, Julie Snyder and Dana Chivvis, with editorial advisory by Ira Glass and editing help from Joel Lovell. Fact-checking by Karen Fragala Smith.
The state’s case against Adnan Syed hinged on Jay’s credibility; he was their star witness and also, because of his changing statements to the police, their chief liability. Naturally, Adnan’s lawyer tried hard to make Jay look untrustworthy at trial. So how did the jurors make sense of Jay?
When it launched in 2014, “Serial” became a global sensation that has been credited with launching the modern era of audio journalism. “Serial” has been downloaded 1 billion times and won the Peabody and the Nobel Prize. The New York Times Company acquired Serial Productions in 2020.
The case against him was largely based on the story of one witness, Adnan’s friend Jay, who testified that he helped Adnan bury Hae’s body. But Adnan has always maintained he had nothing to do with Hae’s death. Some people believe he’s telling the truth. Many others don’t.
Is how Adnan's family (particularly Rabia) is getting rich off Hae's death.
hi, everyone, I need to write an essay about why Jay is the murder of Hae and I need help so some of my main topics are Supporting Argument #1 Him lying about what happened and also switching up the story. Argument #2 There is no payphone at best buy/also where her body was found (just evidence that doesn’t match up.
Where Jay’s Clothes and Boots Were Thrown Away: At Jay’s house, on the night of the murder (Jay’s First Interview). At the F&M, on the night of Jay’s murder, except for his boots, which were thrown away at Jay’s house on the day following the murder (Jay’s Second Interview).
Some witnesses have inherent credibility. Call it demeanor, call it character, whatever, but the factfinder in a trial is entitled to conclude that a witness is simply not the type of person who would lie, and credit their testimony based on that alone.
A witness’s testimony may be shown credible, even if that witness does not have inherently credibility, is biased, or has given inconsistent statements, when his testimony is nevertheless corroborated by other evidence. However, in order for evidence to be corroborative — that is, to be able to demonstrate that a witness was telling the truth — the evidence must have come from a source that is independent of the witness’s testimony. When such corroborative evidence does exist, that corroboration is objective evidence from which it can be concluded that the witness was likely to be telling the truth — at least in that particular aspect of his testimony.
Never, Jay was with Adnan in Patapsco State Park when he killed her (Jay’s Third Interview). At Franklintown Road (Brief of Appellant at 12) (Detective MacGillivary testified “that [Jay] told him that [Adnan] showed him Hae’s body in the trunk on Franklintown Road”).
Bias exists when there is a “relationship between a party and a witness which might lead the witness to slant, unconsciously or otherwise, his testimony in favor of or against a party,” and biased “may be induced by a witness’ like, dislike, or fear of a party, or by the witness’ self-interest.”. United States v.
A witness’s credibility is affected by the witness’s “biases, prejudices, or ulterior motives . . . as they may relate directly to issues or personalities in the case at hand.” Davis v. Alaska, 415 U.S. 308 (1974). Bias exists when there is a “relationship between a party and a witness which might lead the witness to slant, unconsciously or otherwise, his testimony in favor of or against a party,” and biased “may be induced by a witness’ like, dislike, or fear of a party, or by the witness’ self-interest.” United States v. Abel, 469 U.S. 45 (1984).
The question is whether Jay’s testimony is significant evidence of Adnan’s guilty. And it is not. The testimony that Jay gave at Adnan’s trial can be equally explained by the theory that Adnan murdered Hae, or by the theory that which Jay murdered Hae without Adnan’s involvement.
Disclosure: This post will NOT be an exhaustive analysis of the entire case.
Does anyone think Jay should have gone to jail for some period of time?
I don't know how many people are still on the side of Adnan being innocent. It seems like most people here think he's guilty.
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