My 20 something kids were really into this podcast. It was good to hear them outraged by what seemed to be unconscionable bias and bad defense.
Whether the man is innocent is still a question but so many people seem to get convicted if they are not rich or powerful.
So does every prisoner incarcerated under questionable circumstances need a tv show or podcast before we take their case seriously?
This was a really good podcast series. I enjoyed hearing about the various innocence projects around the country and the selfless people dedicated to that cause.
It’s nice to know that sometimes, an injustice can be corrected. Thank goodness for the very hard work of Adnan’s friends and advocates, and especially of
Susan Simpson. I want her on my team.
The “Undisclosed” podcast went into a lot more nitty-gritty detail on the case. One thing was pretty clear: the police decided on their narrative and wouldn’t be dissuaded from it. Unfortunately, I think this brand of tunnel vision is all too common in murder investigations.
I don’t know who did the crime, but I agree with Sarah Koenig that there was not enough convincing evidence to vote for Syed’s conviction. And there is no doubt that he was very poorly served by his defense counsel.
We all have the right to an attorney. Unfortunately, we don’t have rights to a competent attorney. The system is fundamentally flawed. No one seems to be concerned about it either.
Gutierrez had a great reputation up until around the time she “represented” Adnan. His family thought they were doing the right thing in hiring her, but in hindsight, she was beyond awful. She was negligent and desperate for money while her health (and mind?) was failing and in fact was disbarred for her shoddy work on contemporaneous cases - and not incidentally, she accidentally allowed the death penalty to be reinstated in Puerto Rico. Her son gave a very moving interview in the Boston newspaper a while back, definitely worth reading.