Serial Episode Five
https://serialpodcast.org/season-one/5/route-talk
Listen to the Serial Episode and post a thoughtful question in our class forum as described in the Syllabus. Some of the topics touched-upon in this episode that are related to the legal aspects of evidence and procedure include:
• Inconsistent witness statements in criminal prosecution
• Exculpatory evidence
• Cell phone logs
• Cell phone tower data
• Timelines
o Reliability
o Fallibility
• Opening statements
If Jay himself said that Adnan called him closer to 4pm, how was the prosecution able to completely rewrite the timeline? How did the Adnan’s attorney counter this tactic, and with such a gaping hole, why wasn’t the defense able to sway the jury in Adnan’s favor?
