Asia McClain. A key witness in the “Serial” case of Andan
Syed. For years she has been silent. Syed was convicted of the murder of Hae Min Lee in 1999. On grounds of newly discovered evidence and misconduct and
fraud in the persecution, Judge Martin P. Welch declared that the case would be
reopened.
She wrote to the man while he was in prison, saying she had
seen him in the library of his high school on the day and at the time the
murder was taking place. She was never contacted by his lawyer, and she did not
step forward until earlier this year when she signed an affidavit confirming
her testimony. Additionally, the method used to determine his location before,
some sort of tracking of his podcasts, proved unreliable and inaccurate.
Andan Syed may finally be free after 16 years in prison for
a murder he did not commit. This may seem a good thing. However such misconduct
in the justice system is deeply concerning. A man was convicted upon at best
shady evidence. And who knows how often it happens without the court catching
its own mistake. Just remember that when you walk down the street. Cause no one
really knows what the people around could have gotten away with in the past.
Uhh... Well that was short... Without a rationale it's a bit hard to see clear evidence of bias... I think you were going against the judicial system..? I mean at least that's what the remark at the end told me. Regardless, good use of language with negative connotations top portray those guys in a negative light. I feel the story really lends itself for the type of bias that you showed and it's interesting to think about how a news reporting organization might just not report in certain things for the sake of fulfilling their ideology, dont you think?
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