Serial S01 - Ep. 8: The Deal With Jay
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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 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? For that matter, how did the cops make sense of Jay? How are we supposed to make sense of Jay?
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I think Jay is the one we should be looking at, he knew she was strangled and he had the phone and car!! He's the guilty one. #TrueCrime #Serial
Glad we're finally getting information from people who aren't biased in Adnon's favor. Jay may have had more involvement, but the case is still strongest against Adnon.
I don't trust this Jay guy as far as I can throw him. He knows waaaaayyy more than what he is letting on.
Is no one considering Stephanie? It's so odd she refused to even talk to her closest friends about it both then and still after all this time. I can definitely see Jay covering for her... If he himself didn't do it. Or they were in on it together.
Juror sounds like an idiot. Jay is not reliable or believable.
Jay's a shady boy who seems like he's covering something up or covering for someone else.
The goal to just "build your case" not get to the truth is EXACTLY what is wrong with the justice system. Also, letting someone who is complicit go free, just for giving up their co-complicit "friend"....These are 2 reasons why so many innocent people are locked up. The injustice system incentivizes locking up the wrong people. The full truth will be revealed one day.
What stands out to me is that Jay was probably jealous of Adnan's friendship with stephany.
I think jay did it js if he didn’t do it alone it was with adnon or someone else
Jay is a sociopath. Tried to stab his friend for fun. punching people randomly. He's creating a dominant and unpredictable atmosphere for the people around him. That's control. The fact that he was "alpha, sweet, and goofy" shows he had different masks when he was with different people. Hands down a sociopath. If he didn't set up Adnan he was right there next to him.
And the timeline after the murder. It doesn't match up with being at track, which isn't proven, but still seems wishy washy.
I think Jay's either guilty or maybe covering for someone. I can't stop thinking about the letters from the girl at the library and the process of 21 minutes that it supposedly took Adnan to murder Hay. He ain't guilty. Jay is involved deeper somehow.
I also feel like Jay plays a bigger picture in this.
waiting patiently to hear Adnan is innocent
Jay is shadier than an oak tree. I don't believe a single syllable spewing out of his mouth. Lyin' sack of sh!t.
Just read another version online where Jay said that he first saw the body at his grandmas house...