Serial Episode 7: Reflection and Notes

• Cell records were used to criminalized Adnan.
• Adnan told Sarah to look at a case focused on Justin Wolfe
• Both cases had similarities but Justin Wolfe wasn’t convicted for a crime he didn’t do
• Sarah talked to the lawyer that saw the flaws in Wolfe’s case
• Lawyer says that Adnan is not giving any useful information
• Least helpful client doesn’t have anything to give to prove their innocence
• If a jury will convict, that’s fine…. but because it can be done, doesn’t mean that it should
• Revisit the good and the bad with a “raised eyebrow”
• gave the case to lawyer and her team to help look at the case
• Lawyer and team look at the evidence
• Forensic evidence doesn’t make any sense
• Its inconsistent
• Sarah’s feelings towards Adnan is always changing
• Jay is confusing Sarah the most

I found that this episode has hit a new high, when investigating if Adnan is guilty or not and what was the motive if it wasn’t him. When Sarah decided to let Deidra and her students look at the case and read all the information related to it, I knew that the case was taking a turn. I like how Deidra starts with looking at the case from the perspective that Adnan is not guilty. Its nice to get a different perspective and a more critical look at Adnan’s case by the lawyers. The lawyers that looked at Adnan’s case claimed that Adnan was not guilty. They even questioned Jay’s testaments to the police and investigators and how it shifted over time. An even more interesting part of the episode is the fact that Deidra and her team looked at the forensic evidence and found too many inconsistencies and holes in the information that received. I also found it surprising that Sarah was unsure about how she felt about Adnan. She finds it slightly frustrating that Adnan wasn’t able to provide a lot of information to prove his innocence. The fact that Sarah is trying to figure out what is it with Jay and his confusing information is telling. I’m not really sure what she is trying to figure out about Jay, but I know that there is something off about Jay’s testimonies.