As far as I can tell Adnan is innocent so far. I believe this because, there is no physical or materialistic evidence that points at Adnan. The only thing that shows that Adnan did indeed kill Hae is Jay’s interviews with the police. Even then, Jay’s interviews are not consistent and he tends to change the story many times and even admits to lying to he detectives. Therefore, he is not exactly a reliable source but that doesn’t matter since he is the only witness and his story is basically the states case. As well as, most of the evidence that is actually used against Adnan can be “spinned” and made unimportant to the case. For example, when asked about Hae’s and Adnan’s relationship some would say that Adnan was clingy and annoying. Although, if you were to ask Hae or even just read her diary, this would not be the case at all. Instead everything Adnan did was sweet and thoughtful. All in all, Adnan is innocent because there is not one single piece of solid evidence against him.
Throughout this unit so far I have found it hard to fill out the packet in the time frame of the class. There are too many questions at times and if you begin to answer them, more than likely you will miss out on another answer. As well as, I tend to just listen and not answer the questions due to the podcast being interesting. Also, I have not gone back to listen to any of the podcasts again. Although, I have used the transcripts multiple times. Even though i find it hard to fill out the packet, I have been enjoying the unit because it is on the easier side and interesting. I do believe you should continue to do this unit for the upcoming school years. Over all, the serial unit is great, should be kept in the curriculum, and needs to be focused on to actually be finished on time.
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