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While I loved Serial, and think that it is great that he's getting a retrial, this whole case (and especially the retrial) concerns me. Adnan's family apparentl
by JoBrad 10y ago
While I loved Serial, and think that it is great that he's getting a retrial, this whole case (and especially the retrial) concerns me. Adnan's family apparently had some money that they could devote to getting more attention for him (and that's fantastic), which helped a lot in getting attention for his case.
But this raises the fact that someone without any means to speak of is basically screwed. Hearing interviews with people who work with the Innocence Project, sometimes the case against convicted felons is shockingly flimsy. Yet, it takes years and a lot of money to get them overturned.
- shas3 10y agoThat's why you have Marshall Project. https://www.themarshallproject.org/#.t1nzcmhDj https://www.themarshallproject.org/#.t1nzcmhDj Sure, if you have money, it helps in that you are likely to be aware of the Marshall Project, able to contact them, etc. But other than that, it is accessible to everyone.
- macspoofing 10y ago>But this raises the fact that someone without any means to speak of is basically screwed. Absolutely. My takeaway from listening to Undisclosed (a follow-up to Serial podcast by Adnan's supporters) is how much of a difference having a team of lawyers and investigators makes to casting doubt on presented evidence. That's why money makes such a huge difference. It's not corruption. It's manpower. There is no way a public defender could devote so much time and research like the Undisclosed team did to, say, present a case against the state's cell tower evidence - and that was only one piece of evidence presented to the judge.