S03 - Ep. 5: Pleas Baby Pleas

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S03 - Ep. 5: Pleas Baby Pleas

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Oct 11, 2018

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Don’t tell the judges, but the prosecutors have the most power in the building.

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Oct 11, 2018

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Serial is a podcast from the creators of This American Life, hosted by Sarah Koenig. Serial unfolds one story - a true story - over the course of a whole season. The show follows the plot and characters wherever they lead, through many surprising twists and turns. Sarah won't know what happens at the end of the story until she gets there, not long before you get there with her. Each week she'll bring you the latest chapter, so it's important to listen in, starting with Episode 1. New episodes are released on Thursday mornings.

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S01 Episode 05: Route Talk: Adnan once issued a challenge to Sarah. He told her to test the state’s timeline of the murder by driving from Woodlawn High School to Best Buy in 21 minutes. It can’t be done, he said. So Sarah and Dana take up the challenge, and raise him one: They... by Serial
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S01 Episode 03: Leakin Park: It’s February 9, 1999. Hae has been missing for three weeks. A man on his lunch break pulls off a road to pee, and stumbles on her body in a city forest. His odd recounting of the discovery makes Detectives Ritz and MacGillivary suspicious. For... by Serial
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S01 Episode 02: The Breakup: Their relationship began like a storybook high-school romance: a prom date, love notes, sneaking off to be alone. But unlike other kids at school, they had to keep their dating secret, because their parents disapproved. Both of them, but especially... by Serial
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S01 Episode 04: Inconsistencies: A few days after Hae’s body is found, the detectives get a lead that opens the case up for them. They find Jay at work late one night and bring him down to Homicide. At first, he insists he doesn’t know anything about the murder. But eventually he... by Serial
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S01 Episode 06: The Case Against Adnan Syed: The physical evidence against Adnan Syed was scant - a few underwhelming fingerprints. So aside from cell records, what did the prosecutors bring to the jury, to shore up Jay's testimony? Sarah weighs all the other circumstantial evidence they had... by Serial
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S01 Update: Day 02, Adnan Syed’s Hearing: February 2016: Sarah Koenig ducks back into the Adnan Syed case for a few days. There’s a hearing in Baltimore—a court proceeding that’s been nearly sixteen years in the making. Syed’s attorney will introduce new evidence, and present a case for why... by Serial
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S01 Episode 13: Adnan is Out: It’s Baltimore, 2022. Adnan Syed has spent the last 23 years incarcerated, serving a life sentence for the murder of Hae Min Lee, a crime he says he didn’t commit. He has exhausted every legal avenue for relief, including a petition to the United States Supreme Court. But then, a prosecutor in the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s office stumbled upon two handwritten notes in Adnan’s case file, and that changed everything. by Serial
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S01 Episode 01: The Alibi: It's Baltimore, 1999. Hae Min Lee, a popular high-school senior, disappears after school one day. Six weeks later detectives arrest her classmate and ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, for her murder. He says he's innocent - though he can't exactly remember... by Serial
53 min listen
S01 Episode 10: The Best Defense is a Good Defense: Adnan’s trial lawyer was M. Cristina Gutierrez, a renowned defense attorney in Maryland – tough and savvy and smart. Other lawyers said she was exactly the kind of person you’d want defending you on a first-degree murder charge. But Adnan was convicted... by Serial
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S01 Update: Day 01, Adnan Syed’s Hearing: February 2016: Sarah Koenig ducks back into the Adnan Syed case for a few days. There’s a hearing in Baltimore—a court proceeding that’s been nearly sixteen years in the making. Syed’s attorney will introduce new evidence, and present a case for why... by Serial
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S01 Episode 08: The Deal with Jay: 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,... by Serial
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S01 Update: Day 03, Adnan Syed’s Hearing: February 2016: Sarah Koenig ducks back into the Adnan Syed case for a few days. There’s a hearing in Baltimore—a court proceeding that’s been nearly sixteen years in the making. Syed’s attorney will introduce new evidence, and present a case for why... by Serial
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S01 Episode 07: The Opposite of the Prosecution: Adnan told Sarah about a case in Virginia that had striking similarities to his own: one key witness, incriminating cell phone records, young people, drugs - and a defendant who has always maintained his innocence. Sarah called up one of the defense... by Serial
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S01 Episode 11: Rumors: Almost everyone describes the 17-year-old Adnan the same way: good kid, helpful at the mosque, respectful to his elders. But a couple of months ago, Sarah started getting phone calls from people who knew Adnan back then, and told her stories of a... by Serial
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S02 Episode 04: The Captors: What's happening on the other side of the door? by Serial
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S01 Episode 12: What We Know: On January 13, 1999, Adnan Syed was a hurt and vengeful ex-boyfriend who carried out a premeditated murder. Or he was a bewildered bystander, framed for a crime he could never have committed. After 15 months of reporting, we take out everything we’ve... by Serial
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S02 Episode 11: Present for Duty: The Season Two finale: What is Bowe’s fault, and what isn’t? by Serial
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S02 Episode 06: 5 O'Clock Shadow: Why did Bowe Bergdahl walk off? by Serial
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S02 Episode 09: Trade Secrets: You don’t make peace with your friends. by Serial
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S03 Episode 07: The Snowball Effect: If you listen closely to the trash-talking, you start to get the message. by Serial
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S02 Episode 10: Thorny Politics: Are you hearing what I’m hearing? by Serial
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S02 Episode 03: Escaping: Bergdahl’s first year in captivity starts with an escape and ends with an escape. In between, he learns necessary, twisted lessons of survival. by Serial
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S02 Episode 07: Hindsight, Part 1: It makes sense if you’re Bowe Bergdahl. by Serial
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S02 Episode 08: Hindsight, Part 2: Woulda, coulda, shoulda… by Serial
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S03 Episode 03: Misdemeanor, Meet Mr. Lawsuit: The smell of raw marijuana + acting nervous + hands in pockets = ? by Serial
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53 min listen
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