Serial S01 - Ep. 8: 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,
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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