Closing Arguments, Trial 3. The Defense: Closing the Case of Adnan Syed v Alice LaCour and Brett Talley
Would Hae Have Liked Pineapple on Pizza?
Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, I want to start by thanking you for your time. It is no small task to put your lives on hold and focus in on the details and particulars and specifics of this case, and it may be a struggle to focus when you have to think about what you're missing at home. Your civil duty - and your willingness to fulfill it - does NOT go unnoticed.
I mentioned "time." It's a relative, term, right? I had to wait in line at the post office for 15 minutes. I waited for the checkout gal at Wal-Mart for 20, because they didn't have enough lanes open. I don't know about you, but I try to be patient. Sometimes I fail to wait gracefully, but I really do try.
So. Look at Adnan. For over TWENTY-THREE YEARS he has been waiting... patiently. 23 years ago, I was about the same age as Adnan. I graduated high school in the spring of 1999, just like he did - or would have - had he not been awaiting trial.
So - he has waited. Patiently. He has never fessed up that he made a grave mistake. In his accounting of the last two decades, he has never told anyone that he killed his friend Hae Min Lee.
Mrs. LaCour stated in her Closing Argument to you that he did confess that - that he used language of, quote "I'm going to kill her; she's going to die" and even went on to tell you that he used "much more aggressive language than that." But, do you really think he did? Outside of the word of Jay Wilds, there is nothing else to conclusively tell you that he really did say things like that. Nothing in the exhibits - nothing in the evidence - AT ALL. Now, you might have that breakup note in the corner of your mind, picking and prodding at you because of what was written on the back. Mrs. LaCour insinuated that this note was the proof that Adnan Syed wrote "I'm going to kill... DOT DOT DOT" on the back page of that note, because he had a burning desire to kill Hae Min Lee on the date that breakup note was given to him - all the way back in November of 1998. He and Hae had, indeed, broken up - and Hae was, indeed, upset with the way Adnan was reacting.
I can picture it - being their age in the late 1990's. You've broken up. You go to school with that pit of awkwardness in your stomach. Everyone will be talking about it. Everyone will be asking you, "What Happened?!" I've been there. Maybe you can reach back, too, and remember high school, and situations just like this, whether it was you and the guy or girl you had been going out with, or if it was someone else. The "Power Couple" in your high school, maybe. It's plausible to believe that Hae was VERY fed up when she wrote Adnan that note. She got to school no later than 7:45 that morning, I'd assume, and she might have been hearing it from EVERYONE all morning. Her friends wanted to ask her - what went wrong? And maybe she just took her anger and frustration out on Adnan in that note. In her diary, Hae writes so thoughtfully. She was a beautiful writer. But, in this note? She is just letting him have it, letting him bear the emotional burden of her frustration that the school - it feels like to her - the entire school is focused on her personal business. Without meaning any disrespect to Hae... it's kind of a temper tantrum. Now, maybe I'm biased, because I can remember having written a note like that to my own high school ex-boyfriend. The only difference is - 18-year-old Hae is so much stronger than me, has more guts than me. I didn't end up giving my note to my boyfriend.
I'd rather keep talking about young love, and nostalgic memories... but, of course, that isn't AT ALL why we are all sitting here today.
The Prosecution will tell you that Adnan Syed is guilty of the pre-meditated murder of his close, good friend Hae Min Lee. They will tell you, as Mrs. LaCour said, that it wasn't even just a crime of passion. She went as far as to say that it's "normal" for all of us... for YOU and for Me to have fits of murderous rage. Times where we could just "kill" someone, because - maybe - they're taking forever to customize their Starbucks order, or maybe because they didn't realize the stoplight turned green. Yes, we may SAY that from time to time - "Ugh! My boss was a jerk today. I could just KILL him." But the thing is - when we say that, we really DON'T have murderous rage.
And, again, I'll remind you -Adnan has NEVER, ever uttered the words, "Ugh! I could just KILL Hae Min Lee."
But Mrs. LaCour will try to convince you that Adnan has done that. She told you that she isn't just trying to "read his mind" - or, as she put it, "read into Adnan's head." Which is a GOOD thing, right? Because the Prosecution should only be presenting facts to you as members of this jury and shouldn't be giving their own opinion or version of what they think Adnan - or Hae - or even Jay... MIGHT have been thinking on January 12, 1999. Or on January 13, 1999, or even on February 9, 1999, when beautiful Hae Min Lee's body was found... in a shallow, unmarked grave. She really was beautiful. She wore her heart on her sleeve. She didn't deserve this. Any of this.
Mrs. LaCour wants you to believe that Adnan MADE a plan before anyone even realized they couldn't find Hae. She told you that Adnan planned ahead with Jay - and called him the night before, on January 12th, to put his "coin toss" plan into motion.
I say "coin toss" because - the Prosecution wants you to believe that. They want you to believe that Adnan wanted to get back together with Hae, to be her boyfriend again. And, at some point between the time she met Don Clinedisnt and that night of January 12th, that He, ADNAN, had made the decision that she could come back to Adnan, or do nothing at all. She could DIE, if she wouldn't take him back.
And I tell you, members of the jury. This is simply not the case. Mrs. LaCour told you that Adnan called Jay, later in the evening on the night before Hae went missing. Now, that's true. He did "dial"
Jay's number. BUT - the cell records show that call lasted 18 seconds. That's hardly enough time to set a "murder plan" into motion.
Jay's number. BUT - the cell records show that call lasted 18 seconds. That's hardly enough time to set a "murder plan" into motion.
Mrs. LaCour will tell you that, in Adnan's eyes, Hae died by suicide. She used those words - she told you what she believes. She believes that Adnan is so EVIL that HAE MURDERED HAE.
She expects you to believe, that after over two decades - even now - that Adnan is guilty and just - isn't able to even UNDERSTAND that he is the one who did it. Maybe she thinks Adnan has a mental health issue - or had one in 1999. He could have been dealing with something like, one of those buzzwords you hear - narcissism. Or, maybe he was a sociopath. Or a psychopath. Maybe that's what Mrs. LaCour wants you to think.
She even goes so far as to say that she pities the people who have advocated for him for over a decade, or more, even. I guess she might be referring to his close family friend Rabia Chaudry, or Sarah Koenig from NPR Radio, or the handful of attorneys who have had their own hands - and their hearts around Adnan in this case. Embracing him, standing in the gap for him, talking to the media about him, because, other than a few episodes of a Podcast, he couldn't do that for himself. He was behind bars, in a prison cell, fighting for his life from the inside out.
What Mrs. LaCour failed to mention is that Adnan could have easily had this case closed, and been sitting at home right noiw, unencumbered - "cool as a cucumber" - he could have been home free over a year ago. In 2018, he could have taken what the State of Maryland would call a "DEAL." If he just fessed up, after all this time, and admitted that he BRUTALLY murdered Hae Min Lee - THEN, then he could just go on home. Well, he could go home - after four more years. Yes - you heard me right. Instead of spending the rest of his life in that jumpsuit you see him wearing today - he could have been at home, with his parents, his friends, his supporters... his family - in late 2022, almost 10 months ago, he could have GONE - HOME.
But, ladies and gentlemen of the jury. This is not a game show. This is Adnan's life. And his character. It is his CHARACTER that was - and IS - at stake.
He told them, "NO DEAL."
Mrs. LaCour told you, essentially that Adnan thinks so highly of himself, with that confidence he has, that ego. HE thinks that he is pure and white... as driven snow, I think she said he's a sterling flower. And, I'm here to tell you - none of that is true. Adnan was smoking weed in the 1990's, recreationally, at least - at a time when that was illegal. He was maybe even having unprotected sex with Hae - and I know that's awkward to talk about... But, the heart of the matter is - Adnan wasn't perfect. He wasn't perfect at 17 and he isn't perfect now. And who, among all of us in this room - is?
So, Mrs. LaCour ended her closing argument with that statement about Adnan. Letting you know that he STILL, to this DAY, thinks so highly of himself, or is just SO stubborn, that he won't just 'get it over, already' ... and admit he was - or is? - a murderer. Because - and she and her Co-Council have worked HARD to convince you of this - the Prosecution believes that Adnan Syed was SO INCENSED, so OUTRAGED - so terrifyingly ANGRY and FULL of rage towards Hae - that the very minute she updated her AIM - AOL Instant Messenger - Profile - that THAT was the last straw.
That was moment. That was IT. He had HAD it.
He just couldn't stand to see in writing that Hae Min Lee had 'moved on.'
But, here's the thing, guys. We don't have one piece of evidence to show us that Adnan Syed even used that AOL Instant Message Thing. It was in 1999, when we all had dial up internet and we didn't have our computers attached to our hips or our palms. It wasn't Facebook. There weren't instant notifications. We don't have any records of Mr. Syed's email activity - we don't even have any records of Hae's. We can't find the floppy disk that her electronic diary was saved on - some of us may barely understand what a floppy disk even IS at this point, because technology has come so far, so fast - in the TWENTY FOUR YEARS since someone - someone we don't know - STOLE Hae Min Lee's last breath.
Before I sit down, because - this miscarriage of justice against both Adnan and Hae has been dragged out long enough - for FAR too long - I'd like to tell you a few more things.
Mrs. LaCour and Mr. Talley want to argue that Adnan both PLANNED to kill HAE and also that he killed her in the HEAT OF THE MOMENT. So, the Prosecution wants you to believe that Adnan, after school on January 13th of 1999, tried to steal some alone time with Hae, in order to either #1 WIN HER BACK or to #2 BRUTALLY MURDER HER.
He KNEW she was seeing someone new. They were both trying to move on, but - if you can recall your own days of young love - or your own first love - well, sometimes, TRULY moving on is easier SAID - than done. That's not unique to Hae... or to Adnan.
And this was likely true for both of them - close friends when they weren't dating, fierce lovers when they were... together.
Mrs. LaCour and her Co-Council Mr. Talley are BEGGING you to believe that Adnan was guilty of BOTH pre-meditated ATTEMPTED murder and ALSO guilty of a CRIME of PASSION.
So, let me explain it just in case in isn't crystal clear for you, yet. I know that you all are an an intelligent goup of jurors. You've spent many days hearing the facts of this case and you are probably tired, and ready to go home.
Ladies and gentleman - Adnan is tired. And he is also ready to go home.
What I really wanted to point out is - Yes. There can be a FINE line in the space between a pre-meditated murder and what some call a "crime of passion" or a "heat of the moment" type murder. It's sometimes as thin as a hair, as delicate as baby's breath.
It can be hard to know if someone pre-meditated a murder. Pre-meditation - what does that mean? It means, according to the Persecution, that Adnan had a PLAN. Adnan thought it out. Adnan was ready to ACT on it - to COMMIT the ACT... of murder.
But, Mr. Talley wants you to believe both - he wants to have his cake and eat it, too. His goal, throughout this trial, has been to convince you that Adnan did ALL of that. He thought it out. He was ready to act. He was ready to commit the act of murder - UNLESS --------
Unless.
Let me back up.
Adnan and Hae had a magical time at their Junior Prom, and at other dances and events during the time while they were dating, approximately 10 months before she died.
10 months before Hae left us.
In that picture we've all seen - here and maybe online, for some of you - Hae wore a beautiful dress, and she looked STRIKING. She had beautiful skin... and -- intense eyes - the kind of eyes that might tell you she's an "old soul" - the type of girl who thinks deeply, writes poetry, experiences heavy emotions - deep ones - both the highs and lows - just drinking in the last few moments of her childhood before she moves on -- to what should have been... her adult life.
Co-Council would have you believe that Hae could only see that Adult Life, A Future, Any Kind of Future - IF
If. If one thing.
If only she said yes and agreed to go, once more, to the prom. The Senior Prom. With Adnan.
Let's just take a beat.
High School Proms are a rite of passage. It's reasonable to believe that many of you can recall your own school dances and the excitement of getting a date, finding a dress... or a tux... and then the inevitable bad lighting and the even worse D.J.
That said. Prom may seem important to any high schooler. It may have seemed important to Adnan... or to Hae. But, Hae left this world in January. A high school prom can take place at any time, I guess... and I'm sure it differs school by school. At Woodlawn High School, in 1998, the Junior prom took place in late April.
Late April. Of 1998.
It would stand to reason that Senior Prom would have taken place around the same time. It would not stand to reason that Adnan Syed (point to him) would have murdered his dear friend Hae BECAUSE SHE WOULDN'T AGREE TO GO TO A DANCE WITH HIM? TO A DANCE THAT WOULDN'T BE HELD UNTIL ... Three. Months. Later?!
Would it not? (aside: that's a nod to Gutierrez)
If Adnan was upset with Hae for seeing someone new - fine. That is understandable. If he WASN'T upset that she was seeing someone new, that would mean that he didn't really, truly... deeply... care for Hae.
And he did. He really did care for Hae. And, like Lead Council and Co-Council have both asserted to the media - he had a REASON to think so highly of Hae. She was beautiful. Driven. She was smart. They were both smart. They were both in the Magnet Program at Woodlawn High. There were both College Bound. They were both about to discover where their lives would take them... and sadly.... well, they both kind of ended up ... ... ... in the same place.
I do NOT say that to be provocative or to stir-up a feeling inside you that Adnan's fate has been worse than Hae's.
Not at all.
But, in reality, we - essentially - lost them both. Hae, gone forever, and Adnan - gone for far too long.
And speaking of that - what it means to be "gone" -- well, when I took on this case it really, really got me thinking - about - the afterlife. Mrs. LaCour mentioned Religion and Faith repeatedly, over and over and over... during the trial. In this... Adnan's... 3rd trial.
Well, that's another thing - this whole idea that Adnan Syed has now had to go to trial and defend himself three times. Even more than that, actually - if you count the numerous appeals and Post-Conviction-Relief Hearings and all the things that are tedious and frankly, boring to talk about. BUT - and this IS interesting, riveting, actually: The Prosecution will tell you that Adnan has always gotten a fair trial.
They've even called her "style" annoying, indicating that she is a "real pain" to listen to - if you're a jury or on the other side of the table - in the seats where Mr. Talley and Mrs. LaCour sit now.
Mr. Talley even told us that the Lawyer who represented Jay Wilds in 1999 and maybe even up and until today will tell you that Adnan's first attorney did an adequate, or even better than adequate job. And, yes, it's subjective. You might hear a closing speech from one attorney and think it's the most compelling thing you've ever heard. I might hear if differently and not be convinced. That's why we have 12 seats up there where y'all are sitting today.
I think Mrs. LaCour put it best when she gave us her thoughts on the Justice System.
She said: Trial is an art form - it's not a MATH PROBLEM."
Let me repeat that, if you don't mind:
Trial is an ART FORM. It's not -- a MATH problem.
Well. I don't know each of you individually, and I can only speak for myself - I don't like numbers at ALL. But, I do like art. And the representation that my client Adnan received in his First - and in his Second. Trial. It has been, well, to put it artfully:
A LITTLE BIT POLLOCK AND A LITTLE SALVADOR DALI.
Now, I don't want to get off track or say anything that isn't relevant to this case. After all, Adnan is not a mathematician, nor is he an artist.
But - he is many things.
And one of those things that one might say he "is " ..........is.........that he's a Muslim.
He's Muslim.
Mrs. LaCour mentioned the 10 Commandments during her Closing, and I'll be honest - I know those, I understand those very well. Thou shalt not kill, or steal, or covet.
Honor Thy Father and your mother ---- I think we can all agree: if there's a commandment Adnan broke, it's probably that one.
But there are more, that I have come to believe that he did not break.
For instance, the one that says:
Thou shalt not Bear False Witness against thy neighbor.
Now, if you disagree with that because you think Adnan told a lie - that he deceived you by "fibbing" to one of the detectives - the night that no one could find Hae - when he claimed he did not know that Hae "had a new boyfriend..."
Let me put your mind at ease. This is just semantics. Nothing more. Adnan certainly, obviously knew that Hae was seeing someone new - he'd even MET Don on at least a couple of occasions, back in mid and late December, right around the Holidays, when He and Hae exchanged (what would be their last) gifts to one another.
He knew they were dating. He did not have a way, to definitively KNOW, that Don was her "boyfriend." He did not claim to have seen her "America Online Instant Messenger" Profile or "Away Message" or whatever that function was called.
These were not the days of Facebook. He did not have her life story in the palm of his hand.
But, I digress. I want to circle back to what I was sharing with you before -
Adnan Syed is not a Christian. He is - as I stated - and as has been stated throughout the duration of the case against him, both in this, and in all trials before it -
Adnan is... Muslim.
Like I might have mentioned earlier, I did not know much about Islam or what it meant to be Muslim, before I started advocating for Adnan's freedom from this Persecution.
So I did a little homework. You may or may not know this, but I find it really interesting. The word "Islam" actually means "Submission" in Arabic.
Muslim, on the other hand is defined as "one who practices Islam" - it refers to one who submits to God.
Now, you may not like hearing about Islam or the word Muslim. And that's - understandable, maybe? Maybe. We can't help but think of 9/11. We can't help but think of the Boston Marathon Bombing. When we hear the word Muslim, we, as a Christian nation - maybe we feel apprehensive and afraid.
And it's not that we are intentionally trying to discriminate - I'd like to believe that Adnan and you and I and even Mrs. LaCour and Mr. Talley, live in a world where we would NEVER dream of doing that intentionally.
But, maybe - if we really dig down DEEP, we might see that we sort of, actually... Do.
I think it may be, in part, because we can't be expected to understand ANY religion that we don't call our own. Islam is considered an "Eastern" Religion - and we live in the West. And outside of that, I couldn't tell you what a Methodist believes versus a Latter Day Saint.
Perhaps some take issue in the deepest recesses of their heads and their hearts because, in Islam - they call God's messengar Muhammad.
Here in the United States of America, it might be more common that we would refer to Jesus Christ as the messenger of God.
Mrs. LaCour mentioned Sunday School - and THAT really resonated with me.
If Judge Frosh will indulge me, drawing from my own experiences, I -- well, I used to REALLY like Sunday School.
We had a Bible Quiz team at my church, and one year, we studied only ONE book of The Holy Bible - and that book - was the book of - John.
And in that book a disciple of Jesus asks him, "If we don't know where you're going, then how can we know the way?" If I remember right, this was around the time Jesus told them he was headed to The Cross.
And he told them: If you love me, keep my commands. (***be sure to look at Adnan***)
But - that's a lot to live up to. It's hard, right, to ALWAYS honor Thy Father and Thy Mother.
But, Jesus didn't stop there. He continued, as quoted in the book of John, by saying - and this is from the NIV version of the Bible if you're familiar with that.
He said: "I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you - and be with you forever - the Spirit of Truth."
What's really unique to me, and I did not know any of this before I started doing research in order to adequately represent my client Adnan - what's cool, and moving, even, in my eyes is this -
There are some people who think that the Greek word for Advocate... or Helper... is "Paraclete."
I don't speak Greek. And that was Greek to me! But it's the oddest thing - some Muslims assert - they think - that the Greek word Paraclete is translated to:
Muhammad.
Now, Ladies and Gentleman of the Jury, you do NOT have to believe any of that about the Bible and the Sunday School and the words translated from the Greek language.
But, what I DO hope you'll believe is this: MY client is innocent.
He hasn't always been the best son. Not back when he was only 17.
He wasn't even the best Muslim back then, or the best representative of his - of Islam - of his Faith.
But, who among us can throw the first stone?
I'll bore you with more just two more translations, and then I'll let you get to the hard work of deliberating and finally bringing a solid conclusion - finally... putting to bed... this case.
In Arabic, the word Islam literally means "Submission."
And, in Arabic, the word Muslim, one who believes in Islam, just refers to "Someone Who Submits to God."
And my Lord. Has Adnan Syed done that, or what? He submitted. He submitted himself to jury after jury and appeal after appeal and a media circus and so, so - SO much pain.
But he couldn't do it. He just couldn't claim to be guilty. Because the city of Baltimore, in their hearts - they KNOW. They know Adnan is not guilty.
The Prosecution will tell you that Jay Wilds "could" be the HERO in this story. That if Jay (just like Adnan!) confessed that he lied - that there was never a "trunk pop" never a space that Jay pulled into that day in Best Buy Parking Lot and that there was NEVER the need for the Track Practice Alibi.
What then?
Jay could "lead a movement." Jay could have "redeemed himself."
Jay could have come clean and Capitalized on the way Adnan's appeals and pleas and appeals and pleas show that Adnan's Team is "...disparaging the police...at a time when, you know, public opinion of the police is not... already very high." That's what Mrs. LaCour wants you to believe. Those are her own words that she chose to speak to you at a time when we should instead be focusing on Justice for Hae.
But, no. Mrs. LaCour is more concerned with the way Jay could have been the Face of SOME KIND OF MOVEMENT... of the time." In 2014. Or in 2020. Or today.
Mrs. LaCour told you that Jay could write a book. And she and I aren't in disagreement on that. Jay Wilds sure does have some story to tell. Mrs. LaCour told you about how HIS OWN ATTORNEY, HIS OWN LEGAL COUNSEL - almost filed lawsuits against the city of Baltimore because of the terrible, INEXCUSABLE way that Jay was treated by the Baltimore Police. Admittedly, this is hearsay - as Mrs. LaCour only TOLD you that accounting of what Jay Wilds' counsel claimed.
And Mrs. LaCour also wanted you to know that the reason Jay didn't have to spend ONE SINGLE NIGHT behind bars - NOT ONE NIGHT! - for admitting - ADMITTING - that he is guilty of Acessory to a Homicide After the Fact and even to Conspiracy to Commit, because, as the Prosecution has hammered home, is because the way JAy was treated by the Baltimore Police WAS
An Absolute Abomination.
He was treatly NEARLY as bad as Adnan was treated. There has been a FRAME JOB done here, today, and there was a FRAME JOB done in the year 1999, and the year 2000.
Jay got nothing more than Probation, because his attorney - her name is Anne Benaroya - she truly IS a DOG WITHOUT A BONE. She knew. She knows - that Jay Wilds didn't do anything worse than LIE TO THE POLICE. Jay Wilds is a victim in this story. And it is, of COURSE, also his own story.
So, yes - Jay - if you happen upon a transcript of this Closing Argument one day - yes.
You COULD write a book. But you can only be the HERO if you tell us the Truth - Adnan Syed is absolutely, 100% NOT the person who took away the life of Hae Min Lee.
Without and beyond a SHRED of anything NEARING reasonable doubt.
Even if it meant going home. Even if it meant going back to Prison.
He. Submitted.
Thou Shalt Not Kill.
Adnan's Religious Beliefs might not use The Bible or the 10 Commandments as their Road-Map.
But everyone knows that one - Saved or not! - none of us should think it's okay to kill.
And enough of talking about everyone else involved in this case - Let us talk about Hae.
Who did this to her? It's been 23 LONG years and we still don't know. Mrs. LaCour and Mr. Talley tell us - it wasn't her new boyfriend, Don. He was at work all day. It wasn't Mr. Alonzo Sellers, who reported that he found Hae in that shallow, lonely grave. He was ruled out.
It wasn't Adnan's family friend, Bilal, according to Mrs. LaCour, because SHE stated that the MERE SUGGESTION that this gentleman, Bilal, could have done this - only - "...makes for an excellent screenplay for a forgettable episode of Criminal Minds or CSI..."
And, lastly - we know that the murderer is not Jay Wilds. Mr. Talley did a great job of explaining that to all of us. He made us understand that there is just no conceivable way that Jay Wilds would have had the opportunity to carry out a murder without Adnan AT LEAST knowing - or taking part.
And what I know, is this. Jay is innocent, Mr. Talley. On that we agree.
And so is Adnan.
Mr. Talley says himself that there isn't enough "Knock Down" evidence in this case. He TOLD us we can't know FOR SURE if the incoming calls are reliable. He told us that we can't understand the Lividity pattern from the autopsy. He knows that it was done a long time ago, and that it wasn't done very thoroughly.
He said it best.
Ladies and gentleman of the jury, Mr. Talley says -
"The Truth is: there's not enough evidence to be definitive on either of those two things..."
Not the autopsy, showing how and when she died. Not phone calls, coming in - to a cell phone at any certain time.
He says:
"...And since it's non Adnan's job to prove he's innocent... maybe that's enough."
Ladies and Gentleman of the jury.
We call THAT...
Reasonable doubt.
I ask that you head back to your room and talk amongst yourselves and maybe pray or ruminate or think or whatever YOU do that comforts you when you're tasked with a HARD, impossible decision, and when there is a Crossroads in front of you.
When you're standing at that spot where Two Roads Diverge in front of you. And you have to make a decision...
Yes, we are overdue to correct the Unprecedented Miscarriage of Justice that, unfortunately, will always haunt Adnan, and Mr. Lee, and even Jay Wilds and Jen Pusateri at night as they lay down to sleep.
But we are ALSO - obligated -MANDATED - to correct the Miscarriage of Justice that has been done to Hae.
We need Justice for Hae Min Lee. None of this is FAIR to Hae Min Lee. None of this is fair to those who loved her, and will always love her, most deeply.
In some cases, the devil is in the details, but in this case?
Someone up there (look up at ceiling)
Someone up THERE. Is looking out for Hae.
Adnan - sitting over there?
He submitted. He. Submitted.
And he should, right this instant - be acquitted.
*Please note that I am not an attorney, and this content should not be construed as legal advice. This Closing Argument is a work of my own and I claim the rights to it. I understand that the content of my argument would not necessarily or wholly be permissable in a Court of Law. As always, All opinions, and any errors, are solely my own. And now I'm heading to the Bone-a-torium, because you'd better believe I have a feverish appetite after writing this dissertation. *
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