Serial S01 - Ep. 7: The Opposite of the Prosecution

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🗓️ 6 November 2014

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

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 attorneys on that case to see if she could offer any insight into Adnan’s case, and got much more than she bargained for.

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0:00.0	Hello, serial listeners. This is Sarah Koenig. If you're listening to this show, I'm hoping that means that you're into it, and maybe you want to hear more stories like it. Well, you're in luck, because we've got a brand new show called The Idiot coming at the end of March, 26. Just like or follow this podcast, the serial podcast, on your podcast app, and you'll
0:23.1	automatically be notified when the idiot comes out. And I am predicting you're going to love it.
0:28.1	Okay, on to serial season one.
0:33.3	To be honest, if you, it kind of... I feel like I want to shoot myself.
0:38.8	If I hear someone else say,
0:40.9	I don't think you did it because you're a nice guy or not.
0:44.0	Previously, on Serial.
0:45.6	Did anybody else use the phone?
0:46.4	Yeah.
0:49.8	Adon, I remember he was talking to a girl.
0:52.5	He put me on the phone with her for like three minutes.
0:53.4	I said hello to her.
1:03.4	I just remember he had told my daughter he had seen the body of a girl in the back of the trunk of some vehicle.
1:06.5	I think the guy's name was maybe Adnan.
1:13.9	This is a global hill link prepaid call from A non-said.
1:17.0	An inmate at a Maryland correctional facility.
1:20.2	This call will be reporting.
1:34.5	From From This American Life in WBEZ Chicago, it's serial.
1:36.3	One Story told week by week.
1:37.3	I'm Sarah Koenig.
1:44.2	I heard about this other case of a kid named Justin Wolf.
1:47.0	Actually, Adnan mentioned the case to me, kind of in passing.
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