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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 his conviction should be overturned. Sarah and producer Dana Chivvis will discuss what happens, day by day.

Serial S01 Update 2: Day 02, Adnan Syed’s Hearing

Yeah, I am. I really like it in here now. I might just stay in here all night.

Alright, so today was the second day of the hearing.

They really went after her. Today was mostly the state cross-examining her. They really attacked

her testimony in a bunch of ways. One of the things they brought up was this whole snow issue.

Because you remember when I talked to her on the phone that time, when I was reporting

this story, and she called me, she said she remembered that day specifically January 13,

So today, he goes missing? The day he goes missing. She remembered seeing a nun in the

library, and she said to me, because of the snow. Do you remember that?

Yeah, she was like, I remember because it was the first snow of the year, and there was

all the snow. And the state today, the prosecutor, he was like, are you sure you have the right

day? Because there wasn't snow that day, was there? Like he sort of referenced what

she had said to me. I mean, that was something we kind of had a question about too, because

she was very clear with you. She got snowed in at her boyfriend's house, and then the

next two days were snow days. So she's very clear that she ties this memory to the snow,

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0:00.0	Hello. Are you back in your boot war?
0:07.8	Yeah, I am. I really like it in here now. I might just stay in here all night.
0:15.4	Alright, so today was the second day of the hearing.
0:20.8	Yes.
0:21.8	So how did it go for Asia today?
0:25.4	They really went after her. Today was mostly the state cross-examining her. They really attacked
0:32.7	her testimony in a bunch of ways. One of the things they brought up was this whole snow issue.
0:41.2	Because you remember when I talked to her on the phone that time, when I was reporting
0:45.7	this story, and she called me, she said she remembered that day specifically January 13,
0:51.7	1999.
0:52.7	So today, he goes missing? The day he goes missing. She remembered seeing a nun in the
0:56.0	library, and she said to me, because of the snow. Do you remember that?
0:59.5	Yeah, yeah, right.
1:00.5	Yeah, she was like, I remember because it was the first snow of the year, and there was
1:04.2	all the snow. And the state today, the prosecutor, he was like, are you sure you have the right
1:14.3	day? Because there wasn't snow that day, was there? Like he sort of referenced what
1:18.8	she had said to me. I mean, that was something we kind of had a question about too, because
1:23.8	she was very clear with you. She got snowed in at her boyfriend's house, and then the
1:29.2	next two days were snow days. So she's very clear that she ties this memory to the snow,
1:34.7	right?
1:35.7	Yeah, yeah.
1:36.7	So we kind of wondered about that.
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Serial S01 Update 2: Day 02, Adnan Syed’s Hearing

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