Confessions of a Serial Alibi

A story of murder and an unlikely alibi witness as featured in"This American Life"'shit podcast"Serial." In 1999 Adnan Syed wasarrested for murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. But at the same time he was accused of the crime, Asia McClain claims she saw Syed at the local library. When McClain [...]
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A story of murder and an unlikely alibi witness as featured in"This American Life"'shit podcast"Serial." In 1999 Adnan Syed wasarrested for murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. But at the same time he was accused of the crime, Asia McClain claims she saw Syed at the local library. When McClain hears of Syed s arrest, she wroteto him to let him know that she might be his alibi. In spite of the opportunity to have him proven innocent, Syed s attorney didnot take any action. Later, his attorney wasdisbarred due to numerous health problems including multiple sclerosis. She died in 2004. Over a decade after Syed s arrest, "This American Life" s Sarah Koenig investigates the old case. Her interviews with McClain become the first subject of Koenig s hugely successful podcast "Serial "and the story becamean international internet phenomenon. Determined to set the record straight and the truth free, McClain reaches out to Syed s new defense attorney and on November 6, 2015, the court ordered an investigation to determine whether Syed s case be re-opened "in the interests of justice for all parties. Finally, McClain can become the key alibi witness that she was always meant to be. Now, in "Confessions of a Serial Alibi," Asia McClain tells her story for the very first time."