The states 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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