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Editor: Colin Miller

Adnan’s Handwritten Account of His Whereabouts on January 13th & His Role in Planning Hae’s Memorial

On August 25, 1999, Adnan was visited in prison by one of Cristina Gutierrez’s law clerks, resulting is Adnan talking with the clerk about January 13, 1999 and his role in planning Hae’s memorial service. Here’s the portion of the clerk’s memo dealing with these two things:

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This typed memo is then followed by:

(1) This page of notes about Adnan’s whereabouts on January 13, 1999; and

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2. These two pages about Adnan’s role in planning Hae’s memorial service:

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Adnan’s schedule has already been posted and discussed elsewhere. Adnan’s notes about the memorial service, meanwhile, add important context to the State’s claim in its brief that “Syed also elected not to attend the memorial service for Lee, telling Inez Hendricks, another teacher at Woodlawn, that he skipped the service because he and Lee practiced different religions.”

-CM