Sarah Koenig

And his answer, he said, is always the same.

I don't know.

In the course of his career, he's been fooled.

A handful of people who are listening to this story have told me one thing they think makes Adnan look guilty is the way he talks about, or rather doesn't talk about, other people involved in the case, especially Jay.

That if he were really innocent, we would hear him being madder.

I know we've already talked about this.

Why doesn't he sound more mad?

But there's another factor I haven't mentioned.

And that is, as a defense attorney has explained to me, no good can come, and in fact, only harm can come, from a non-attempting to contact or influence people on the outside who are connected to his case.

That's kind of inmate behavior 101.

Because let's say Kathy changed her story, suddenly remembered something exculpatory for Adnan.

And then the state found out that Adnan had been writing to Kathy, or threatening Kathy somehow, or talking smack about Kathy on a podcast.

Then that could be used by the state to challenge the validity of Kathy's new information.

Anand is a smart guy.

He's been an inmate for 15 years.

He knows the deal.

And he also knows there's nothing he can do to change other people's minds about him.

I know, but I think actually, I think that's right, but I think also what people do is they put themselves immediately in your position and think, what would I do?

How would I be feeling?

How would I act if I thought someone had done me wrong and put me here, and I would be screaming to the rooftops, and they're not hearing you do that?