Interesting.

I have been debating on whether or not to listen to this season. It seemed to me that Season 1 was edited in such a manner as to make the case more compelling than it really was.

Early in the podcast of Season 1, Koenig says that either Adnan Syed was lying, or that Jay Wilds was lying. The narrative of her investigation then runs that dichotomous course. If Koenig began with the possibility that both of them might be lying, then the investigation would have been less circuitous, but also less dramatic.

Having picked that choice out early on, it was pretty frustrating for me to listen to her lines of reasoning and questioning.

IMO the simplest explanation is that Adnan and Jay were both involved, but that the cops wanted Syed because he had the motive to kill Lee. Inconsistencies in Jay's story didn't receive much police scrutiny because they weren't as interested in prosecuting him. He was their witness. The police had to make an early decision: either use Jay against Adnan, or prosecute them both without either of their cooperation. As Jay didn't know Lee, you can't much blame them. Koenig's first question to Adnan should have been: "Why do you think Jay is putting this murder on you?"