Koenig acknowledged that вЂњmy story had messed with his equilibrium.вЂќДЄt the end of the episode, Koenig reads a letter Syed wrote to her. For the first time, we get a sense of what the podcast has done to AdnanвЂ™s life, dredging up old feelings of hurt and even more painfully, perhaps, giving him a glimmer of hope. When she asked Adnan about this, he said thereвЂ™s nothing he can do to change other peopleвЂ™s minds about him.В вЂњEither you think I did it or you donвЂ™t,вЂќ he said. I think he has empathy, real feelings.вЂќД«ut, she acknowledges that one thing that makes Adnan look guilty is that he doesnвЂ™t sound angry. In the end, Koenig decides, вЂњI donвЂ™t think Adnan is a psychopath. To some degree, the issue is irrelevant, said Ewing.В вЂњThe fact is that most psychopaths arenвЂ™t killers and most killers arenвЂ™t psychopaths,вЂќ he said. Is he so calculating that their whole relationship has been a con? HeвЂ™s functioning really well in prison and вЂњdoesnвЂ™t appear to have any sort of anti-social behavior,вЂќ according to Koenig - so he canвЂ™t be a psychopath. вЂњThe term psychopath gets thrown around so easily,вЂќ she said. Ewing said that in about 50 percent of cases, thereвЂ™s some degree of amnesia.Д«ut the larger question that Koenig keeps circling is: Is Adnan a sociopath? She seems to genuinely like him and worries that sheвЂ™s being duped. ThereвЂ™s also a tossed-off suggestion that maybe Adnan killed Hae, but doesnвЂ™t even realize it. вЂњTheyвЂ™re not evilвЂ¦they kill because something happens that pushes them over the edge,вЂќ he said. Though weвЂ™d rather believe that murderers are a different breed than the rest of us, Ewing said that most of the time, murderers are pretty ordinary.

Ewing, a forensic psychologist and a lawyer who has evaluated several thousand criminal defendants.

This week, Koenig also interviewed Charles P. For instance, one person cites AdnanвЂ™s ability to smooth over rough situations as proof that heвЂ™s a good guy, while another points to that same quality as a sign that heвЂ™s sneaky. The same example of any behavior can be used as evidence of good character or questionable character - itвЂ™s all subjective. ItвЂ™s only human to feel like we can sense a murderer, but do humans have that capacity? вЂњCan you tell - really - can you tell if someone has a crime like this in him?вЂќ asked Koenig. Amateur sleuths will be disappointed that rather than evidence, we get debate about how we can tell if someone is capable of murder. This weekвЂ™s episode might be the weakest yet, because there is no new evidence presented. READ MORE: Obsessed with вЂњSerial?вЂќ YouвЂ™ll Love These Documentaries The Newest Evidence Does that make him a killer? We finally get a sense of AdnanвЂ™s frustration about how heвЂ™s been portrayed in the podcast - one moment, he feels like Koenig is his savior, the next, his executioner.ДЄnd really, how would any of us fare if a journalist began to dig into our teenage behavior, and interview former middle school and high school classmates about our personality and recount the times where we broke the law by shoplifting, drinking underage or smoking pot? Does any of that have any relevance to this specific crime? Is someone who steals money from a mosque more likely to be a killer? Is it evidence of bad character? But even then, rumors abound, with one person asserting that he stole as much as hundreds of thousands of dollars, which Koenig finds not to be the case.Д«ut as Adnan himself points out, he has always admitted that he stole money from the mosque. Though Koenig says callers have informed her that Adnan has done bad things in his past, the only wrongdoing she can confirm is that he stole donation money from his mosque during the summer before 8th grade. Koenig speaks to people within the Muslim community in Baltimore, who generally all agree that Adnan is a вЂњgood guyвЂќ even though some accuse him of being duplicitous or even a psychopath (but still a вЂњgood guy!вЂќ).

Serial episode 11 transcript