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After reading and carefully annotating the info presented in the document “Implicit Bias: A Primer for Courts” by Jerry Kang, and the first 10 episodes of Serial, answer the following question: Based on the testimony, court proceedings and all other materials we have encountered, to what extent does implicit bias seem to have affected Adnan’s case from investigation through to conviction? Where did implicit bias, as Jerry Kang describes it, seem to be a factor (i.e. did it affect the community, the detectives, the prosecutors, his own lawyer, the jury, the judge)? Based on everything you know at this point, if Adnan had not been a Pakistani muslim, would his case likely have turned out differently? Support your position with every piece of evidence available You are encouraged to conduct research and use relevant outside