14 Traumatic Wounds In Law

Originally, when I first started watching episode 21 of Season 14 (“Traumatic Wounds”) in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, I had thought that this was going to be a case of faulty eyewitness testimony because of the alcohol present as well as the quickness of the assault that appeared in the episode. However, despite the conflicting testimonies presented in the beginning of the episode, most of the statements turned out to be lies anyway. In this paper, I will discuss reactions to the episode as well as the correct and incorrect methods of investigation and police conduct found in this episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. This episode began with an aggravated sexual assault attack by multiple assailants at a rock concert. The

Originally, he is believed to be one of the assailants, and because the victim had said that he did rape her, he believed it and even confessed to it, despite not remembering a moment after he ran over to her and jumped on top of her. His memory is fragmented, making him a difficult witness to have on the stand. While being initially interrogated and when he signed his confession, he had no lawyer present. He never once calls for an attorney of his own. Again, reinforcing that idea that only true criminals call for an attorney and the “good people” cooperate with the police fully. The detective interrogating led Frank into believing that he raped the victim. While the detective claimed she did not coerce him into a confession, she did plant the details in his mind of the situation, enough for him to confess and believe he did it until further discussion. If the other detective did not investigate further, Frank would have falsely confessed to a crime he did not commit and serve a sentence unjustly. The first detective was the one who retold the events of the crime, and Frank simply agreed with what the victim had said simply because he figured she was telling it how it happened. Because of the fireworks in the concert, Frank was triggered to his past memories of when a fellow soldier was killed, causing him to jump on top of the victim because he thought she was his friend who was killed. Overall, I thought the show handled PTSD rather well as they depicted Frank as a functioning man who’s flashbacks were closer to an actual victim of PTSD. When the detectives ask Frank to go through the night with them, he is shown an array of photos of only people who were present at the scene. In the courtroom, Frank positively identifies the three