Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 5 Episode 24
Seasons & Episodes
Overview
A child is taken to a hospital after passing out, and it is discovered that she had a huge amount of detergent in her stomach. The first suspect is the mom and her daughter claims that she forced her sister to drink the detergent. After a scary confrontation with the judge he rules that the daughter cannot testify and therefore the mom is found not guility. Novak then enlists Clark\’s assistance in obtaining evidence to remove the judge from the bench after his bias in two child abuse cases lead to the death of the child who died of suffocation by the mom and in another case the wrongful incarceration of an innocent woman.
Details
Episode Title
Poison
Airdate
2004-05-11
Director
David Platt
Rotten Tomatoes:
84
Metacritic:
66
Episode Runtime:
60 min
Rated:
TV-14
First Air Date:
1999-09-20
Seasons:
27
Status:
Returning Series
Creators:
Jean de Segonzac, David Platt, Dick Wolf
Awards:
Top Rated TV #916 | 6 wins for Primetime Emmy | 19 nominations for Primetime Emmy
Tagline:
Hope in the darkness.
