#37: Trust
Law & Order S2E15
Title: Law [and] Order
Director:
Daniel Sackheim
Release Date:
February 11, 1992
Network: NBC
Production No: 67417
Times Watched: 27
Times Rated: 19
Issue Blurb
A young boy is dead in an apparently accidental shooting while playing a game. However, skeletons come out of the closest when it's discovered the shooting might be more of a pattern.
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Necron102
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Apr 16, 2021
If the first case was sealed doesn't that mean a decision had already been made on it? How can they bring charges again? Didn't really explain, was an okay story otherwise.
Jan 20, 2025
I don't remember if they said this about the sealed case, but I'm guessing that the boy wasn't even tried and the charges were dismissed because it was the first offense and the parents promised to get him treatment. Since there is no statute of limitations on homicide, as the show is so fond of reminding us, the state could decide to unseal and prosecute if new information arose that essentially invalidated the initial decision, which is what happened. Stone not only realized that the second incident wasn't an accident, but discovered that the first wasn't either during the course of the trial.
