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A homeless man is found dead, and Briscoe and Green track down the hit-and-run driver who struck him; because she was under the influence when she hit him, she actually drove back to her home with him stuck on the hood of the car before dumping the body and trying to cover her tracks.
While that's a dreadful event in and of itself, in fact the victim was doomed ''before'' the accident, as his injuries reveal. He was brutally beaten by another homeless man because he wouldn't share an orange with him. The "true" killer's defense lawyer argues that he cannot be judged for what he did because, lacking the support of a society that sees him and his kind as subhuman, his crime was justified as the only way he could survive. [=McCoy=] convinces the jury that excusing the man for his actions further dehumanizes both him and more importantly his victim, and the killer is convicted.
While that's a dreadful event in and of itself, in fact the victim was doomed ''before'' the accident, as his injuries reveal. He was brutally beaten by another homeless man because he wouldn't share an orange with him. The "true" killer's defense lawyer argues that he cannot be judged for what he did because, lacking the support of a society that sees him and his kind as subhuman, his crime was justified as the only way he could survive. [=McCoy=] convinces the jury that excusing the man for his actions further dehumanizes both him and more importantly his victim, and the killer is convicted.
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A homeless man is found dead, and Briscoe and Green track down Carrie Salter, the hit-and-run driver who struck him; because she was under the influence when she hit him, she actually drove back to her home with him stuck on the hood of the car before dumping the body and trying to cover her tracks.
While that's a dreadful event in and of itself, in fact the victim was doomed ''before'' the accident, as his injuries reveal. He was brutally beaten by another homelessman because he wouldn't share man, Max Edgars, for not sharing an orange with him. The "true" killer's defense lawyer argues that he cannot be judged for what he did because, lacking the support of a society that sees him and his kind as subhuman, his crime was justified as the only way he could survive. [=McCoy=] convinces the jury that excusing the man for his actions further dehumanizes both him and more importantly his victim, and the killer is convicted.
convicted and sentenced to twelve years.
While that's a dreadful event in and of itself, in fact the victim was doomed ''before'' the accident, as his injuries reveal. He was brutally beaten by another homeless
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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: It starts out with a young woman who was driving drunk and hit a homeless man. Then it pivots to him being dead before she hit him, and the prosecution of his real killer.
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* VillainOfAnotherStory: The flasher who had been harassing women in the park.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The opening act is inspired by the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chante_Mallard Chante Mallard]] case. The entry notes it had previously been used for the ''{{CSI}}'' episode "Anatomy of a Lye".
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The opening act is inspired by the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chante_Mallard Chante Mallard]] case. The entry notes it had previously been used for the ''{{CSI}}'' ''Series/{{CSI}}'' episode "Anatomy of a Lye".
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*CrazyHomelessPeople: When society turns its back on the homeless and some of them become these as a result, is it fair to judge them by the same standards as other people?
*GuiltTrip: The defense attorney attempts to use this on the jury, making them feel bad for living so well while the killer "had to" resort to extreme measures to survive.
*GuiltTrip: The defense attorney attempts to use this on the jury, making them feel bad for living so well while the killer "had to" resort to extreme measures to survive.
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*CrazyHomelessPeople: When society turns its back on the homeless and some of them become these as a result, is it fair to judge them by the same standards as other people?
*GuiltTrip:people? The defense attorney attempts to use this on the jury, making them feel bad for living so well while the killer "had to" resort to extreme measures to survive.says no, [=McCoy=] says yes.
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