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** Back when Linnie/Caroline's first husband raped her, the law said that, as her husband, he was allowed to have sex with her whenever he wanted regardless of how she felt.
** Judge Donnelly says that, back when the D.A.'s office had to assign a prosecutor to Caroline's case, they asked for her husband's permission before asking her to be the prosecutor.
** Back when Linnie/Caroline's first husband raped her, the law said that, as her husband, he was allowed to have sex with her whenever he wanted regardless of how she felt.
** Judge Donnelly says that, back when the D.A.'s office had to assign a prosecutor to Caroline's case, they asked for her husband's permission before asking her to be the prosecutor.
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: Donnelly was so convinced that Linnie/Caroline killed her husband in cold blood & then manipulated her to escape jail that she presses her in court. Linnie's heartbreaking response [[HeelRealization moves Donnelly]] and she mellows out, later explaining to Linnie that she was so tough because she wanted to be OneOfTheBoys that she didn't realize she had [[WellIntentionedExtremist lost perspective of why she even wanted to be a lawyer]], which was to protect abused women like Linnie.
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: Donnelly was so convinced that Linnie/Caroline killed her husband in cold blood & and then manipulated her to escape jail that she presses her in court. Linnie's heartbreaking response [[HeelRealization moves Donnelly]] and she mellows out, later explaining to Linnie that she was so tough because she wanted to be OneOfTheBoys that she didn't realize she had [[WellIntentionedExtremist lost perspective of why she even wanted to be a lawyer]], which was to protect abused women like Linnie.
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* AssholeVictim: Vincent Cresswell, Linnie/Caroline's first husband, was a {{Domestic Abuse}}r and [[MaritalRapeLicense frequently raped her]]. When it's revealed that she murdered him no one felt sorry for him, and Donnelly wanting to see his killer put to bars stems more from [[ItsPersonal personal grudge]] than giving him justice.
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* AssholeVictim: Vincent Cresswell, Linnie/Caroline's first husband, was a {{Domestic Abuse}}r and [[MaritalRapeLicense frequently raped her]]. When it's revealed that she murdered him him, no one felt sorry for him, and Donnelly wanting to see his killer put to behind bars stems more from [[ItsPersonal personal grudge]] than giving him justice.
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* HollywoodLaw: Judge Donnelly takes a leave of absence from the bench to prosecute Caroline Cresswell, who had fled on a murder change years beforehand when Donnelly (the prosecutor on the original case) let her go to the bathroom and she climbed out a window. Not only does this make no sense as she no longer works for the district attorneys office (she would have had to resign when she became a judge), no judge would allow her to act as prosecutor anyway since she clearly had a personal vendetta and was a material witness to the felony escape charge.
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* HollywoodLaw: Judge Donnelly takes a leave of absence from the bench to prosecute Caroline Cresswell, who had fled on a murder change years beforehand when Donnelly (the prosecutor on the original case) let her go to the bathroom and she climbed out a window. Not only does this make no sense as she no longer works for the district attorneys attorney's office (she would have had to resign when she became a judge), no judge would allow her to act as prosecutor anyway since she clearly had a personal vendetta and was a material witness to the felony escape charge.
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* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Despite her best efforts, Olivia couldn't prevent the [[spoiler: murder of Mia by her husband]].
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* DestructiveRomance: Olivia tries in vain to convince Mia Latimer to report her husband for Domestic Abuse. [[spoiler: Of course, she refuses to betray her beloved like that and eventually ends up dying in Olivia's arms, stabbed to death by her husband Brent.]]
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A woman (Creator/CleaDuVall) hides in an alley after claims of being abused and raped by her husband (Creator/NathanielMarston). Benson gets her to admit the abuse, but she recants before being murdered by her husband. While solving this crime, Benson meets the woman's older neighbors Linnie (Creator/BrendaBlethyn) and Jonah (Creator/MikeFarrell) and stumbles upon another case of spousal abuse and murder. It is revealed that Linnie was involved in an abusive relationship until she killed her former husband and escaped custody under the supervision of then-ADA Donnelly (Creator/JudithLight). Having been humiliated, Donnelly returns to the DA's Office to seek the maximum sentence. However after Benson stands up for Linnie, Donnelly is touched by the reason for the woman's escape – Linnie was intimidated because Donnelly was the strong woman that she could never be. Linnie's husband (Creator/MikeFarrell) leaves after hearing about her double life.
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* IHaveNoSon: Caroline reveals that her parents disowned her after she was arrested for killing Vincent, leaving her with nowhere to go after she escaped custody.
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: Donnelly was so convinced that Linnie/Caroline killed her husband in cold blood & then manipulated her to escape jail that she presses her in court. Linnie's heartbreaking response [[HeelRealization moves Donnelly]] and she mellows out, later explaining to Linnie that she was so tough because she wanted to be OneOfTheBoys that she didn't realize she had [[WellIntentionedExtremist lost perspective of why she even wanted to be a lawyer]], which was to protect abused women like Linnie.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Despite her best efforts, Olivia couldn't prevent the [[spoiler: murder of Mia by her husband]].
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* HollywoodLaw: Judge Donnelly takes a leave of absence from the bench to prosecute Caroline Cresswell, who had fled on a murder change years beforehand when Donnelly (the prosecutor on the original case) let her go to the bathroom and she climbed out a window. Not only does this make no sense as she no longer works for the district attorneys office(she would have had to resign when she became a judge), no judge would allow her to act as prosecutor anyway since she clearly had a personal vendetta and was a material witness to the felony escape charge.
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* HollywoodLaw: Judge Donnelly takes a leave of absence from the bench to prosecute Caroline Cresswell, who had fled on a murder change years beforehand when Donnelly (the prosecutor on the original case) let her go to the bathroom and she climbed out a window. Not only does this make no sense as she no longer works for the district attorneys office(she office (she would have had to resign when she became a judge), no judge would allow her to act as prosecutor anyway since she clearly had a personal vendetta and was a material witness to the felony escape charge.
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* OldShame: Caroline Cresswell for Elizabeth Donnelly. Donnelly's run-in with the IdiotBall that resulted in a Caroline escaping from jail coined the phrase "doing a Donnelly" for several years after.
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* OldShame: In Universe example. Caroline Cresswell for Elizabeth Donnelly. Donnelly's run-in with the IdiotBall that resulted in a Caroline escaping from jail coined the phrase "doing a Donnelly" for several years after.
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* ContinuitySnarl: When Olivia remarks that she could have saved Mia by locking her up for filing a false report, Cragen states that he had never seen Olivia lock up a victim. However, the detectives did in fact once have a rape victim locked up, [[{{Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS1E14Limitations}} Jennifer Neal]], when she refused to name her rapist.
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* PatchedTogetherFromTheHeadlines: Much of Donnelly's recount about her career history, particularly the detail about her requiring a note from her husband to try homicides, appears to be based on a New York Magazine interview with Manhattan D.A. candidate and Law & Order legal consultant Leslie Crocker Snyder - the first head of the Sex Crimes division in the Manhattan District Attorney's office and co-author of the state's rape shield law.
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* ThatManIsDead: Caroline Cresswell now goes by Linnie Malcolm to leave her DarkAndTroubledPast behind her.
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: A would-be example right at the beginning of the episode. Mia, seeking a morning-after pill while claiming to be a rape victim (she was, but not by a stranger), is held up by the pharmacist, who seems to hold views against abortion, offering her sketchy warnings about the pill and asking if she's considered adoption. Mia's panic causes her to grab at the pharmacist, leading to the police being called. Stabler and Benson are none too thrilled that a potential rape victim was held by pharmacy security instead of being offered treatment, and neither is the doctor who treats Mia at the hospital, indicating she has run into pharmacists pushing their beliefs on others before.
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* DestructiveRomance: Olivia tries in vain to convince Mia Latimer to report her husband for Domestic Abuse. [[spoiler: Of course, she refuses to betray her beloved like that and eventually ends up dying in Olivia's arms, stabbed to death by her husband Brent.]]
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* OldShame: Caroline Cresswell for Elizabeth Donnelly. Donnelly's run-in with the IdiotBall that resulted in a Caroline escaping from jail coined the phrase "doing a Donnelly" for several years after.
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Linnie/Caroline admits to having an abortion in the 70s after getting pregnant due to being repeatedly raped by her then-husband (whom she killed to stop the abuse). Her current husband Jonah (who she never told about her past) is upset at her for this, since she knew he wanted children, and says Linnie denied him that (along with grandchildren). Due to this, along with keeping her past secret, he leaves Linnie.
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A woman (Creator/CleaDuVall) hides in an alley after claims of being abused and raped by her husband (Creator/NathanielMarston). Benson gets her to admit the abuse, but she recants before being murdered by her husband. While solving this crime, Benson meets the woman's older neighbors Linnie (Creator/BrendaBlethyn) and Jonah (Creator/MikeFarrell) and stumbles upon another case of spousal abuse and murder. It is revealed that Linnie was involved in an abusive relationship until she killed her former husband and escaped custody under the supervision of then-ADA Donnelly (Creator/JudithLight). Having been humiliated, Donnelly returns to the DA's Office to seek the maximum sentence. However after Benson stands up for Linnie, Donnelly is touched by the reason for the woman's escape – Linnie was intimidated because Donnelly was the strong woman that she could never be. Linnie's husband (Mike Farrell) leaves after hearing about her double life.
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Directed By Creator/HelenShaver
A woman (Creator/CleaDuVall) hides in an alley after claims of being abused and raped by her husband (Creator/NathanielMarston). Benson gets her to admit the abuse, but she recants before being murdered by her husband. While solving this crime, Benson meets the woman's older neighbors Linnie (Creator/BrendaBlethyn) and Jonah (Creator/MikeFarrell) and stumbles upon another case of spousal abuse and murder. It is revealed that Linnie was involved in an abusive relationship until she killed her former husband and escaped custody under the supervision of then-ADA Donnelly (Creator/JudithLight). Having been humiliated, Donnelly returns to the DA's Office to seek the maximum sentence. However after Benson stands up for Linnie, Donnelly is touched by the reason for the woman's escape – Linnie was intimidated because Donnelly was the strong woman that she could never be. Linnie's husband(Mike Farrell) (Creator/MikeFarrell) leaves after hearing about her double life.
Directed By Creator/HelenShaver
A woman (Creator/CleaDuVall) hides in an alley after claims of being abused and raped by her husband (Creator/NathanielMarston). Benson gets her to admit the abuse, but she recants before being murdered by her husband. While solving this crime, Benson meets the woman's older neighbors Linnie (Creator/BrendaBlethyn) and Jonah (Creator/MikeFarrell) and stumbles upon another case of spousal abuse and murder. It is revealed that Linnie was involved in an abusive relationship until she killed her former husband and escaped custody under the supervision of then-ADA Donnelly (Creator/JudithLight). Having been humiliated, Donnelly returns to the DA's Office to seek the maximum sentence. However after Benson stands up for Linnie, Donnelly is touched by the reason for the woman's escape – Linnie was intimidated because Donnelly was the strong woman that she could never be. Linnie's husband
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* BittersweetEnding: Brent Latimer gets a one-way ticket to prison for killing Mia, and Caroline Cresswell is given probation for killing her abusive first husband, but her second husband becomes so disillusioned with her lies that he leaves her.
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* BittersweetEnding: Brent Latimer gets a one-way ticket to prison for killing Mia, and Caroline Cresswell is given probation for killing her abusive first husband, but her second husband becomes so disillusioned with her lies that he leaves her.
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A woman (Creator/CleaDuVall) hides in an alley after claims of being abused and raped by her husband (Creator/NathanielMarston). Benson gets her to admit the abuse, but she recants before being murdered by her husband. While solving this crime, Benson meets the woman's older neighbors Linnie (Creator/BrendaBlethyn) and Jonah (Creator/MikeFarrell) and stumbles upon another case of spousal abuse and murder. It is revealed that Linnie was involved in an abusive relationship until she killed her former husband and escaped custody under the supervision of then-ADA Donnelly (Creator/JudithLight). Having been humiliated, Donnelly returns to the DA's Office to seek the maximum sentence. However after Benson stands up for Linnie, Donnelly is touched by the reason for the woman's escape – Linnie was intimidated because Donnelly was the strong woman that she could never be. Linnie's husband (Mike Farrell) leaves after hearing about her double life.
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!!This episode provides examples of:
* AbsenteeActor: Creator/RichardBelzer (JustForFun/JohnMunch), Music/IceT (Fin Tutuola), Creator/TamaraTunie (Melinda Warner), and Creator/BDWong (George Huang) sit this episode out.
* AssholeVictim: Vincent Cresswell, Linnie/Caroline's first husband, was a {{Domestic Abuse}}r and [[MaritalRapeLicense frequently raped her]]. When it's revealed that she murdered him no one felt sorry for him, and Donnelly wanting to see his killer put to bars stems more from [[ItsPersonal personal grudge]] than giving him justice.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Linnie Malcolm is really Caroline Cresswell. Her first husband was very abusive towards her and she killed her in self-defense. She's been a fugitive since escaping from prison.
* DecoyProtagonist: Mia Latimer is set up as the episode's VictimOfTheWeek, only for her to be killed-off halfway through the episode and then the focus promptly shifts to Linnie/Caroline.
* TheDogBitesBack: Caroline/Linnie killed her abusive husband in TheSeventies.
* DomesticAbuse: The plot of the episode.
* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The episode begins with Mia Latner and her abusive husband being the central case. Then she was killed and the story shifts a cold case involving Caroline/Linnie.
* HeelRealization: When Caroline Cresswell points out that Donnelly came out intimidating rather than comforting back in 1974, she's visibly affected and later mellows out.
* HumiliationConga: The reason why ItsPersonal for Donnelly to persecute Caroline Cresswell; back when she was a new A.D.A., Caroline was able to escape custody. This earned her the mockery of her peers and superiors.
* IHaveThisFriend: Linnie compares Mia's situation to a friend of hers, until the HalfwayPlotSwitch reveals that she's actually talking about herself.
* ItsPersonal: Donnelly was the A.D.A. who held Caroline Cresswell's case back in 1974.
* SecondLove: Jonah Malcolm is Caroline's second husband, and he's undoubtedly much better than her first.
* SuddenDownerEnding: Caroline is given a light sentence, but her husband becomes so disillusioned with her lies that he left her. That is the episode's last scene.
* ThatManIsDead: Caroline Cresswell now goes by Linnie Malcolm to leave her DarkAndTroubledPast behind her.
* WasItAllALie: Jonah Malcolm is disillusioned with Caroline due to her lying to him for three decades.
* WhiteShirtOfDeath: Mia Latner was killed wearing a white blouse.
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!!This episode provides examples of:
* AbsenteeActor: Creator/RichardBelzer (JustForFun/JohnMunch), Music/IceT (Fin Tutuola), Creator/TamaraTunie (Melinda Warner), and Creator/BDWong (George Huang) sit this episode out.
* AssholeVictim: Vincent Cresswell, Linnie/Caroline's first husband, was a {{Domestic Abuse}}r and [[MaritalRapeLicense frequently raped her]]. When it's revealed that she murdered him no one felt sorry for him, and Donnelly wanting to see his killer put to bars stems more from [[ItsPersonal personal grudge]] than giving him justice.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Linnie Malcolm is really Caroline Cresswell. Her first husband was very abusive towards her and she killed her in self-defense. She's been a fugitive since escaping from prison.
* DecoyProtagonist: Mia Latimer is set up as the episode's VictimOfTheWeek, only for her to be killed-off halfway through the episode and then the focus promptly shifts to Linnie/Caroline.
* TheDogBitesBack: Caroline/Linnie killed her abusive husband in TheSeventies.
* DomesticAbuse: The plot of the episode.
* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The episode begins with Mia Latner and her abusive husband being the central case. Then she was killed and the story shifts a cold case involving Caroline/Linnie.
* HeelRealization: When Caroline Cresswell points out that Donnelly came out intimidating rather than comforting back in 1974, she's visibly affected and later mellows out.
* HumiliationConga: The reason why ItsPersonal for Donnelly to persecute Caroline Cresswell; back when she was a new A.D.A., Caroline was able to escape custody. This earned her the mockery of her peers and superiors.
* IHaveThisFriend: Linnie compares Mia's situation to a friend of hers, until the HalfwayPlotSwitch reveals that she's actually talking about herself.
* ItsPersonal: Donnelly was the A.D.A. who held Caroline Cresswell's case back in 1974.
* SecondLove: Jonah Malcolm is Caroline's second husband, and he's undoubtedly much better than her first.
* SuddenDownerEnding: Caroline is given a light sentence, but her husband becomes so disillusioned with her lies that he left her. That is the episode's last scene.
* ThatManIsDead: Caroline Cresswell now goes by Linnie Malcolm to leave her DarkAndTroubledPast behind her.
* WasItAllALie: Jonah Malcolm is disillusioned with Caroline due to her lying to him for three decades.
* WhiteShirtOfDeath: Mia Latner was killed wearing a white blouse.
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