Directed by Creator/EWSwackhamer

Written by Creator/RobertNathan

José Urbano, a violent drug dealer, is shot and killed at a church fair. It soon becomes clear that the local community, and the church's priest Roberto Torres, are all covering for someone. The investigation leads to Alicia Rivers, whose sister Lucy was violently attacked and raped. The detectives believe that Urbano raped Lucy, so her boyfriend Nicky Guzmán shot him, with Alicia and Torres as accomplices. Evidence shows that the murder weapon belongs to Alicia's grandmother, so Alicia is arrested. Robinette convinces Alicia's grandmother to co-operate; she confirms Nicky killed Urbano for raping Lucy. Nicky is charged with murder, while a judge dismisses the charges against Alicia.

Chet Burton, a lawyer who specialises in cases like Nicky's, agrees to defend him pro bono. Burton's argument is that since Nicky is from Puerto Rico, violent revenge is justified in his culture. When Burton fails to convince the judge to exclude an overheard conversation with Torres as evidence, he instead frames his questioning of Torres for the jury to believe that there's reasonable doubt. The judge won't allow Stone to call a witness who would testify that Nicky is a drug dealer who had worked for Urbano; and the jury acquits. They clearly knew Nicky to be guilty, but acquitted out of personal sympathy for him. Stone and Robinette are concerned that this paves the way for others to get away with murder.
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!!This episode contains examples of:
* CommonNonsenseJury: Nicky deliberately and willfully premeditates the murder of Urbano: by consulting with his priest, stealing his aunt's gun, stalking the man, and shooting him in the crotch multiple times. However, he invokes the fact that Urbano had raped Lucy and asserts that he was protecting Lucy's honor, even though the prosecution finds evidence that this wasn't the case. After the jury acquits the boy, this exchange results:
--> '''Stone''': (''to Robinette, when he suggests that Stone is angry at losing'') What I ''do'' mind is that twelve honest citizens knew that he was guilty and still acquitted him.\\
'''Robinette''': Well, they were being flim-flammed by the self-defense.\\
'''Stone''': They ''knew'' that they were being flim-flammed. And they still acquitted him. ...And that's frightening.
* CultureJustifiesAnything: Essentially, this is Burton's defence of Nicky in court.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Urbano was reportedly very kind to his sister and young niece.
* GoodOldBoy: Burton fits this trope and plays it up in court.
* RapeAndRevenge: This trope forms the basis of the plot.
* RapeAsDrama: A key part of the episode's plot, highlighted when Burton asks Torres to explain on the stand why rape is considered serious enough in the Puerto Rican community to justify murder.
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