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* MurderByMistake: The case against Yates is that he intended to kill Barlow. He, in turn, claims it's AccidentalMurder. There isno doubt that he never intended to kill the actual victim.

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* MurderByMistake: The case against Yates is that he intended to kill Barlow. He, in turn, claims it's AccidentalMurder. There isno is no doubt that he never intended to kill the actual victim.
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* MurderByMistake: The case against Yates is that he intended to kill Barlow. There isno doubt that he never intended to kill the actual victim.

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* MurderByMistake: The case against Yates is that he intended to kill Barlow. He, in turn, claims it's AccidentalMurder. There isno doubt that he never intended to kill the actual victim.
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* MurderByMistake: The case against Yates is that he intended to kill Barlow. There isno doubt that he never intended to kill the actual victim.
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* CastingGag: One of Barlow's many ultra-conservative stances is that female cops are inferior by nature. Barlow is played by Creator/CharlotteRoss, who played Det. Connie [=McDowell=] from seasons 8-11 of Series/NYPDBlue.
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** The victim was antisemitic and violently beat another student at a rally for Palestine.

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** The victim was antisemitic and violently beat another student at a rally for Palestine.Palestine Averted since he tried to make up for it and is clearly implied to have obviously changed and stopped being antisemitic.

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* AssholeVictim: The victim was anti-Semitic and violently beat another student at a rally for Palestine.
** The intended victim is also this. Even Branch, a fellow conservative, can’t stand her.
--> '''Branch:''' Ten minutes of her bloviating, the jury will forget why they’re there and convict the S.O.B. of bad aim.

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* AssholeVictim: AssholeVictim:
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The victim was anti-Semitic antisemitic and violently beat another student at a rally for Palestine.
** The intended victim Judith Barlow is also this. Even Branch, a fellow conservative, can’t can't stand her.
--> '''Branch:''' Ten minutes of her bloviating, the jury will forget why they’re they're there and convict the S.O.B. of bad aim.



* FemaleMisogynist: Barlow doesn’t think women should be cops.

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* FemaleMisogynist: Barlow doesn’t doesn't think women should be cops.



* SmugSnake: Judith Barlow.

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* SmugSnake: Judith Barlow.Barlow is incredibly smug and arrogant.
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* [[IllGirl Ill Boy]]: Yates
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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Barlow has built her career around proclaiming this.

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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: PoliticalCorrectnessIsEvil: Barlow has built her career around proclaiming this.
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* FoeYay: [[invoked]] Cassady suspects this between Green and Barlow.
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* AppealToPity: Referenced by Barlow, who thinks most arguments in favor of stem cell research amount to this.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The conflict between Barlow and Yates is based on an incident between Creator/MichaelJFox and Rush Limbaugh. Fox appeared in a PSA advocating for stem cell research without his medication, causing him to shake from his Parkinson's Disease. Limbaugh mocked the ad and spoke out against stem cell research.
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* WindmillCrusader: [=McCoy=] describes Yates' lawyer as one.
* YourCheatingHeart: Averted. The detectives think Miles' girlfriend was having an affair with Yates when she gives him a false alibi. They're wrong, there was no LoveTriangle, Miles was not the intended victim.

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* WindmillCrusader: [=McCoy=] describes Yates' lawyer as one.
* YourCheatingHeart: Averted. The detectives think Miles' girlfriend was having an affair with Yates when she gives him a false alibi. They're wrong, there was no LoveTriangle, Miles was not the intended victim.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Green is horrified by the notion that Barlow is attracted to him.



** The intended victim is also this. Even Branch, a fellow conservative, can’t stand her.
--> '''Branch:''' Ten minutes of her bloviating, the jury will forget why they’re there and convict the S.O.B. of bad aim.



* FemaleMisogynist: Barlow doesn’t think women should be cops.



* YourCheatingHeart: Miles' girlfriend was apparently having an affair with Yates and initially gives him a false alibi.

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* YourCheatingHeart: Averted. The detectives think Miles' girlfriend was apparently having an affair with Yates and initially when she gives him a false alibi.alibi. They're wrong, there was no LoveTriangle, Miles was not the intended victim.
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--> '''[=McCoy=]''': If God created man in His image, than we've all ''degenerated'' from whatever's on that Petri dish.

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--> '''[=McCoy=]''': If God created man in His image, than then we've all ''degenerated'' from whatever's on that Petri dish.
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--> '''[=McCoy=]''': If God created man in His image, than we've all ''degenerated'' from whatever's on that Petri dish

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--> '''[=McCoy=]''': If God created man in His image, than we've all ''degenerated'' from whatever's on that Petri dish
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* BlondeRepublicanSexKitten: This is Barlow's public image.



* MsFanservice: This is Barlow's public image.



* PompousPoliticalPundit: Barlow is one, and Rubirosa gets in a little speech about the harm she thinks such people do.



* StrawLiberal: The victim's professor, who corralled his students into protesting Barlow's speech in order to pass his class.

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* StrawLiberal: StrawCharacter: The victim's professor, who corralled professor is one of intolerant liberals, to the point of browbeating his students into protesting Barlow's speech in order if they want to pass his class.

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* AssholeVictim: The victim was anti-Semitic and violently beat another student at a rally for Palestine.



* WindmillCrusader: [=McCoy=] describes Yates' lawyer as one.

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* StrawLiberal: The victim's professor, who corralled his students into protesting Barlow's speech in order to pass his class.
* WindmillCrusader: [=McCoy=] describes Yates' lawyer as one.one.
* YourCheatingHeart: Miles' girlfriend was apparently having an affair with Yates and initially gives him a false alibi.
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Yates stops taking his medication and shows severe signs of Parkinson's Disease during the trial. On the stand, Barlow is forced to admit that she used slurs against the disabled in her speech on the night of the shooting. Yates claims he carries a gun for protection and fired accidentally due to the shaking caused by his condition. [=McCoy=] points out this can't be true, since at that time Yates' symptoms were kept under control by his medication. Yates yells that his life is worth more than those of the embryos harvested for stem cells; [=McCoy=] says that the same is true of both Barlow, and the student who was accidentally killed. Connie later asks [=McCoy=] for his own views on stem cell research. He replies:

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Yates stops taking his medication and shows severe signs of Parkinson's Disease during the trial. On the stand, Barlow is forced to admit that she used slurs against the disabled in her speech on the night of the shooting. Yates claims he carries a gun for protection and fired accidentally due to the shaking caused by his condition. [=McCoy=] points out this can't be true, since at that time Yates' symptoms were kept under control by his medication. Yates yells that his life is worth more than those of the embryos harvested for stem cells; [=McCoy=] says that the same is true of both Barlow, and the student who was accidentally killed. The jury convicts and Connie later asks [=McCoy=] for his own views on stem cell research. He replies:
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During controversial right-wing pundit Judith Barlow's speech at a university, a student is shot and killed; it's believed that Barlow herself was the intended target. The detectives follow a trail to the victim's friend Malcolm Yates. He lost his job in stem cell research because repeated attacks in the media by Barlow forced a sponsor to cut funding. Bullet evidence links him to the shooting, and he's arrested. The defense gets all evidence from the sponsor suppressed; [=McCoy=] and Rubirosa struggle to prove motive until they learn that Yates has Parkinson's Disease. Barlow's efforts to shut down stem cell research threatened his only hope for a cure, so he tried to kill her.

Yates stops taking his medication and shows severe signs of Parkinson's Disease during the trial. On the stand, Barlow is forced to admit that she used slurs against the disabled in her speech on the night of the shooting. Yates claims he carries a gun for protection and fired accidentally due to the shaking caused by his condition. [=McCoy=] points out this can't be true, since at that time Yates' symptoms were kept under control by his medication. Yates yells that his life is worth more than those of the embryos harvested for stem cells; [=McCoy=] says that the same is true of both Barlow, and the student who was accidentally killed. Connie later asks [=McCoy=] for his own views on stem cell research. He replies:

--> '''[=McCoy=]''': If God created man in His image, than we've all ''degenerated'' from whatever's on that Petri dish

!!!This episode contains examples of:
* AppealToPity: Referenced by Barlow, who thinks most arguments in favor of stem cell research amount to this.
* FemmeFatale: Barlow tries this on Branch to get him to allow her to testify. It doesn't work, although the defense later calls her anyway.
* FoeYay: [[invoked]] Cassady suspects this between Green and Barlow.
* [[IllGirl Ill Boy]]: Yates
* MsFanservice: This is Barlow's public image.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Barlow is an obvious stand-in for Ann Coulter.
* PetTheDog: Barlow disapproves of female police officers, but she'll concede she likes Van Buren.
* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Barlow has built her career around proclaiming this.
* SmugSnake: Judith Barlow.
* WindmillCrusader: [=McCoy=] describes Yates' lawyer as one.

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