History Recap / TheFlash2014S7E8ThePeopleVsKillerFrost

* WithUsOrAgainstUs: The Speed Force tells Barry this when deciding to kill Alexa.
* YouGotSpunk: Kramer admits that she admires Frost's fighting spirit.

* AbsenteeActor: Chester doesn’t appear in this episode.

With Frost facing an unjust punishment for her past crimes, Caitlin goes to great lengths to save her sister. Meanwhile, Barry's efforts to protect Speed Force Nora lead to a shocking discovery

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Probably the most blatant example in the Arrowverse so far. A court absolutely cannot require or compel a person to take '' 'any''' type of drug, medication included, unless it's been fully tested and approved by the FDA, a process which takes years, while the meta cure hasn't even existed that long. It's also not even within a judge's prerogative to issue a penalty that isn't ratified by legislation.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Probably the most blatant example in the Arrowverse so far. A court absolutely cannot require or compel a person to take '' 'any''' type of drug, medication included, unless it's been fully tested and approved by the FDA, a process which takes years, while the meta cure hasn't even existed that long. It's also not even within a judge's prerogative to issue a penalty that isn't ratified by by legislation.
** Even if the judge did rule that way, it would never make it past an appeals court, and Cecile could have appealed it all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary, which would take '''decades''', all while Frost was out on continuing bail.
** The district attorney's stunt of accusing Frost in open court also wouldn't fly; in real life, she'd be sanctioned for belting out the accusation in court when she could have easily called a sidebar. Also the break-in couldn't legally be factored into sentencing without proof she was directly involved, evidence of foul play wouldn't be enough alone.

* ExactWords: The prosecution’s argument for Frost being depowered was “to ensure that this extremely dangerous criminal no longer threatens our good citizens.” Once Frost proposes the alternative punishment of life in prison without parole, Kramer tries to interject that the state isn’t interested in that punishment, only for Cecile to point out that Frost’s proposal does ''exactly'' what the prosecution wanted.

* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Barry, Iris and the Speed Force trying to get ahold of Fuerza is giving the same weight as the trial against Frost.

** Frost's speech about how it is wrong to try and change what a person is in order to punish her rings eerily similar to conversion therapy.

* HeroicSacrifice: Not wanting to become a legal precedent for metahumans being forcibly cured, Frost willingly enter life imprisonment.

* PutOnABus: Kramer leaves Central City.

* WeNeedADistraction: Caitlin distracts the front desk while Allegra tries to disable the cure. When Allega gets caught by Kramer, she then distracts the latter while Caitlin disables the cure herself.

* SelfServingMemory: The prosecuter says only Killer Frost could have had motive to destroy the meta cure; it seems she forgot about the '''hundreds''' of meta criminals in Central City who probably wouldn't be too keen on the possibility of having their powers taken away.

* WeNeedAdistraction: Caitlin dsitracts the front desk while Allegra tries to disable the cure. When Allega gets caught by Kramer, she then distracts the latter while Caitlin disables the cure herself.

* YouGotSpunk: Kramer admits that she admits Frost's fighting spirit.

* FaceHeelTurn: The Speed Force turns against Barry and Iris.
* FantasticRacism: Kramer is revealed to hold a grudge against meta-humans - rather than Frost specifically - because she was once betrayed by a meta-human, and subsequently came to desire the depowering of any meta-human who doesn’t use their powers for good; when Frost proposes an alternative punishment of life in prison without parole, Kramer outright tries to argue that isn’t something the state is interested.

* SelfServingMemory: The prosecuter says only Killer Frost could have had motive to destroy the meta cure; it seems she forgot about the '''hundreds''' of meta criminals in Central City who probably wouldn't be too keen on the possibility of having their powers taken away.

** The entire process is also displayed incorrectly. The attorneys don't request a certain sentence, you have to submit a recommendation before the sentencing hearing, and to recommend an atypical sentence requires a motion and at the very least a separate hearing on whether or not the proposed sentence is constitutional. Also the length of Frost's prison term is completely at the judges discretion, a request from the defendant and the wishes of the prosecuter don't really change anything, so Cecile's throwing her own words back at her was completely unnecessary.

** The district attorney's stunt of accusing Frost in open court also wouldn't fly; in real life, she'd be sanctioned for belting out the accusation in court when she could have easily called a sidebar. Also the break in couldn't legally be factored into sentencing without proof she was directly involved, evidence of foul play wouldn't be enough alone.

** The district attorney's stunt of accusing Frost in open court also wouldn't fly, in real life she'd be sanctioned for belting out the accusation in court when she could have easily called a sidebar. Also the break in couldn't legally be factored into sentencing without proof she was directly involved, evidence of foul play wouldn't be enough alone.

* SelfServingMemory: The prosecuter says only Killer Frost could have had motive to destroy the meta cure, it seems she forgot about the '''hundreds''' of meta criminals in Central City who probably wouldn't be too keen on the possibility of having their powers taken away.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Probably the most blatant example in the Arrowverse so far. A court absolutely cannot require or compel a person to take '' 'any''' type of drug, medication included, unless its been fully tested and approved by the FDA, a process which takes years, while the meta cure hasn't even existed that long. It's also not even within a Judges prerogative to issue a penalty that isn't ratified by by legislation.

* WhatAnIdiot: The prosecuter says only Killer Frost could have had motive to destroy the meta cure, it seems she forgot about the '''hundreds''' of meta criminals in Central City who probably wouldn't be too keen on the possibility of having their powers taken away.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Probably the most blatant example in the Arrowverse so far. A court absolutely cannot require or compel a person to take any type of drug, medication included, unless its been fully tested and approved by the FDA, a process which takes years, while the meta cure hasn't even existed that long. It's also not even within a Judges prerogative to issue a penalty that isn't ratified by by legislation.
** Even if the judge did rule that way, it would never make it past an appeals court, and Cecile could have appealed it all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary, which would take ***decades***, all while Frost was out on continuing bail.

* WhatAnIdiot: Kramer says only Killer Frost could have had motive to destroy the meta cure, it seems she forgot about the hundreds of meta criminals in Central City who probably wouldn't be too keen on the possibility of having their powers taken away.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Probably the most blatant example in the Arrowverse so far. A court absolutely cannot require compel a person to take a ***any*** type of drug, medication included, unless its been fully tested and approved by the FDA, a process which takes years, while the meta cure hasn't even existed that long. It's also not even wothin a Judges prerogative to issue a penalty that isn't ratified by by legislation.

* PutOnABus: Kramer leaves Central City.

* FaceHeelTurn: The Speed Force turns against Barry and Iris.

* FaceHeelTurn: The Speed Force turn against Barry and Iris.

* FaceHeelTurn: The Speed Force.

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