"Law & Order" Darwinian (2004)

Director:

Jace Alexander

Writers:

Dick Wolf (creator)
Marc Guggenheim (writer)

TV Series:

"Law & Order" (1990)

Original Air Date:

7 January 2004 (Season 14, Episode 11)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery | Drama

Plot:

A homeless man goes on trial for manslaughter, accused of killing another homeless man. His defense attorney argues that the laws of civilized society should not apply to homeless people because of their realities. |

Plot Keywords:

Attorney | Detective | Police | District Attorney | Evidence

Cast

Jerry Orbach	...	Detective Lennie Briscoe
Jesse L. Martin	...	Detective Ed Green
S. Epatha Merkerson	...	Lt. Anita Van Buren
Sam Waterston	...	Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
Elisabeth Röhm	...	A.D.A. Serena Southerlyn
Fred Dalton Thompson	...	D.A. Arthur Branch
Kate Burton	...	Erica Gardner
Reg E. Cathey	...	Gerald
Christopher Donahue	...	Max Edgars
Brigitte Bako	...	Carrie Salter
Leslie Hendrix	...	Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
Dylan Baker	...	Sanford Rems
John Cariani	...	CSU Julian Beck
Lynn Cohen	...	Judge Elizabeth Mizener
James Biberi	...	Stewart

Company:

Wolf Films

Trivia:

This episode presents a fictionalized account of the Chante Mallard case, in which an intoxicated woman hit a man and, ignoring his cries for help, left him for two hours in her garage to die, then enlisted the help of acquaintances to dispose of the body.

Movie Connections:

References Diamonds Are Forever (1971)