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Mad Dog

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"Mad Dog"
L&O, Episode 7.18
Production number: K1116
First aired: 4 April 1997
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Written By
René Balcer

Directed By
Chris Misiano

McCoy comes dangerously close to abusing his prosecutorial authority, after a convicted serial rapist is released from prison after serving only 18 years of a 30-year sentence.

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[edit] Plot

A serial rapist recently granted parole against Jack's wishes is a suspect in a new rape and murder. Detectives can't get enough evidence to charge him, so Jack orders detectives to trail and harass him.

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[edit] References

Teresa Perez; Civil Commitment; Ohio; Kansas v. Hendricks; Bellevue Hospital Center

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(on McCoy's attempts to have Lewis Darnell committed rather than jailed)

"It's legally brilliant! Sure to be a hit with the public. And you have no business trying it."
Adam Schiff

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