While investigating the death of a sexually-active 17-year-old girl, SVU finds that a suspect in the case is deliberately spreading HIV to his many sexual partners.
Benson and Stabler are forced to deal with the abrasive militant leader of a lesbian rights group as they search for a rapist and killer who may be targeting members of the lesbian community.
SVU tries to make the case against a Christian zealot who is targeting prostitutes, but it hangs on the cooperation of a pregnant prostitute who is terrified of the man and has her own demons.
An attorney confesses that she had knowledge that her client committed a 22-year-old murder that another man was serving time for, but could not come forward because of attorney-client privilege.
A potential witness in a rape case is reluctant to testify because she is an illegal immigrant who both witnessed and was the victim of unspeakable war crimes against women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The team tries to persuade a disabled woman, who cannot speak, confront and identify her rapist in court, while also protecting her from her angry, abusive sister.
A rape and murder helps Benson and Stabler crack a case involving a serial rapist and killer from the 1970s. However, one copycat crime remains open when investigation reveals that the crime was committed by a woman.
An abused, schizophrenic 16-year-old is a suspect in the brutal murder of his close friend. But why is Fin's son protecting the suspect from the police? And did his psychiatrist misdiagnose him for selfish reasons?
Investigation reveals that a victim with multiple DNA samples whose throat was slashed was an aspiring investigative journalist about to expose the highly unsanitary practices at a meat-packing plant.
While investigating the disappearance of a pregnant woman who was raped, SVU uncovers a Bulgarian baby-smuggling ring, and ADA Marlowe is forced to be creative and deceptive to ensure a conviction.
The arresting officer in a serial rapist case turns out to be a 16-year-old impersonating a police officer, and his actions put ADA Marlowe's case in jeopardy.
A delusional and grief-stricken mother, distraught over the botched kidnapping that resulted in the death of the son she was trying to take away from his father, shoots Dr. Warner and creates a hostage situation in the morgue.
While Benson and Stabler investigate the circumstances behind a foster child's disappearance, they discover that her overprotective parents are still struggling to cope with the disappearance of another daughter.
Benson and Stabler reluctantly get help from a neighborhood vigilante group leader to help find out which registered sex offender may have raped two young girls.
A rape victim claims that she has been raped 4 times and harassed across the country by the same man, and the investigation reveals that she may not be his only victim.
A malnourished teenage girl is killed when she is hit by a car, and Benson and Stabler soon discover that she and her brother are victims in a human trafficking and sex trade scheme.
New A.D.A. Mikka Von is brought in to prosecute a case involving a professor accused of killing an attorney for a big cola company because their policies threaten free water supplies, but her first case may be her last.
A woman sexually assaults and brands two men. But after she is caught, she claims that it is revenge for an assault on her by the targets from when she was a teenager.
While investigating a serial rapist and killer case, an interview with a victim's daughter leads Olivia to believe that she may be looking for her own biological father.
FBI agent Dana Lewis is the victim of a sexual assault, but Benson and Stabler's investigation could compromise her undercover operation involving a right-wing militia group.
While investigating a separate case involving a paramedic suspected of rape, Olivia discovers that Vivian from her serial rapist case is still in town, and her actions could jeopardize her guardianship of Vivian's son Calvin.