Elliot and Olivia are quick to rule out the possibility that the mother might have been the killer, because mothers don't kill their children. However, studies into filicide have concluded mothers are more likely to be the killer, for children below the age of eight. Furthermore, when the victim is female (as it is, in this case), the mother have turned out to be the killer 58-percent of the time.
After Dr. Warner explains that the murder victim was penetrated vaginally with a foreign object Stabler says "the pervert couldn't rise to the occasion so he sodomized her". To sodomize someone is to penetrate them anally with an object, not vaginally. Warner made no mention of the girl having anal trauma or penetration.
Dr. Jackson violated lab protocol when he shook hands with Benson and Stabler while he was examining evidence. He transferred material from them to the evidence, contaminating it.
Fin is interviewing a suspect named Shane, who claims that he has "...a constitutional right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
Those words do not appear in the US Constitution. They are from the Declaration of Independence, which is not part of US law. The Declaration is a statement of principles and grievances justifying the separation from England, but it has no legal standing in the United States' legal canon. Assuming that the Declaration is part of the legal code is a mistake that many Americans make.
Those words do not appear in the US Constitution. They are from the Declaration of Independence, which is not part of US law. The Declaration is a statement of principles and grievances justifying the separation from England, but it has no legal standing in the United States' legal canon. Assuming that the Declaration is part of the legal code is a mistake that many Americans make.