Later, Captain Cragen informs Benson that the District Attorney will form a Conviction Integrity Unit to investigate past cases and ensure no one is wrongfully imprisoned. He is arrested, and Omar is freed with his conviction overturned. Ariel and Gina both identify Javier as the rapist whose DNA matches samples found in both crime scenes. The SVU's investigation leads them to Javier Maranhao (Ramon Fernandez), a Brazilian Navy sailor who, according to DNA hits from Interpol, has committed other rapes - in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2006, Naples, Italy in 2008, and Rota, Spain in 2009, all with the same M.O. DNA from Gina's rape matches that from Ariel's rape, proving Omar's innocence. One of the interrogating detectives told Omar the scarf was green and Omar, under extreme duress and unaware of the scarf's actual color, confessed to get the hellish interrogation to end.īenson remembers she never visited the scene of Ariel's rape as Benson was with Ariel in the hospital, and Munch and Tutuola had never seen the scarf either, making Benson realize that she did force a false confession out of Omar. After interviewing Ariel, Benson learns the scarf she was gagged with was red, but in the evidence log, a cop, suffering from MS AND showing symptoms of color blindness, listed it as green. DNA results later prove Martinez is not Gina's rapist.Īs Benson’s work is challenged, her relationship with Executive ADA David Haden ( Harry Connick, Jr.) is placed in jeopardy, and she learns that Omar's new attorney is Bayard Ellis ( Andre Braugher), who won several cases against SVU in the past. When Benson interrogates Martinez and brings him to come perilously close to confessing to Gina's rape, Amaro sees that her intense techniques can result in a false confession. SVU learns Omar helped Mike Martinez (Mark Consuelos), another former sailor in jail for attempted rape, to get his conviction overturned. Special Victims Unit is forced to reopen the 2004 case, and Benson believes Gina's rapist is a copycat trying to throw doubt onto Omar's conviction. In 2012, Omar fails to convince Judge Karyn Blake (Ami Brabson) to allow DNA from the case to be gathered and tested via current methods not available eight years ago, then 23-year-old Gina Logan (Cynthia Laforte) is brought to the hospital after being similarly raped thus, Benson recognizes the M.O. Omar has recanted and claimed his innocence since, saying his confession was made under extreme duress. In 2004, after a nine-hour interrogation, Omar Pena ( Guillermo Díaz), a seaman in the US Navy, confesses to Detective Olivia Benson to the brutal rape of Ariel Baskins ( Samantha Soule), who was tied up, gagged with a scarf, cut up, and partially blinded by the rapist's pouring ammonia in her eyes. According to the Nielsen ratings, the episode's original broadcast was watched by an average of 5.57 million total viewers and received a 1.7/4% share in the 18–49 age demographic, up slightly from the previous episode, " Child's Welfare".
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"Justice Denied" earned generally positive reviews, critics praising the break-up scene between Benson and Haden and Benson accepting Amaro as "a good partner" the break-up scene made number 21 out of 25 on TV Guide's 2012 Best TV Episodes. and Andre Braugher respectively this episode also ending Detective Benson's relationship with EADA Haden who is promoted at the end of the episode. This episode is notable for ending the season thirteen story arcs for characters Executive Assistant District Attorney David Haden and Defense Attorney Bayard Ellis, who were portrayed by Harry Connick, Jr. The episode was written by Stuart Feldman (teleplay and story) and show runner/executive producer Warren Leight (story), and directed by freshman Law & Order: SVU director Michael Slovis.
The episode follows Detective Olivia Benson, who discovers that she may have put an innocent man in prison eight years ago for a crime that he did not commit, placing her job and her relationship with Executive ADA David Haden ( Harry Connick, Jr.) on the line. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on April 11, 2012.
" Justice Denied" is the seventeenth episode of the thirteenth season of the NBC legal drama, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and the 289th episode overall. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 13) Andre Braugher as Defense Attorney Bayard Ellis.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode 17th episode of the 13th season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit " Justice Denied"
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