Watch the Law and Order SVU The Five Hundredth Episode Trailer. Such episodes take a real crime and fictionalize it by changing some details.”
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The series often uses stories that are “ripped from the headlines” or based on real crimes. The unit also works with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office as they prosecute cases and seek justice for SVU’s victims and survivors with precision and a passion to win and bring closure to the intense investigations. While the victim is often murdered, this is not always the case, and victims frequently play prominent roles in episodes. Its stories also touch on the political and societal issues associated with gender identity, sexual preferences, and equality rights.
They also investigate the abuses of children, the disabled and elderly victims of non-sexual crimes who require specialist handling, all while trying to balance the effects of the investigation on their own lives as they try not to let the dark side of these crimes affect them. Law and Order SVU‘s plot synopsis: “Based out of the New York City Police Department’s 16th precinct in Manhattan, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit delves into the dark side of the New York underworld as the detectives of a new elite force, the Special Victims Unit (SVU for short), investigate and prosecute various sexually oriented crimes including rape, pedophilia, and domestic violence. Law and Order SVU stars Mariska Hargitay, Kelli Giddish, Ice-T, Peter Scanavino, Jamie Gray Hyder, Demore Barnes, Blake Morris, Peter Hargrave, Stephen Wallem, Lou Martini Jr., and Aime Donna Kelly.