Mother Murders Adopted Daughter | Law & Order SVU

A bias judge causes a guilty mother to walk free, whilst another is wrongfully incarcerated for her daughters death.

Season 5, Episode 24 'Poison': A young girl is in a coma after ingesting detergent, and although her mother is suspected of poisoning her, a very biased judge makes the case difficult to prosecute, which eventually leads to an investigation into his past.

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[oddeyesrebellion]

It's disgraceful when a judge allows their own personal bias to run their decision making such as this.

[dietotaku]

"you had some pretty strong feelings about my client's guilt the moment you met her." no, i had some pretty strong feelings about her guilt the moment her daughter described forcing one of her children to ingest soapy water to the point she was vomiting and losing consciousness.

[leeammorris]

Judges like this are why so many people don't trust the justice system. Letting their own personal views be what conducts their rulings. Letting guilty people walk and innocent people rot behind bars. Makes me sick. I'm happy that they focused on that in this episode.

[isabellemyzer]

What makes me mad is that the Aunt and sister were honest and stood up for that little girl without hesitating and the investigators went above and beyond to bring justice to them. Then judge just sat there, unapologetically defending a LITERAL MURDERER and letting her walk free. So, if she gets mad at her other daughter for confessing what she saw and decides to kill her too...we'll just blame the cat or something... we may as well since irrelevant observations are much more convincing than direct proof...

So glad the judge got arrested, but the mom needs a life sentence more than anyone else in this situation.

[sarahfarr]

I feel bad for the dad. He believed his wife's innocence and trusted her with his kids, including Alexis. To come home to see Alexis dead and his wife in cuffs again must've taken the ground right from under him. Poor Alexis didn't deserve to die. She shouldn't have died or have been in danger to begin with. The woman had to have been sick in the head to claim to love her child and yet so easily put her daughter in serious danger (to kill her, even).

[curtisberard]

My line to this judge. "I don't have contempt for the court. The judge I have IMMENSE contempt for."

[jhetttiernan]

He let a murderer walk free due to his own bias. He’s an absolute disgrace to those robes and the position he holds. Absolutely unforgivable

[scillavanilla]

This episode was fantastic. The most horrifying part was not that the judge acquitted her not because he believed her innocence, but that she was such a good stereotype that he simply EXCUSED her. Then he advises her to do away with the sick girl.

That “””mother””” is a disgrace

[doctorposting]

“we thought we’d class the place up” hahah love that line

[DrewSavv]

That’s the worst judge EVER🤦🏻‍♂️dude really let that woman kill the little girl

[amandadarks]

If I remember correctly, he spoke to her later and told her to get help and not do it again. She ends up killing and the judge is at fault. They found out that he made a mistakes with the antifreeze mother. They get that mom out and get judge off the stand

[nightslayer]

That judge should've been sent to prison, he had a part in that little girls murder as well as the mother

[WarGrowlmon]

Because she's higher class he's biased in her favor while being biased against lower class people.

[BlastGamer]

“These judges who think cops strong arms witnesses in order to make their case.” - Man who has done that, multiple times, to people who turned out to be innocent

[YolandaAnneBrown]

A few years back I met Barry Bostwick and told him that "Poison" was one of my fave episodes that he appeared in. He was such a sweetie!!

[omnisinclaire]

She later goes on to kill another child

[Rockas]

"Be good to her" that hit hard. Even in death she wants the best for the kid

[elsaqueen]

9:23
Judge: you’ll gonna be sorry for this
Detective: and you'll gonna look good on the mugshot

😂😂 best combat response 👍👍

[cynthialesieur]

My adoptive mother was Lways doing stuff like this, she made herself out to be my rescuer from foster homes, and the children's home, she hit me shut doors on my fingers, bit me, a couple of times she was supposed to put a suppository inside me, she at first put it in my uteter(meatus), vs the vagina.I remember the pain.I was underdeveloped, but because we lived on a farm it was considered i was getting nutrition i needed.As a teenager, they found out I had very low iron in my blood.She had the same happen when she was a child.Adoptive parents need to be monitored as well.

[nathananderson]

Why didn't he just say "yes, that was after her daughter described her forcing her other daughter to drink soapy water until she started vomiting and fell unconscious"? You're allowed to believe the suspect is guilty after you hear the evidence of their guilt.