Law & Order: SVU

This weeks episode of Law and Order: SVU was intriguing and compelling as usual. It was exciting and nerve racking as it always it. The central problem in this episode was about a woman who was beaten almost to death. Her husband was the main suspect, but the detectives were not allowed to talk to him because of the Patriot Act. He had been working with the FBI to catch biochemical terrorists. The show also focused on the daughter. She was mentally challenged in a strange way. She was super sensative and very receptive to other peoples emotions. She could hear pitch perfectly and also heard the way people speak magnified in her ears. She was the only witness to her mother's beating and the court had to decide if she was capable to testify. The father hid from the FBI and the detectives found him. Although he did not hurt his wife, he was illegally selling biochemical information to lesser companies. He did not go to jail because he testified against the man he sold the information to, in order to get immunity. Most Law and Order: SVU episodes do not get overly political, so I was suprised when they had the issue of the Patriot Act.