A gay man with AIDS is accused of murdering another gay man. However, he claims that the victim also had AIDS, and that it was a mercy killing.A gay man with AIDS is accused of murdering another gay man. However, he claims that the victim also had AIDS, and that it was a mercy killing.A gay man with AIDS is accused of murdering another gay man. However, he claims that the victim also had AIDS, and that it was a mercy killing.
Neal Benari
- Mr. Gordon
- (as Neal Ben-Ari)
Storyline
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- TriviaThis episode appears to be based on several cases/incidents:
- The 1988 Marty James case.
- The 1980's & 1990's Dr. Jack Kevorkian (a.k.a. "Dr. Death") case. Dr. Kevorkian became famous in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a supporter of assisted suicide. He became most noted for publicly championing a terminal patient's right to die via euthanasia; he claims to have assisted at least 130 patients to that end. He famously said that "dying is not a crime." Between 1999 and 2007, Kevorkian served eight years of a 10-to-25-year prison sentence for second-degree murder. His trial was a lengthy one because of several acquittals and a mistrial. He was released on June 1, 2007, on parole due to good behavior. He died on June 3, 2011.
- The epidemic of assisted suicides of gay/bi men infected with HIV during the early AIDS epidemic in the United States.
- GoofsDuring the trial an 'expert witness', Mr. Willmen, states that doctors have the right to assist their patients in dying in the UK. This in incorrect; it is permissible in the Netherlands however.
- Quotes
Det. Sgt. Maxwell "Max" Greevey: Do you think a lot of cops are gay?
Detective Mike Logan: No way, man. The department's got a special test. They look you in the eye, and if your left eye blinks before your right eye, they know you're gay.
[Blinks at Greevey with his left eye]
- ConnectionsFeatured in 'Law & Order': The Beginning (2002)
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Gay angel of death
Watching this show now from the new millenia and the advances in treatment of AIDs gives this Law And Order episode a certain air of unreality.
A closeted gay man is found shot to death in his apartment with the place completely trashed. Bullet to the back of the head so it isn't a suicide at least in the classic sense.
The investigation leads to Peter Frechette who apparently has started a new business, assisting fellow gay men who want to commit suicide. He's traced by George Dzundza and Chris Noth to cases in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
I well remember these years and did see first hand what AIDs did to many friends. Some I suspect did take the out of suicide with methods that could never be proved.
The issues raised are real and genuine yet for me a weakness in the story telling is the fact that a certain point in the story the related cases in California were just dropped. I suspect there would be more than passing interest in Michael Moriarty's prosecution from the related jurisdiction.
At least AIDs is not an automatic death sentence any more.
A closeted gay man is found shot to death in his apartment with the place completely trashed. Bullet to the back of the head so it isn't a suicide at least in the classic sense.
The investigation leads to Peter Frechette who apparently has started a new business, assisting fellow gay men who want to commit suicide. He's traced by George Dzundza and Chris Noth to cases in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
I well remember these years and did see first hand what AIDs did to many friends. Some I suspect did take the out of suicide with methods that could never be proved.
The issues raised are real and genuine yet for me a weakness in the story telling is the fact that a certain point in the story the related cases in California were just dropped. I suspect there would be more than passing interest in Michael Moriarty's prosecution from the related jurisdiction.
At least AIDs is not an automatic death sentence any more.
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- bkoganbing
- Oct 19, 2017
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