Bayard Ellis Case Pro Bonas

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Michael raped Sarah at gunpoint in her apartment. Since she waits a day before reporting it to the police, the SVU detectives are unable to recover any DNA evidence except for what Michael left on the glass of beer she gave him. After Sarah sees Michael outside of a local bar, Detectives Benson and Amaro track him down and arrest him. Michael returns home and his mother and fiancée start screaming because he is being arrested. Right before Amaro cuffs him, Michael tosses the gun under the couch, which Amaro retrieves. Bayard Ellis, a well-acclaimed attorney and civil liberties advocate, takes Michael's case pro bono in order to expose the NYPD's violations of protocol on both the ID of the suspect and the recovery of the gun. Ellis casts

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