The SVU gets a heart breaking case in this episode. An infant is found in a cooler floating in the Hudson by two guys kayaking. The squad follows a false trail for a bit involving a teen who was getting an abortion, but Medical Examiner Tamara Tunie tests for Tay-Sachs disease which is prevalent in the Ashkenazic Jewish population according to Wikipedia.
In fact Wikipedia's article may well have been the source for this story as it describes as the episode the tragic and short life that kids with Tay Sachs have. To spare her daughter a maximum life of 4 years with a lot of pain, Elizabeth Mitchell tranquilizes her to death.
Bearing some responsibility, but not enough for a criminal charge is her pediatrician Judd Hirsch.
It might be a mercy killing although it's hard to wrap your mind around the concept of a mercy killing for an infant. It's a tough case that ADA Stephanie March is faced with.
A heart breaking episode about a heart breaking disease.
In fact Wikipedia's article may well have been the source for this story as it describes as the episode the tragic and short life that kids with Tay Sachs have. To spare her daughter a maximum life of 4 years with a lot of pain, Elizabeth Mitchell tranquilizes her to death.
Bearing some responsibility, but not enough for a criminal charge is her pediatrician Judd Hirsch.
It might be a mercy killing although it's hard to wrap your mind around the concept of a mercy killing for an infant. It's a tough case that ADA Stephanie March is faced with.
A heart breaking episode about a heart breaking disease.