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** {{Subverted|Trope}}. Judge Gallagher manages to worm his way into a favourable plea deal that means he doesn't have to serve a single day in prison, which the SVU predict will allow him to further his re-election campaign by presenting himself as a victim of the system, only for the judge to throw out the agreement and send him to prison anyway. While he can appeal the sentence, it's enough to destroy his political career and see him disbarred.
** Played straight, though, with the rapist whose conviction Gallagher reverses at the beginning of the episode. Although Gallagher's disbarment does mean all the verdicts he reversed are up for review, so it's not impossible the decision could have been overturned on appeal.
** {{Subverted|Trope}}. Judge Gallagher manages to worm his way into a favourable plea deal that means he doesn't have to serve a single day in prison, which the SVU predict will allow him to further his re-election campaign by presenting himself as a victim of the system, only for the judge to throw out the agreement and send him to prison anyway. While he can appeal the sentence, it's enough to destroy his political career and see him disbarred.
** Played straight, though, with the rapist whose conviction Gallagher reverses at the beginning of the episode. Although Gallagher's disbarment does mean all the verdicts he reversed are up for review, so it's not impossible the decision could have been overturned on appeal.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: When Judge Gallagher gets caught on tape ranting that women want to be raped his attorney dismisses it as "mens' room talk", a reference to Donald Trump's "locker room talk" scandal.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: When Judge Gallagher gets caught on tape ranting that women want to be raped his attorney dismisses it as "mens' room talk", a reference to Donald Trump's "locker room talk" scandal.scandal.
* SerialRapist: Judge Gallagher, a judge known for being lenient towards sex offenders, turns out to himself be a predator who has raped at least four law students.
* SerialRapist: Judge Gallagher, a judge known for being lenient towards sex offenders, turns out to himself be a predator who has raped at least four law students.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: In addition to being corrupt and a rapist, Judge Gallagher is also elitist, homophobic, and so racist that he's even prejudiced against Italians (a specific type of racism that largely faded away among White Anglo-Saxon Protestants in America decades ago).
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: In addition to being corrupt and a rapist, Judge Gallagher is also elitist, homophobic, and so racist that he's even prejudiced against Italians (a specific type of racism that largely faded away among White Anglo-Saxon Protestants in America decades ago).ago).
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: When Judge Gallagher gets caught on tape ranting that women want to be raped his attorney dismisses it as "mens' room talk", a reference to Donald Trump's "locker room talk" scandal.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: When Judge Gallagher gets caught on tape ranting that women want to be raped his attorney dismisses it as "mens' room talk", a reference to Donald Trump's "locker room talk" scandal.
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* HateSink: Again, Judge Gallagher. The man has no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
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* FiendishFraternity: Judge Gallagher is portrayed as both a habitual rapist while at university (a fact that his fraternity covered up) and then on in his adult life, as well as elitist, classist, racist, and homophobic.
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* CorruptPolitician: Judge Gallagher is this, having used Carisi's trial in the opening to casually dismiss rape charges on a rapist who also has his own share of victims as well.
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* CorruptPolitician: Judge Gallagher is this, having used Carisi's trial in the opening to casually dismiss rape charges on a rapist who also has his own share of victims as well.well.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: In addition to being corrupt and a rapist, Judge Gallagher is also elitist, homophobic, and so racist that he's even prejudiced against Italians (a specific type of racism that largely faded away among White Anglo-Saxon Protestants in America decades ago).
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: In addition to being corrupt and a rapist, Judge Gallagher is also elitist, homophobic, and so racist that he's even prejudiced against Italians (a specific type of racism that largely faded away among White Anglo-Saxon Protestants in America decades ago).
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When a powerful judge (Josh Stamberg) dismisses a rape case and announces a run for New York Attorney General, Carisi investigates the judge's own history of sexual assault. However, he and the rest of the Special Victims Unit have difficulty getting some victims to come forward after their careers are threatened.
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When a powerful judge (Josh Stamberg) (Creator/JoshStamberg) dismisses a rape case and announces a run for New York Attorney General, Carisi investigates the judge's own history of sexual assault. However, he and the rest of the Special Victims Unit have difficulty getting some victims to come forward after their careers are threatened.
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* CallBack: Judge Gallagher is part of Hudson U's [[Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS14E20GirlDishonored Tau Omega]] fraternity.
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* TheBusCameBack: Rita Calhoun returns after his last appearance in "[[Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS18E18Spellbound Spellbound]]".
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* TheBusCameBack: Rita Calhoun returns after his last appearance in "[[Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS18E18Spellbound Spellbound]]".Spellbound]]".
* CorruptPolitician: Judge Gallagher is this, having used Carisi's trial in the opening to casually dismiss rape charges on a rapist who also has his own share of victims as well.
* CorruptPolitician: Judge Gallagher is this, having used Carisi's trial in the opening to casually dismiss rape charges on a rapist who also has his own share of victims as well.
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When a powerful judge (Josh Stamberg) dismisses a rape case and announces a run for New York Attorney General, Carisi investigates the judge's own history of sexual assault. However, he and the rest of the Special Victims Unit have difficulty getting some victims to come forward after their careers are threatened.
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When a powerful judge (Josh Stamberg) dismisses a rape case and announces a run for New York Attorney General, Carisi investigates the judge's own history of sexual assault. However, he and the rest of the Special Victims Unit have difficulty getting some victims to come forward after their careers are threatened.threatened.
* TheBusCameBack: Rita Calhoun returns after his last appearance in "[[Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS18E18Spellbound Spellbound]]".
* TheBusCameBack: Rita Calhoun returns after his last appearance in "[[Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS18E18Spellbound Spellbound]]".
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Carisi takes on a powerful judge when he inexplicably dismisses the rape case of a university student.
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Carisi takes on a powerful judge when he inexplicably dismisses the rape case of a university student.
