Law & Order Equal Rights (Season 12, Episode 18)
TV-14
TV Episode | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Law & Order

Equal Rights (Season 12, Episode 18)

TV-14

TV Episode | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The DA's office believes that an abused wife hired her brother-in-law to kill her husband. The defense claims that the woman suffers from battered wife syndrome, but was is it a case of self-defense or revenge?

Director

James Quinn

Writers

Dick Wolf (created by) | Terri Kopp (written by)

Producers

Wendy Battles | Kati Johnston | Roz Weinman

Composer

Cinematographer

Editor

Casting Director

Production Designer

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 3, 2002

Release date

Apr 3, 2002 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 6 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 43 wins & 205 nominations

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39 cast members

Name	Known for
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Sam Waterston Executive ADA Jack McCoy Executive ADA Jack McCoy See fewer	The Killing Fields (1984)
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Dianne Wiest Interim DA Nora Lewin Interim DA Nora Lewin See fewer	The Birdcage (1996)
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Leslie Hendrix ME Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers ME Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers See fewer	Law & Order (1990)
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