Law & Order
God Bless the Child
Season 2, Episode 5 · Aired 1991-10-22
Synopsis
A couple, whose religious beliefs forbids medical treatment, is on trial for letting their daughter die of strep throat infection. Stone's prosecution hinges on whether either or both of the parents wanted to call for medical help. The investigation uncovers two other pertinent facts: 1. the night of the girl's death, the mother was drinking (also against the couple's religious beliefs), and 2. the couple had another child that died under similar circumstances.
In the series
This episode is part of Law & Order (1990–2010) on NBC.
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Key cast
- Jerry Orbach as Lennie Briscoe
- Sam Waterston as Jack McCoy
- S. Epatha Merkerson as Anita Van Buren
- Chris Noth as Mike Logan
- Benjamin Bratt as Rey Curtis
- Jesse L. Martin as Ed Green