He didn’t address her concerns directly, but noted that they “can’t change the past.” Liv looked at him sadly. “The way that you had to leave,” she explained. She replied that she thought he kinda made the case more about him than about seeing justice done. Outside the bar, he ran into Liv and asked if she was mad at him. After the verdict was read, the two counselors grabbed a drink with Rollins, Fin and Kat, but Barba bailed early in order to see his mother before she took off for Florida. And because the systems designed to protect kids hadn’t done their jobs, Barba’s client had “no choice but to protect his daughter himself.”Īfter a six-hour deliberation, the jury found the dad guilty of manslaughter in the second degree, which will result in a roughly three-year sentence - which was the deal Carisi had offered Barba at the start of the case. “Depends on the jury.”ĭuring the trial, Barba hammered home the point that neither SVU nor the city’s Administration for Child Services had picked up on the fact that the teen at the center of the case had been abused by her foster father - who himself was an ACS official. “Barba, he’s guilty,” Liv said when he swung by the squad room for a visit.
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Carisi’s argument, meanwhile, was that the killing was clearly premeditated and took place after the rapist had been remanded to jail to await trial - oh, and killing someone is illegal. Barba’s tack: No jury would want to sentence an upset dad/wounded veteran to prison for acting on an impulse most parents could easily understand. Which led to the inevitable Barba-Carisi showdown in the courtroom.
But when Barba went to discuss the case with Carisi, Sonny quickly figured out what was going on and demanded to know if Barba was representing the dad. Liv and Fin grabbed coffee with Barba to “hypothetically” get his help cutting a deal for a military veteran who’d shot the man who sexually abused and impregnated his daughter.
And what a show he put on! Let’s go over the highlights. In this week’s episode, Barba once more took part in an SVU case that went to trial - only this time, he provided legal counsel for the defendant.
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