Manhood

Episode aired May 12, 1993
TV-14
1h

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8.1/10

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Steven Hill, Michael Moriarty, and Richard Brooks in Law & Order (1990)

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After a cop is killed while trying to make a drug arrest the investigation reveals that some of his fellow officers may have stood by and let him die for reasons of their own.After a cop is killed while trying to make a drug arrest the investigation reveals that some of his fellow officers may have stood by and let him die for reasons of their own.After a cop is killed while trying to make a drug arrest the investigation reveals that some of his fellow officers may have stood by and let him die for reasons of their own.

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As of 2025, all attempts to ban gay and trans panic defenses at the federal level have failed. The first efforts began in 2018 with Senate Bill 3188 and House Resolution 6358, which died in committee. A revised version, the Gay and Trans Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2019, aimed to ban the defense in federal court for non-violent sexual advances but failed to pass. It was reintroduced in 2024 but has not yet been voted on.

At the state level, 21 states and territories have banned the defense, starting with California in 2014. Others include Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Colorado, Virginia, and most recently, Minnesota and Michigan in 2024. Ten states-such as Florida, Texas, and Pennsylvania-have tried but failed to pass similar bans.

Goofs
Briscoe and Logan go to a cop bar in the 31st Precinct. The superimposed title identifies the bar as "Lovlien's Pub," but above the bar is a stained glass sign that says "Welcome to the Beekman."

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Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone: So, let's suppose that it's true what Defense Attorney Schell implies that each of you, all of you, sympathize with the defendants, trapped as they are in their fears; that, in fact, more people hate homosexuals than are willing to admit, then I venture to say that somewhere in your family history, someone somewhere hates you or your relatives for no other reason than that they are black or white, Slovak instead of Czech, Protestant instead of Catholic, left-wing not right. And are you going to let officers of the law determine which of you they will help based on who and what you are? If so, then don't dial 9-1-1, even if you think you're one of them because you may end up being Officer Newhouse. These defendants let a man die and, for all of us, you must hold them responsible.