Law and Order drinking game

OK, I don’t drink (at least, not alcohol), but as a long-time fan of Law and Order, I found this proposed drinking game both funny and dead-on. Example:

The Defense serves Jack or Cute Assistant DA with a Motion to Dismiss – Another very common one. Honestly, I’m a little shocked if I don’t see this one at least once per episode. These usually follow the granting of a Motion to Suppress (which generally cripples their case until Jack masterminds a so-crazy-it-just-might-work counter-attack).

I added some of my own suggestions in the comments section for that post [which seems to have vanished]; here’s what I copied here:

• The cute assistant DA threatens a reluctant witness with prosecution if s/he doesn’t come forward to testify. Note that this usually only happens after a successful motion-to-suppress.
• The key witness changes his/her testimony while on the stand in court. If there’s more than 5 minutes left in the show, the change in testimony hurts the DA’s case; if there’s less than 5 minutes in the show, the change helps the DA’s case.
• J. K. Simmons does a psych eval on someone claiming to be mentally incompetent and says, in effect, “Yeah, he’s faking it, and I can testify to that, but I can’t really prove it.”
• B. D. Wong (on SVU) conducts (or orchestrates) an interview with a suspected sexual offender and gets him/her to blurt out some incriminating statement (or attack someone).
• The judge at the bail hearing makes a quip or sarcastic comment just before setting (or denying) bail.
• If a cop (retired or active), a judge, or a politician is somehow associated with the case itself, s/he turns out to be crooked or corrupt.
• A black NYC councilman is outraged over the arrest of a black suspect; a second drink if that suspect then turns out to have an alibi and is set free; a third drink if a subsequent “unlawful arrest” lawsuit is filed.
• The victim(s) and/or initial suspect(s) are Asian, and Asian gang activity is immediately suspected.

Hat tip, believe it or not, to the Journal of the American Bar Association. ..bruce..

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