This week’s episode of Bull dealt with a politically motivated prosecution. The State brought a vehicular manslaughter charge against a man whose wife was killed when the car he was driving collided with a car that stopped suddenly in front of it.
The couple had just come from a little league baseball game where the man had gotten into a fight with the coach for not playing his son enough. Because the man’s blood alcohol content was below the legal limit and he was driving just slightly over the speed limit, he would not normally have been criminally prosecuted. However, a state assemblyman who had staked his political career on highway safety personally requested that the District Attorney prosecute. He did so hoping that the case’s publicity would help funnel money into his campaign. Dr. Bull takes the case because a state criminal court judge asks him to do so, something that is highly unlikely in real life.
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