“Law & Order: SVU” Doing Trayvon Martin Episode

Known for its “ripped from the headlines” shows, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,  is doing an episode inspired by the shooting of Trayvon Martin and the trial of George Zimmerman.  Cybill Shepard plays a vigilante-like woman who kills a black teenager named Mehcad.  Look for this episode sometime in the fall.

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