Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Release Date
- September 20, 1999
- Cast
- Mariska Hargitay , Ice-T , Kelli Giddish , Peter Scanavino
- Main Genre
- Action
- Seasons
- 21
Summary
"In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories."
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