Officer Nate Kendall ends up helping solve a rape case. Stabler and Benson believe Kendall and his unstable personality are not right for the case, Executive ADA Sonya Paxton joins the team, brings evidence that linken the case to other rape cases.
A teenage girl (Carly Schroeder) is beaten up after sending out nude foto's of herself via text message. She then gets arrested for producing and distributing child pornography, and faces a harsh sentence from a judge (Swoosie Kurtz).