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What are some awkward differences that would happen if an episode (pick an episode, any episode) of a medical drama or police drama took place in the legal environment where you live? (lemm.ee)

submitted 8 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've noticed both medical dramas and police dramas rely heavily on Californian legal practice, because Hollywood. For example, I just watched the episode of Doc (it's literally just called Doc) where a doctor saved someone on the "DNR list" and almost got suspended, and so here I was thinking "the patient's perspective would never fly in my environment". Of course, though, the US (and definitely California) are not the whole world. So I was wondering, what's an episode of a medical/police drama you could think of where, in your legal environment, the characters would seem crazy for diving into the topic of how they did?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Well in my country an episode could be a woman in recovery in a ward after being sexually assaulted. It comes out that the accused is well known, rich and powerful. The accused tries to subdue accusations with hush money. They find proof. A trial happens. The accused is found guilty. They get to sentencing and the accused is elected president of the United States and the court declares there isn't a point in proceeding as the rapist can just pardon themselves.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 hours ago

That's not legal culture shock, that's just the same law playing out in different ways (we don't even know what happened). What episode are you even thinking of? I only remember this happening once in a show (and it played out rather stereotypically), not sure if the same thing was in mind.