Why Is Barba Wheatley’s Lawyer? The ‘SVU’ and ‘OC’ Crossover Explored

According to Peter, Carisi believes that “right or wrong, everybody’s entitled to a defense and that may be how Barba sees it.”

“Yeah, that’s a completely different thing. From a lawyer’s point of view, you can say, OK, this will be an exercise in justice. I think you get detached in that way sometimes. But with Benson and Barba, it’s more personal,” he shared.

You can see Barba and Carisi battle it out in the SVU courtroom on Thursday, Dec. 9 at 9 p.m. EST on NBC.