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Stuart Donovan is a fictional character portrayed by John Hawkes in the TV series The Practice.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Death Penalties (season 4), they were 40 years old.
They appear in 3 episodes out of a total of 167 aired

Stuart Donovan

by John Hawkes

character

Episodes3

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    Death Penalties
    episode S4.E18 april 2000
    Bobby and Helen once again go head to head in an assisted suicide case, each with their own past experiences involving the matter. Noticing Bobby's unresolved feelings about his part in his mother's death, Lindsay turns to his father for help. Ellenor goes to Pennsylvania to help a man on death-row get a DNA test that might exonerate him, which proves to be a lot harder than it sounds.
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    Till Death Do Us Part
    episode S4.E19 april 2000
    Rebecca represents an elderly woman with Alzheimer's, recently remarried, whose daughter is trying to have the marriage annulled. But the woman's testimony in the hearing opens up a big can of worms concerning the truth about the death of her first husband. Meanwhile, Ellenor goes to a higher court in another attempt to get a DNA test in the case of Stuart Donovan, whose execution is only two weeks away.
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    Liberty Bells
    episode S4.E20 may 2000
    With their petition for a DNA test denied once again, Ellenor and the others must come up with a new idea to exonerate Stuart Donovan and keep him from being executed for a crime he didn't commit. But even after a test reveals the sample from the crime scene doesn't match Donovan, Ellenor is shocked to discover the DA still refuses to cancel his execution. In a last ditch effort, the team goes before Judge Wood, desperate to make him see beyond the technicality of the law, and save Stuart Donovan's life.