the last name benson comes from portuguese.
where does the last name benson come from?
portuguese
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benson is a common patronymic surname of english origin meaning "son of ben" (benedict, benjamin, bennett). benson is uncommon as a first name, but quite common as a surname in english speaking countries.





















































notable people with the name benson include:





















































bullet::::- a. c. benson (1862–1925), english poet and essayist





















































bullet::::- ada benson (1840–1882), british headmistress and educationist





















































bullet::::- adolph b. benson (1881–1961), swedish-american educator and historian





















































bullet::::- al benson (1908–1978), american radio dj, music promoter and record label owner





















































bullet::::- al benson (basketball), american professional basketball player





















































bullet::::- alexander benson (1872–1947), american diplomat
benson (surname)
william lewis is a serial rapist and murderer who had gotten away with numerous counts of rape and murder because of mistakes in the system made by different police jurisdictions. in the season 14 finale, benson and ada barba pursue justice for lewis' victims and attempt to get him locked up for good; but again, lewis walks on a technicality. he later breaks into detective benson's apartment and tortures her before later abducting her to torture and rape her at an isolated location, killing a traffic cop and his own defense attorney's parents in his travel. eventually the police catch up to lewis and benson, after benson managed to break free of her restraints and incapacitate him. lewis is shipped off to a hospital and is later charged and brought to trial ("svu": "psycho/therapist") for his assault and abduction of benson. lewis represents himself and maneuvers to force benson to take the stand and tell everyone what he did to her and what she did to him; crippling him in one leg, damaging numerous internal organs, and even deafening him in one ear, after she had already handcuffed him to a bed post. benson lies and denies that she had him restrained, that he had broken free and she had to harm him to subdue him; this drives lewis into a rage during his cross testimony with her. lewis is found not guilty on the rape charge but guilty on the abduction charge, as well as assault on a police officer. he goes away to prison but before the trial ends, he bribes a juror to use drugged baked goods for them to make him sick and have a way to make a jailbreak. lewis then pursues benson again, killing and raping people in his path and abducting a little girl, amelia cole (lily pilblad) to make benson come to him at an abandoned quarry where he abducts her again. he is about to attempt to rape benson again, but when he sees that benson isn't going to fight with him like before (because olivia would rather have lewis rape her than amelia, who was tied up), he decides to force her to play a game of russian roulette with him, involving the svu and police searching for benson, letting them listen in on their radios. it winds up where olivia has to take the last bullet, thinking he is about to kill her; he stands beside her and quickly shoots himself in the head with his left hand which causes reasonable doubt, making internal affairs believe benson shot and killed lewis, but the charges against benson are later dropped. the last thing lewis tells benson is that his death will be the last thing she'd see. at the kings county morgue, benson asks if she can take one last look at lewis' dead body before he's rolled back into the cooler.
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