A doctor is under suspicion that he was drunk while trying to save a young girl in the emergency room. The young girl dies and the father puts the blame on the hospital.
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A white woman shoots two black men in a subway, claiming self defense. Later investigation shows it might have been revenge. Executive ADA Ben Stone has trouble getting his staff to agree with him.
After a young gay man is found dead, it appears to be connected to a number of similar murders on the west coast, but when the young man turns out to have had the AIDS virus, it seems to seem like it was a serial killer who may have been motivated by mercy.
After a young woman is murdered, the supsects found are close to her: Her current boyfriend, an artist struggling in the industry, and her ex-boyfriend, an Ivy League student who has a reputation as a Lothario. The investigation shows that it looks like both men did this, but Stone tries to focus it on the ex-boyfriend, although prosecuting him for the crime seems to be an exercise in futility.
A robbery seems to be a cover for the real motive of murdering a millionaire in the parking garage. The widow of the man gives a too-well rehearsed story and the detectives find out of her bizarre love affair of her and the couple's former business manager.
Original Pilot Episode
Organized crime is suspected after Charles Halsey, the local councilman, is mugged and his throat slit, but the DA's office cuts a deal with mob kingpin Scalisi to nail corrupt city officials.
Logan and Greevey try to find out how a family man becomes unconscious in Central park and they uncover a very high-class call girl operation run by a well-educated socialite which helps break the case.
The death of a black man from a shooting starts to cause racial tensions and arguments, especially when it is found out that the cop that shot the man planted a gun on the man to excuse the shooting and death of the man.
During an investigation of the death of a little girl in what seems to be a respectable, middle-class and loving family, Detectives Greevey and Logan uncover family secrets that include molestation, abuse, and murder.
The two main suspects for a murder on an artist that is noted for his sadomasochistic themes is found dead are a city arts commissioner and a socialite.
Detectives Greevey and Logan investigate into a black teenager's claim that she was raped by a policeman who was white. The investigation gets hampered by a black politician who won't grant access to the victim, causing a halt to the case.
Executive ADA Ben Stone faces tough pressure from the New York Public and DA Adam Schiff as he is getting ready to prosecute the person that is accused of bombing an abortion clinic.
The NYPD starts a citywide hunt for a man who is suspected of killing an officer during a rooftop pursuit.
To help Stone and Robinette build a stronger case on three boys accused of gang-raping a TV reporter, Detectives Greevey and Logan go out and re-open the case.
The assult on a local candy store owner results in EADA Stone and ADA Robinette to build a case against a very powerful mafia don.
Stone tries to help his prosecution of the Masucci family when Beigel faces a bribery charge and looks like he will turn against his brother-in-law.
Greevey and Logan investigate the accidental shooting of two children by a 14-year-old hired killer leads to a drug dealer and a real estate agent.
While trying to prosecute a young man accused of killing a drug dealer, EADA Stone faces off against a flashy Texas lawyer and a very hostile community.
Greevey and Logan investiage the murder of the parents in a wealthy family leaving their two sons as prime and logical suspects.
Detective Logan is put to the test when both a Lebanese gunrunner and an Irish terrorist are the main suspects in the murder of a drug dealer.
A surgeon and weathly father of a transplant patient are on trial for illegally obtaining a kidney.
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Captain Cragen is under suspicion when his former mentor, Chief of Operations Farrell, is being investigated for laundering drug money.
Logan gets a new partner and crosses over a fine line in order to obtain the confession from the man who is suspected of murdering Max Greevey. EADA Stone finds his prosecution in jeopardy because of what Logan did.
Cerreta and Logan investigate the double homicide of a middle-aged man and his young lover. The two main suspects are the ex-wife and former boyfriend of the murdered couple, with the dead man's son holding the key to this weird investigation.
A young actress is found with a lethal drug overdose which leads Cerreta and Logan to an investigation that brings them to an agressive stage mother and a pornographic movie producer.
The murder of a man stabbed in front of a local coffee shop leads Cerreta and Logan to a homeless man, but the conviction is jeopardized on an appeal based on the lack of a search warrant for the homeless man's "home", which was a lean-to in Central Park.
When a couple faces trial after they deny medical help to their daughter based on their religious beliefs the detectives make an investigation on the matter. Stone's prosecution holds on whether or not the parents wanted to call for medical help. But things take a turn when the detectives find out that another child died under similar circumstances.
Cerreta and Logan investigate the mugging of a pregnant legal secretary which leads to a case involving her lover, boss, and charges of fetal murder when she loses her baby.
Cerreta and Logan investigate the remains of a young boy who disappeared thirty-one years ago, which revived a wrenching and long-suppressed memory in his childhood friend and neighbor.
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Cerreta and Logan investigate the gang rape of a college student during a fraternity Halloween party. But when the victim's testimony can't be supported by the evidence, it becomes hard to prove rape.
Cerreta and Logan investigate the hit-and-run of a gambler which leads then into a teacher who is having an affair with one of her students. The detectives believe that she might have talked the student into murdering her husband.
The detectives investigate a fire in an illegal social club which killed 53 people. The investigation leads to a connection of illegal immigrants, the sale of green cards, and arson.
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Cerreta and Logan investigate the findings of a frozen corpse in a dumpster which leads them to rival Broadway producers.
Cerreta and Logan investigate the attempted murder of a soap opera actress who was attacked by an obsessive fan who pleads temporary insanity.
The detectives investigate three murders that appear to be linked to a hit man. Stone faces an old rival in court to try and bring this case to justice.
The apparent mugging death of a woman married into a wealthy family turns into a who-done-it, with the outcome depending on which of four identical pins she was wearing at the time of her murder.
Cerreta and Logan investigate a young man who is brought to trial after murdering one of his friends and Stone is determined that the boy would not get away with murder twice.
Cerreta and Logan investigate the murder of a young woman, who's parents want Stone to extradite the killer so the trial goes to their home state, where the death penalty is still intact.
Cerreta and Logan investigate a molestation case that involves a nun that is in charge of a shelter for young teens.
Cerreta and Logan investigate the discovery of a dead baby which leads them to a slumlord that would not provide any heat and who defends her actions by blaming the rent laws in her area.
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The detectives investigate the murder of a Jewish jeweler that appears to be a hate crime, although the investigation leads the detectives back to the victim's brother and his business and it's questionable deals.
Cerreta and Logan investigate the murder of a Chinese-American honor student which leads them to a racist mother that has a son that was competing with the deceased for the same scholarship.
The investigation of the murder of a politician's son has him opposing the prosecution because it might reveal that his deceased son was homosexual.
Cerreta and Logan investigate the murder of a Wall Street worker which leads the two to a union worker, former Governor, and an old friend of the DA's.
The murder of a sleazy photographer leads Cerreta and Logan to find that his models seem to be the most likely suspects.
The assassination of an African-American leader leads Cerreta and Logan to arresting a man whose ex-wife was thought to have an affair with the victim.
The murder of a wealthy girlfriend leads Stone to try and win against the priest-turned-lawyer as the defense lawyer uses race and class to defend the young Mexican man who did the crime.
The death of a teenage boy leads Cerreta and Logan to the fraud and greed of the manufacturer of the pacemaker and their supplier.
When a young woman's body is found in the river it leads Cerreta and Logan to an investigation of illegal sweatshops and the enslavement of young immigrants.
ADA Stone uses headlines in the press to lure a sadistic doctor out from hiding.
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Cerreta and Stone are on opposite sides of the fence when a storeowner kills two robbers and them claims it was self-defense as a cause.
Cerreta goes undercover as a weapons dealer to help EADA Stone create a stronger case against a Columbian hit man, but the deal takes a wrong turn when Cerreta gets shot.
Detective Logan gets a new temporary partner in Detective Briscoe. They investigate the murder of a man who was shot in a bad neighborhood while the women claims it was self-defense. That case leads to court where EADA Stone faces off an old friend from law school.
The death of a Nigerian woman who died while smuggling heroin internally is lead to the prime suspects of an engineer and a tribal chief.
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After a little girl gets abducted by her natural mother, the case becomes complicated when there are charges of sexual molestation.
EADA Stone accepts a plea bargain from a man who was much younger and poorer than the wealthy woman who was much older that was found murdered in her apartment. Stone believes he might have made the wrong choice after he learns more about the attorney who handled the woman's estate.
EADA Stone doesn't fully believe the confession of an elderly man that he helped his wife commit suicide when he finds out rumors about the man once being a Nazi collaborator.
Detectives Briscoe and Logan investigate the murder of a young physician that leads them to discover an unorthodox and illegal relationship between her fiance and his psychiatrist.
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The murder of a drug addict who stole from her family becomes more complicated when a murder weapon cannot be found.
A mentally handicapped man confesses to the stabbing deaths of two women. Stone faces off against the Brooklyn's DA office over the prosecutorial jurisdiction of this case.
During the party in a Manhatten hotel a Naval officer is found dead which leads Briscoe and Logan to investigate and all signs point to a high ranked Naval Officer.
The murder of a famous genetic research scientist leads Briscoe and Logan to a group of animal activists that might not have used peaceful tactics to make their point.
Briscoe and Logan investigate several deaths at a diabetes clinic, and they find out that some teenage computer hackers might have tampered with the clinic's medical database.
The death of a business owner that was brutally dragged behind a speeding car lead the investigation which reveals it wasn't a case of carjacking, but of credit card scams when the victim's crooked family is revealed.
Briscoe and Logan investigate the statement from a drug dealer who survived a shoot-out that killed a cop, leading Briscoe and Logan to suspect that the cop died because he was gay and that the other officers were reluctant to back him up.
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Briscoe and Logan investigate the death of a hearing-impaired woman by questioning her last two boyfriends.
Detectives Briscoe and Logan investigate the murder of a convicted child molestor who was shot on a controversial talk show. Also Lt. Van Buren and ADA Claire Kincaid make their first appearances.
Briscoe and Logan investigate the brutal attack on a homeless man in a middle-class neighborhood which leads EADA Stone to prosecute one of the residents.
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Detectives Briscoe and Logan investigate the calling of a rape from a college student to rock star C Square, which leads the detectives to find out that he isn't as nice as he puts on and what America believes.
A racially integrated neighborhood is targeted by a serial killer, leaving Detectives Briscoe and Logan a short amount of time to stop the killings before another victim is claimed. They zero in on a racial supremacist, who in turn hires a celebrated civil rights defense attorney.
After wealthy Jonathan Keyes is found dead in his home, the police receive an anonymous tip that he was murdered. Logan and Briscoe encounter difficulties at the scene when the widow and her attorney refuse to allow an autopsy, and by the time Rodgers is able to examine the body, it has already been embalmed. The medical examiner claims the death was natural causes, and even though the state finally gets the necessary proof that the death was murder, the methods used to obtain the needed evidence come under question when Stone tries the case in court.
The issue of parent abuse is examined in this unusual story about a gifted student who felt embarrassed and confined by his lower-class family -- which led to his father's death.Plus, threats among the rest of the family keep everyone from testifying.
An explosion inside the garage of a Wall Street banking complex leaves one person dead and leads Detectives Briscoe and Logan to the Egyptian embassy. The sole victim of the explosion was the one planting the bomb, but was she acting on behalf of a religious cult?
At a Manhattan construction site a decomposed body is unearthed wearing a tattered blue blazer with gold buttons. Detectives use the jacket to reveal the dead man's identity and occupation -- as a real estate agent -- but can ADAs Stone and Kincaid help them nail down a suspect?
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When a fourteen-year-old boy is accused of murdering his friend, his defence attorney claims that an extra Y chromosome in his genetic structure means he is predeposed to commit violent crimes.
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After the owner of a successful meat company is found butchered in his office, detectives suspect his Russian "mail order bride." In court, defense attorneys try to discredit witnesses on the grounds of cross-racial misidentification.
A well-intentioned granddaughter is blamed for starving her grandmother to death, but she claims it was "doctor's orders." Detectives soon discover that the granddaughter not only inherited her grandmother's apartment but also a large sum of money for her law school tuition.
The son of a wealthy businessman is charged with master-minding his own kidnapping in order to collect the five million dollar ransom from his father. When the kidnap "victim's" accomplices turn on him, he admits to the scam, then flees the city.
A woman found unconscious and bleeding in a crowded ER claims her last memory is of being pregnant and in the back of a taxi. Detectives work to determine whether or not her claims are true and if not, why she is lying. But the real mystery becomes finding the missing baby.
Detectives help thwart a blackmail attempt and find that a respected judge is to blame. Later in the investiagtion, ADA Kincaid is accused of trumping up charges against the judge in retaliation for him rejecting her sexual advances when she served as his clerk -- an accusation which results in a Censure for Kincaid.
A fourteen-year-old boy accidentally killed during a drive-by shooting motivates detectives to track down the killer. Tracing the weapon through various sources, detectives and Van Buren arrest the son of a former cop -- which sets off a chain of deadly results.
A mail bomb that killed the wife of a nuclear physicist leads detectives to question the stability of the marriage. Forensics experts help Briscoe and Logan name a suspect, but Stone and Kincaid uncover a motive that no one suspected.
Briscoe and Logan have a hectic day ahead; this episode focuses on the detectives and the astonishing number of cases they catch in a 24-hour period.
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After the father of a prominent baseball player is found dead, Briscoe and Logan suspect his death is linked to gambling debts. However, all bets are off when the victim's son's alibi doesn't hold up.
Racial tensions reach dangerously high levels after the fatal hit and run of a twelve-year-old. Van Buren is soon in the hot seat as locals question the amount of attention (or lack thereof) that the case is receiving.
Briscoe and Logan investigate the disappearance of a child from her abusive foster home and find her being held by a loving but disturbed woman who insists she has acted only for the child's own good.
An assailant breaks the wrist of a tennis player prior to a tournament, and a competitor is among the suspects.
A truck hits a pedestrian and the investigation reveals the victim's link to a baby-food company in which a new partner has connections to the Russian mob.
After a deceased woman's body poses a health risk, the detectives investigate what really caused the woman's death. Meanwhile, Kincaid meets her new boss, Jack McCoy, who wants to probe the deceased woman's doctor and her so-called "cure".
A journalist covering a community board meeting in a dangerous neighborhood is shot, but clings to life. Detectives question her husband, who owns a local comedy club and has an alibi. However, forensics reveals evidence that suggests the husband's treatment of his wife was no laughing matter.
A shooting/robbery in the lobby of a luxury hotel leaves one guest dead and exposes a hotel clerk's high-stakes scam.
A missing victim, a suspicious ex-husband and a family hiding something all contribute to the ADAs decision to risk their licenses on a hunch. After ruling out suicide, McCoy and Kincaid turn their focus on the missing woman's daugther -- and taken a giant leap to prove their far-fetched theory.
A burglarly unlocks a decades-old case. A safety depost box company unwittingly exposes a female political activist/fugitive who has been on the run for 20 years. Detectives locate and arrest one of the four involved in the burglarly, and ultimately catch the female fugitive who is accused of killing a policeman during a 1960s car bombing.
Lieutenant Anita Van Buren is held up at an ATM, but shoots her attackers -- killing one of the two robbers. When the victim is shown to have been mentally retarded, the ADAs decide to prosecute the other criminal with his partner's murder.
Detectives Briscoe and Logan become suspicious of a man who reports his infant daugther missing. When the child turns up dead in an ice cooler, ADAs Kincaid and McCoy try to prove the mother was a victim of Munchausen by proxy.
Two people killed by a drunk driver have detectives puzzled. The female victim, beaten and raped before the accident, was found in the driver's seat although her injuries suggest she wasn't driving. Clues lead straight to a city councilman's office and it takes the entire DAs office to make a case.
A lawyer is found dead and the prime suspect has a solid alibi. Only after detectives link the victim to a fraudulent savings-and-loan king do they stumble upon a bankruptcy double-cross. McCoy reexamines the victim's files and uncovers a coverup within the victim's own law firm.
The killing of a man who had served as a juror in a mob trial leads to a battle of wills between McCoy and his long-time friend, the suspect's attorney.
After the body of a young female junkie is identified as the daughter of a wealthy family, Briscoe and Logan try to find out who left her to die in the yard of a day-care center.
A doctor, known for her pro-choice stance, is shot in the parking lot of the health clinic. Detectives question the doctor's newest patient, but forensics lead to a planned parenthood demonstrator.
A successful white stockbroker is found dead of a broken neck. His coworkers immediately point the finger at "golden boy" Bud Greer -- a young, black junior trader. Bud tells Logan and Briscoe that success isn't about money, it's about power and with his major competitor dead, Bud now has the power. When Bud pleads insanity due to "black rage" the ADAs don't buy it for a second.
An amateur porn tape containing what appears to be the rape and murder of a young girl has detectives trying to determine if the tape is real. The victim's tattoo leads to an address, where the victim herself answers the door -- which means the murder was false, but the rape was real.
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After a woman is killed during her unsuccessful attempt to shoot her husband, Detectives Logan and Briscoe discover that the couple was going to a fertility clinic. A doctor at the clinic is revealed to have been injecting his own sperm into many of his patients, without their knowledge.
A man is shot and killed in front of his house after his son's schoolmate is expelled for threatening his son with a gun. However, detectives soon discover that the expulsion had less to do with a gun and more to do with the boy not being socially acceptable by the school's stuffy standards. The accused boy's father tries to plead guildty to the crime in order to spare his son the humiliation of jail.
When a building under construction is blown up and a child dies as a result, Briscoe and Logan question the developer and general contractor. Later, after one man is sent to jail, ADAs McCoy and Kincaid must rethink their actions when a new suspect emerges.
After a drunken binge and car wreck, a man returns to his childhood home and kills the couple asleep in the master bedroom. He claimes he thought he was stabbing his parents, and hypnosis reveals a history of abuse. But is self-defense a viable claim?
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After a physical altercation, an autistic 18-year-old is arrested and later dies in police custody. Further investigation reveals that the victim had left a behavorial control clinic in anger because the head doctor uses unethical electroshock therapy and an illegal sensory deprivation helmet to "cure" his patients.
Detective Logan's childhood friend, and fellow detective, is found shot in an apparent suicide. The investigation leads detectives to a neighborhood priest, who has a history of molesting choir and altar boys -- including the dead man.
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A cabbie is found murdered in what appears to be a robbery; however, Briscoe and Logan uncover his involvement in a number of get-rich-quick schemes. During the trial, much of the evidence appears to be circumstantial against one of the victim's partners -- until McCoy and Kincaid find a surprise witness at the last minute.
A psychiatrist killed by a blow to the head was treating a patient with multiple personalities, but which one killed her? Detectives get access to the patient's diary and try to narrow the killer down to one out of three personalities.
Controversial gay city councilman Richard Durban is shot dead after a forum to discuss gay/lesbian medical issues. The murder weapon is soon traced to a missing piece of evidence from a 1985 gun shop robbery -- meaning someone with access to the police department is to blame.
Detective Briscoe and his new partner, Detective Reynaldo Curtis investigate the death of a young girl who was abducted on her way to piano lessons. They apprehend a suspect, but when the victim's distraught mother shoots and kills him at the arraignment, ADAs McCoy and Kincaid look into whether or not the mother and suspect were actually partners in crime.
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With tensions high between new partners Briscoe and Curtis, they investigate the murder of a rich NYU student who frequented biker bars. Detectives soon learn that the the victim's father had offered him $10,000 to drop his biker hobby -- and his biker girlfriend.
The murder of an undercover narcotics agent splits Kincaid and McCoy over whether or not to ask for the newly reinstated death penalty. Ultimately, District Attorney Schiff must make the call.
A dead editor reveals a family dispute over the family business. Detectives find out that the victim's brother tried to sabotage the victim's reputation and business in order to gain new clients for his own, competing business -- but when forensics evidence is ruled inadmissable, McCoy and Kincaid must refocus their case.
A young woman, kidnapped and sexually abused by a street thug, is forced to join her captor in a robbery and killing spree. Their rampage leads to a confrontation in which the thug is killed and the woman's true motives are questioned.
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A college student is stabbed in her dorm room, which at first seems to be the result of another student's obsession. However, when the girl's roommate attempts suicide her deadly past is revealed.
A street hooker known to hustle blackmail out of her clients is killed and a Neighborhood Watch leader easily provides the license plate numbers of her frequent customers. Did a prominent doctor's wife kill the prostitute to stop a blackmail attempt?
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A baby girl abducted from church leaves little clues; however, Van Buren instructs Detectives Briscoe and Curtis to investigate the girl's devout mother. The mother confesses, claiming God told her to kill her baby. ADAs McCoy and Kincaide are left to prosecute against divine intervention.
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When a Jewish art teacher is killed in her classroom, Briscoe and Curtis question a fellow teacher with whom the victim had argued. However, further investigation reveals an undercurrent of anti-Semitic hate among the student body.
An infamous stabbing case is brought to trial again after thirty years when new evidence implies the wrong man is sitting in jail. District Attorney Schiff allows McCoy and Kincaide to requestion those involved in the case and prosecute the new suspect; however, things don't go exactly as planned.
The death of a show horse seems a more likely case for the ASPCA then Briscoe and Curtis, until a shady horse dealer is accused of selling sick horses to unsuspecting, older investors. Later, Kincaid and McCoy push for a conviction when the horse's owner disappears and is presumed dead.
When a thirteen-year-old boy is killed and evidence points to an imprisoned serial killer, Briscoe and Curtis are forced to reopen the five-year-old case. Has the wrong man been in jail all this time?
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Detectives Briscoe and Curtis team up with Baltimore Detectives Pembleton and Bayliss to help catch a man accused of setting gas bombs in New York and Baltimore. However, the NY detectives quickly discover that their methods of investigation strongly conflict with those of the Baltimore guys.
When a social worker is killed, his gambling habit and scam of the foster-care system are revealed. A drug-addcited mother desperate to reclaim her baby becomes a suspect, but her lawyer -- former ADA Paul Robinette -- proves to be a challenge to McCoy and Kincaid.
A dead jogger leads to a suspicious husband. The man, previously a prime suspect in his first wife's murder, is off the hook when a witness identifies someone else; however, McCoy and Kincaid soon prove that the killer was hired by the husband -- who desperately needed the life insurance money.
In an apparent jewelry theft a woman, her ten-year-old son and her teenage daughter are shot, killing the mother and son. Detectives target the devastated husband/father, but evidence soon links the murders to the surviving victim and her deadbeat boyfriend.
An affluent, gay lawyer is killed leading detectives to his lover, who works as a female impersonator. A blackmail plot is revealed and the lover is accused -- but is he just protecting his embittered wife?
Detectives Briscoe and Curtis investigate the disappearance of a model, who they suspect was murdered even though her body hasn't been recovered. The model's busy nightlife leads detectives to a drug dealer and a shady photographer.
The murder of an older woman is linked to a local drug dealer, although the victim was not a drug user. Detectives soon learn that a heartless mother, hooked on drugs had sold her son to the drug dealer as payment. Her son forced to work with the drug dealer was involved in the killing, but refuses to testify in order to protect his mother.
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A college coed is murdered and the crime is meant to look like a rape, though it is later proven that no sexual assault took place. Briscoe and Curtis soon learn that the student was part of a campus call-girl ring and go to arrest the "madame" -- who has fled the country. McCoy and Kincaid then target the madame's father, who has helped his daughter work her way through college.
After being accused of brutally murdering three people, a schizophrenic homeless man decides to represent himself in court. When the case is brought to the District Attorney's office, Kincaid realizes that the suspect is the same man who she plea bargained with on a harassment charge over a year ago.
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A baby boy's poisoning leads detectives to a baby food manufacturer, but the real culprit might be in the family. Poison is found in the nanny's room, leading to her arrest. During the trial, however, Kincaid and McCoy discover that the baby's older half-brother -- jealous of the attention paid to the new baby -- killed him.
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After witnessing the lethal injection of Mickey Scott, Briscoe, Curtis, McCoy and Kincaid react in four very different ways. This form-breaking episode follows the four main characters individually through their day to capture the unique and personal effect the execution has on each of them.
In this ripped-from-the-headlines plot, Briscoe and Curtis investigate the carjacking/murder of a young mother who leaves behind a husband and four small children. The case seems cut and dry when they discover the woman covertly recorded her own murder on a pocket tape recorder, even getting the murderer to say his name. When the tape and murder weapon get thrown out of court on a technicality, McCoy and his new partner, Asst. D.A. Jamie Ross, must pull out all the stops to keep a cold-blooded murderer from going free.
The discovery of a naked dead woman in a high-rise elevator sends Briscoe and Curtis on a classic who-dunnit. Before they can solve the crime they have to identify the victim. In the end they learn the woman was killed for her identity - by her own sister. McCoy and Ross must battle a lecherous and vindictive judge over two separate trials to finally bring this bizarre case to a close.
The murder of a black college student leads Briscoe and Curtis to the doorstep of a 'good' Italian girl who claims she would have nothing to do with a black man. When her fingerprints turn up in the dead man's apartment she changes her story and says she was raped and had to kill the boy in self-defense. McCoy tries to prove otherwise, but pressure from the murder victim's parents forces him to go to trial sooner than expected. His job gets harder when the defense claims reverse discrimination and puts Van Buren on the stand claiming she was guilty of over zealously pursuing a white girl for prosecution.
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The robbery and murder of an antiques and coin dealer leads detectives to a fellow coin dealer. With only circumstantial evidence, Ross and McCoy further investigate the stolen coins, tracing them to another of the victim's clients.
A fellow detective claims he shot a suspected drug dealer in self-defense, but none of his fellow officers can corroborate his story. As the detectives dig deeper, they begin receiving threats from the accused detective -- which leads ADA Ross to have him arrested.
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The shooting death of a likable janitor leaves no visible evidence and no motive. The only peculiarity about the killing is that the murderer used mercury-tipped homemade bullets -- which leads detectives to turn to an aging criminal for help.
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A car broker's murder reveals that he was a deadbeat dad, but was his ex-wife or ex-father-in-law to blame for his death? When the father-in-law refuses to plea bargain, McCoy grows suspicious of his self-defense claim.
The murder of the president of New York's most popular (and expensive) department store leads Briscoe and Curtis to two feuding daughters of the store's elderly owner, in this modern day 'King Lear.' McCoy and Ross try to play the estranged sisters off each other for a conviction, however they might be too tricky for their own good as they are out-maneuvered at every turn by the family patriarch.
The shooting of a black community leader is linked to a two-year old crime. Briscoe and Curtis butt heads with the FBI during their investigation which implicates an FBI informant. Meanwhile, McCoy and Ross must battle a hostile and distrustful black community while sorting through the labyrinth of half-truths and cover-ups to determine who the real killer is.
The investigation of a seemingly random shooting leads Briscoe and Curtis to a brazen, cold-blooded hitman, and the only way to bring him down is for Briscoe to pose as his competition. The case is complicated during trial when we learn that the victim was shot as revenge for a murder he committed himself just three years ago.
An apparent suicide turns out to be murder as Briscoe and Curtis investigate the death of a woman who jumped from a bridge (in front of numerous bystanders) to avoid a crazed attacker with whom she was apparently involved in a fender-bender. When they are unable to convict, McCoy and Ross dig deeper and discover that the 'accident' might not have been so accidental after all. Meanwhile, Detective Curtis is tossed out of his house after admitting to his wife that he had an affair.
Briscoe and Curtis investigate the shooting of a member of a local co-op board and suspect it's a case of mistaken identity. They go on to link the crime to a sleazy loan company, but not before another victim surfaces. ADA McCoy is also convinced that he's got the right man, but evidence doesn't support this claim.
A wealthy elderly man is murdered and detectives instantly suspect his much younger wife, a former stripper. McCoy and Ross, believing that the estate lawyer also had a role in the man's killing, desperately find a way to implicate the conspiring duo.
The shooting of an ex-cop in a neighborhood notorious for prostitution leads Briscoe and Curtis to two suburban housewives who are secretly high-class hookers. When one of the housewife's specialty lipstick is matched to a lipstick sample taken from a very private spot on the victim, it seems like McCoy has an open and shut case. However, the accused soon claims rape and hires a famous women's rights attorney to defend her.
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In Part One of a Law & Order trilogy, Curtis and Briscoe find the body of a woman who has been decapitated, as well as having had her hands and feet cut off. When she is finally identified as the head of a major film studio, the detectives travel to Los Angeles to question a physical trainer to the stars who's doing more with his clients than just lifting weights.
In Part Two, while in Los Angeles investigating the brutal slaying of a studio mogul, Briscoe and Curtis begin to belive that their main suspect would not have been able to commit such a crime on his own. The detectives must return to New York to follow up on a new lead, which then allows Ross and McCoy to indict a new suspect.
In the final part of the trilogy, the case against a murdered studio head's ex-husband -- who happens to be a famous director -- goes to trial. However, a recording of an executive meeting reveals that the victim was about to testify in a sexual harassment suit against one of her film studio's most powerful executives, which casts doubt on the ex-husband as a suspect.
McCoy testifies at the parole hearing of a convicted serial rapist and is enraged when the perpetrator, Lewis Darnell, is released after serving only 18 years of a 30-year sentence. Later a 17-year-old girl is found suffocated in her home, and McCoy, sensing that Darnell is the murderer but short on evidence, sets out to find a legal loophole to ensure Darnell's speedy return to prison. McCoy's persistence -- from 24-hour surveillance to the use of 'Megan's Law' -- brings him dangerously close to abusing his prosecutorial authority.
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When a liquor store robbery goes bad, an off-duty copy is caught in the crossfire. Detectives discover the robbers stole a vehicle, but the driver and vehicle are still missing. Once a suspect is apprehended his attempts to bribe the district attorneys in exchange for evidence only get him deeper in trouble.
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A man is found shot to death shortly after receiving help with a flat tire. Briscoe and Curtis find the "Good Samaritan", a hard-working suspect whom they arrest just minutes before his wedding. However, they arrest the wrong man and their first suspect turns out to be McCoy's only witness to the real killer. Between the cops ruining this man's wedding and the death threats if he testifies, McCoy's perfect witness refuses to come forward.
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When the young, beautiful editor of an up-and-coming writer is murdered in the writer's apartment, the trail leads Briscoe and Curtis to the writer's scorned and abused girlfriend. However, once she is arrested a complex game of cat and mouse begins between her and the D.A.'s office, leaving McCoy and Ross to untangle the lies and try to find out who is covering for whom and who is the real murderer.
The investigation into the murder of a 'has-been' cover girl leads Detectives Briscoe and Curtis to uncover old secrets the deceased was desperately trying to hide. Drug addicts, illegitimate children and a blackmailing lawyer head the list of suspects, and attorney-client privileges force McCoy and Ross to offer a solution so that everyone 'wins'.
The investigation into a shooting spree at a posh fund-raiser seems to lead to the work of anti- Semitic fanatics, until Briscoe and Curtis realize that the killings were far more personal in nature. When the real killer is caught, fireworks fly as Schiff and McCoy find themselves in a battle with the Governor to keep their jobs.
A young delivery man is found shot to death and the murder trail leads Detectives Briscoe and Curtis to the two teenagers who placed the order. When McCoy and Ross realize that one of the suspects' confessions is protected in the name of religion, they strike a deal to ensure that justice is served.
Two maids disacover a bloody hotel room and a credit card leads the police into a wall of denials even if the victim is a newborn child.
An investigation into the murder of a Navy officer helps Detectives Briscoe and Curtis crack a rash of murder/muggings. But when the two cases are proved unrelated they find themselves up against the Navy. Later, McCoy and Ross do battle to win jurisdiction and confidential information.
Detectives Briscoe and Curtis are called in to investigate a random drive-by shooting, but the victim's husband seems to know more than he's telling. Later, after the shooter is found, McCoy and Ross discover a discrepancy in the medical reports that unleashes a bevy of questions, like who's to blame - - the gunmen or a doctor with a growing 'God complex'?
A security guard is killed and another is injured when a New York State betting facility is robbed by three masked gunmen. Upon investigation, Detectives Briscoe and Curtis are led to a quiet suburb -- and a militia that does its recruiting over the Internet. Later in court, McCoy is pitted against the outspoken leader of the group and finds himself questioning his beliefs -- and his and Ross' safety.
Briscoe and Curtis investigate the death of a 14 year-old fashion model and find that the cause of death was toxic shock syndrome. It is later discovered that although the girl died in New York, the toxic shock was triggered by a violent sexual assault that may have taken place at the victim's home in Baltimore. While the victim's parents retain an attorney to protect themselves, Detectives Briscoe and Curtis enlist the help of Baltimore Detectives Munch and Falsone to assist in the Baltimore end of the investigation.
Detectives Briscoe and Curtis are called to the scene when a new mother takes a leap off her balcony. The case becomes complicated when the baby is nowhere to be found -- and the evidence seems to show that the victim was pushed. When McCoy and Ross dig deeper, they discover a husband with a dark secret and an ex-wife with a serious problem.
The murder of a bail bondsman leads Detectives Briscoe and Curtis to discover a dirty lawyer who bribes his clients. McCoy and Ross teeter on the brink of good judgment when they set up a mock trial to nab the lawyer and uncover his connection within the District Attorney's office.
A murder confession left on the wrong answering machine prompts Detectives Briscoe and Curtis to reopen a two-year-old arson case that claimed the life of a little girl. The evidence leads to the victim's teenage stepbrother -- an unstable kid sheltered by his politically connected grandfather, a longtime friend of D.A. Schiff's with a secret of his own.
Detectives Briscoe and Curtis jump to the wrong conclusions when an Egyptian man is found murdered. But the case turns more bizarre when Ross discovers that the prime suspect, a visiting doctor thought to be a terrorist, specializes in female circumcision. Later, McCoy faces a moral dilemma when the case comes to trial.
A hit-and-run accident that claims the lives of an elderly millionaire and a father and his young son hits Detective Curtis close to home and brings back painful memories for McCoy. In court, McCoy's motives and a judge's political agenda make Ross uneasy.
When a forensic expert is the target of a botched assassination in a restaurant bathroom, Detectives Briscoe and Curtis must piece together the motive of a seemingly unassociated suspect. Later, McCoy and Ross stumble upon evidence that questions the ethics of the good doctor.
Detectives Briscoe and Curtis find themselves tracking a charismatic serial killer when they investigate the shooting of a doctor with a shining reputation -- and a dangerous sex life. Later, McCoy and Ross go up against a lawyer with a unique defense -- the murders are the result of too much television.
When a man is found brutally beaten, Detectives Briscoe and Curtis must piece together a motive before they can find the culprits. A pair of protective brothers shed light on the case but confusion ensues as to who should be prosecuted for what crime. Later, Ross discovers a shocking twist involving an unlikely accomplice.
When a partially dressed corpse is discovered, Detectives Briscoe and Curtis find themselves faced with a dead FBI witness, an overeager hitman and a Mafia capo who's finding it hard to remember his own name. Schiff pushes to prosecute the mob for murder but complications force McCoy and Ross to find other alternatives.
Detectives Briscoe and Curtis unwittingly become embroiled in a messy divorce case when a psychologist is found stabbed to death only days before she was to present an annulment evaluation. Later, McCoy and Ross' proceedings are manipulated by the suspect's ethically challenged lawyer.
Detectives Briscoe and Curtis find themselves in a dilemma about who is responsible for a young girl found shot to death in her bedroom following a wild party. Is the suspect the one who pulled the trigger or is there someone else who needs to be stopped from murdering more innocent women? McCoy and Ross must work around the law without destroying what they stand for -- the right to privacy.
When a woman is found unconscious at the bottom of her apartment stairs, Briscoe and Curtis must figure out what happened -- before it's too late. In order to make his case, McCoy pits the two detectives against each other in the courtroom.
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Detectives Briscoe and Curtis try to unravel the mystery of a high-class couple who disappear from their apartment. When their key suspect also vanishes, their only lead is a man cautious about divulging any information before he makes a deal with Ross. Facing a choice that could cost Ross her reputation, McCoy and Ross try to honor their informant's request -- and serve justice at the same time.
When Detectives Briscoe and Curtis are called in to investigate the death of a 13-year-old quadriplegic boy, they are puzzled by the clues. After a suspect is found, McCoy and Ross find evidence that questions whether the murder was motivated by mercy -- or thrills.
Detectives Briscoe and Curtis investigate the murder of a police officer found stabbed in Central Park. The killer's sudden religious 'conversion' forces McCoy and Ross to battle over the death penalty. The outcome of the case and an old enemy's grudge endanger Schiff's chances for re-election. Meanwhile, Briscoe finds himself in a tough spot after his daughter is arrested for dealing drugs.
Detectives Briscoe and Curtis investigate when two teachers are shot in a high school parking lot and a group of male students have sex with a developmentally disabled girl in an unused part of the school. McCoy and Ross must prove the case involves rape instead of consensual sex because they believe the girl did not have the sense to say no.
Detectives Briscoe and Curtis investigate when a female law professor who is a noted public figure is chased by a tabloid journalist into the street and killed by a car. Her husband, who is also from a well-known 'Kennedy-esque' family, fights to keep some of his own family secrets out of the press.
A young African-American girl is found sexually abused, badly beaten and near death in the basement of an apartment building. Detectives Briscoe and Curtis must search for the 'monster' who committed the vicious assault. Their investigation is slow, due to a lack of cooperation from 'the bosses' that may have to do with Lt. Van Buren's lawsuit against the department. While the young girl hangs on to life, District Attorneys McCoy and Ross must find a way to work within the law to convict the abuser. Will the judge be fair, or will his past conflicts with McCoy and his attempt to unseat Schiff as District Attorney in the upcoming re-election get in the way? Meanwhile, Ross is torn between her career and having custody of her daughter, and Briscoe struggles with the death of his daughter.
Since he has been sent to Staten Island after attacking a city councilman, Detective Logan is trying to earn a spot back with the NYPD. Logan finds out about a case involving a prostitute's murder and he figures this could be his ticket back. His lieutenant reluctantly assigns him to the case and is teamed up with Detective Frankie Silvera. During the case they come across a mob figure and father while learning that there is a dirty cop in Logan's old precinct.
The investigation into the death of an adopted baby girl leads Detectives Briscoe and Curtis to uncover secrets an adoptive family was desperately trying to hide. When the baby's brother turns out to be an abusive and disturbed young boy, Assistant District Attorney McCoy and his new headstrong partner, Assistant District Attorney Abbie Carmichael, try to prove it was murder. They soon realize things don't always appear as they seem.
Detectives discover a shocking twist involving unlikely suspects when they investigate the brutal beating of a black man dumped near the highway.
Detectives Briscoe and Curtis struggle to unravel a chain of half-truths given to them by a victim who was taken to the hospital after being robbed, shot and wounded in the East Village - far from his suburban Connecticut home. As they try to draw the truth from their victim, they stumble on the cold-blooded murder of a young girl. Will Briscoe take the stand to help Assistant District Attorney McCoy and Assistant District Attorney Carmichael convict the murderer or will police legalities interfere with the case?
The sudden death of a kindergarten boy from a rare and lethal flu sends Detectives Briscoe and Curtis frantically searching New York City for the source of the virus. They quickly realize the young boy contracted the flu through lethal injection, and Assistant District Attorneys McCoy and Carmichael must link the murderers to the source of the deadly serum and bring them all to justice before another potential outbreak.
Detectives Briscoe and Curtis are thrown into a search for a disturbed killer when a murdered mailman and a severely tortured woman, hanging on for her life, are found. They arrest a serial killer who confesses to the crimes and is eager to make a deal to avoid the death penalty, but Assistant District Attorneys McCoy and Carmichael find themselves in a moral dilemma when they discover that the wrong killer is in custody.
When a female embryologist is found dead in a fertility clinic storage room, Detectives Briscoe and Curtis search for the killer who has also mysteriously damaged other frozen embryos from a storage freezer -- making the embryos useless. The evidence left behind leads the detectives to believe that the killer was desperate enough to kill anyone who got in the way. Assistant District Attorneys McCoy and Carmichael must figure out how they can convict the young woman's killer without sacrificing their own beliefs.
Detectives Briscoe and Curtis investigate the life of a New York City 'escort' when he is shot dead in a theater alley during an intermission at a high profile benefit concert. The detectives interrogate his high society clients and search for any enemies the young man might have had who could be responsible for his violent death. District Attorneys McCoy and Carmichael quickly realize that this may be a case of foul play, as unanswered questions and lies surface.
When two boys find the dead body of a middle-aged man in a park, Detectives Briscoe and Curtis are called to investigate. The detectives learn that the murdered man was a corrections officer at a women's prison who took particular interest in an inmate that Abbie Carmichael put away on a drug charge three years earlier. McCoy and Carmichael are left to untangle a web of secrets and lies and end up face-to-face with defense attorney Danielle Melnick.
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When a man hears gun shots in his neighbor's home and calls 911, Detectives Briscoe and Curtis find themselves investigating the murder of a wealthy man and his very young daughter. The wife and mother of the deceased seems to know a lot more than she lets on. District Attorneys McCoy and Carmichael hit a snag in the case when important evidence cannot be obtained because of unusual circumstances.
A young high school girl is found severely beaten and tied to a tree in the middle of Central Park. Detectives Briscoe and Curtis find evidence that leads them straight to a Hitler youth gathering. Is the young lonely girl a victim of her own hatred? District Attorney's McCoy and Carmichael try desperately to convict not only the murderer, but also the person provoking the hatred.
While investigating a shooting on the shores of the Hudson River, an NYPD diver fishes up a 1968 Volkswagen bus with a young man's remains, including a skull with a gunshot hole. Detectives Briscoe and Curtis reopen a case that has long been closed and end up investigating controversial university protests from the 1960s. When new evidence and suspects surface, Assistant District Attorneys McCoy and Carmichael realize they strike a sore nerve with the Bureau of Special Services.
A Harlem neighborhood is shaken when two young boys stumble on the body of a popular community leader beaten to death in his community center. Detectives Briscoe and Curtis investigate possible enemies the victim could have had and quickly learn that he may have had more than just 'friends' in the community who owe him favors. District Attorneys McCoy and Carmichael struggle to prevent a political disaster by convicting the correct murderer before the community turns itself upside down in anger and grief.
When a parolee is found dead in the trunk of a car, Detectives Briscoe and Curtis find themselves in a race against time when two bounty hunters seem to be hunting down the same 'suspect' - dead or alive. District Attorneys McCoy and Carmichael prosecute the case but run into problems when details of the deadly shootout make their argument deceptive.
Detectives Briscoe and Curtis are called to investigate the death of a woman found dead in Battery Park. They soon discover that she is a government official from Baltimore, and are reunited with members of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide unit. The New York detectives team up with Detectives Munch and Sheppard to uncover the mystery and secrets behind what seems to be a Washington sex scandal cover-up. Assistant District Attorney McCoy is hindered in building evidence against the murderer when he is subpoenaed to appear before an Independent Council to reveal information that he has gathered on the case. He and Carmichael work tirelessly to bring their case to court and to get a conviction without the Independent Council stepping in.
A young girl is found dead amongst the hustle and bustle of an ER waiting room. When no one in the ER claims to be with her, Detectives Briscoe and Curtis are called in to determine the identity of the girl and investigate how she managed to get to the waiting room of the ER. As the case starts to unravel, District Attorneys McCoy and Carmichael must fight to uphold the people's right to religious freedom while convincing a jury that strong beliefs in God doesn't exempt anyone from the basic moral code of humanity.
When Detectives Briscoe and Curtis are called to investigate an assault on a retired divorce attorney, they find themselves investigating a sticky divorce that points them in the direction of a possible homicide. Assistant District Attorney Carmichael is determined to bring this complicated case to court to prove that no one is above the law.
Detectives Briscoe and Curtis investigate the murder of a police officer who was shot while on an undercover stakeout.
The investigation into the shooting of a newspaper columnist leads to a murder case from two decades earlier and involves a suspect who at that time had been a juvenile.
After a philosophy professor is pushed in front of a subway and killed, the investigation leads to a suspect who, following a divorce, changed his identity and disappeared with his daughters.
Detectives Briscoe and Curtis investigate the fatal heart attack of a New York City corporate mogul caused by an overdose of a sexual performance-enhancing drug. Detective Curtis puts his personal and professional life on the line when Assistant District Attorneys McCoy and Carmichael ask him to take the stand in order to link the scandalous sex crime to a motive.
As Detectives Briscoe and Curtis investigate the death of an audio installation salesman, their search introduces them to a web of players who are all linked to the murderer, and consequently, the mafia. When Assistant DA's McCoy and Carmichael go to work, they face a remorseless suspect who has plenty of 'friends' who will give anything to keep him out of prison. To build a strong case against the suspect, McCoy and Carmichael face the challenge of convincing witnesses to testify and ensuring their safety. Later, District Attorney Schiff is forced to step in to adjust McCoy's ideas of proper punishment for the accused.
Detectives Briscoe and Curtis find themselves in college when a promising mathematician is found strangled and stabbed. The detective's investigation uncovers the young woman's turbulent relationship with a professor, but they fall short on evidence that links the crime to the affair. When Assistant District Attorneys McCoy and Carmichael intercede, they become suspicious of two friends of the victim who seem determined to protect each other's stories.
Detectives Briscoe and Curtis are off to a challenging start when they arrive at the latest crime scene to find both the victim and the perpetrator dead. With little evidence to go on, the trail of clues leads the detectives to a speechless 10-year-old witness, thus introducing them to the dangerous web of the Russian Mafia. When assistant District Attorneys McCoy and Carmichael begin to prosecute, the mafia-connected defendants 'miraculously' silence the witnesses and endanger the lives of the attorneys.
Assistant DA's McCoy and Carmichael become entangled in the dangerous world of the Russian Mafia when witnesses are found dead and evidence is destroyed. In order to safely investigate, McCoy puts the suspects behind bars without sufficient evidence, and risks violating their civil liberties. As the grim situation continues to unravel, McCoy and Carmichael must prove the connection between the Russian defendants and a large-scale money laundering enterprise before they are released on technicalities.
When an angry misogynist murders 15 people - mostly women - on a shooting spree in Central Park, Detectives Briscoe and his new partner, Detective Green try to trace the origination of the illegal automatic gun. As they close in on the suspect, Briscoe voices doubts about Green's questionable modus operandi both on and off the job. When the case arrives on D.A. McCoy's desk, he makes a personal crusade to prosecute not only the killer, but also the corporate gun manufacturer who legally produces semi-automatic weapons that can be converted for mass destruction.
When a young boy is found murdered at a construction site, Detectives Briscoe and Green converge on an auto mechanic as their prime suspect. The eyewitness accounts of two unusual girls don't mesh, arousing the curiosity of the veteran investigators. More probing reveals that one of the little girls might be to blame, making it a tough case for McCoy, who fears that unless the 10-year-old child is proven to be responsible for her increasingly violent acts and isolated, other children will suffer.
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A fast-rising civil court judge is carjacked and gunned down in her garage, but as Detectives Briscoe and Green begin to connect the dots, they consider the crime to be a botched murder-for-hire scheme -- and the primary suspect is her architect husband. While the suffering victim lingers near death and asks to be allowed to die without any more medical assistance, she steadfastly maintains her husband's innocence and threatens to testify on his behalf, which would ruin D.A. McCoy's case.
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When a drug-addled 15-year-old girl is found murdered, Detectives Briscoe and Green find a host of likely suspects among her mega-wealthy family as well as their equally monied friends next door -- but they can't eliminate any male until they get a judge's permission to test DNA from previously donated blood of one family's son. However, once Assistant District Attorneys McCoy and Carmichael begin their case, a festering family scandal unfolds that might affect their chances for proving first-degree murder.
When a lawyer is murdered, assistant D.A. McCoy believes the slayer is also responsible for a previous killing but as he struggles to link the two crimes, he is surprised to be opposed by his former colleague, Jamie Ross. Ross, who has been counsel for an international war crimes tribunal, shocks her former cohorts when she curiously represents a detestable client; if she succeeds, a man already wrongly convicted of the crime will be executed in spite of McCoy's dogged efforts.
Detectives Briscoe and Green are frustrated with their fruitless investigation of an elderly lady's public murder but tensions mount between the two partners when Briscoe flares at being second-guessed by fellow cops after he claims to hear a prime suspect confess. In addition, while the veteran detective bristles at veiled suggestions that he is too old to do the job, he and Green must put aside their differences to search for the small handgun that could make their case against the taunting suspect. Meanwhile, a silent Briscoe can't help but notice that his partner has picked up a dangerous habit on his own personal time.
When a young woman is found bludgeoned into a coma, Detectives Briscoe and Green believe that an employee in the state comptroller's office is the prime culprit -- especially when they discover that their suspect was the boyfriend of the victim's sister who disappeared three years earlier. But as a confident McCoy and Carmichael sift through the puzzle, their key piece of evidence -- matching DNA found at the crime scene -- may not be enough for a conviction when another witness steps forward.
When a murdered elderly man is found to have been both stabbed and shot, perplexed Detectives Briscoe and Green discover that the victim was a life insurance salesman who sold bogus policies to Holocaust victims during World War II -- a fact that could prove costly to the company now holding title to the old claims. While assistant D.A. McCoy thinks they have the culprit who stabbed the man, they look deeper for the shooter's motive and learn that the victim possessed valuable information about specific policy numbers.
When a fiftysomething wife and mother is found beaten to death in a hospital, Detectives Briscoe and Green search for an elusive silver-haired gigolo who romances a string of rich elderly women and receives expensive gifts -- including the victim's heirloom jewelry. But the investigation takes a startling turn when prosecutors McCoy and Carmichael begin interviewing potential witnesses, including the victim's contentious son, daughter and Alzheimer's-afflicted husband.
When a teenager is found slashed to death, Detectives Briscoe and Green focus their attention on a fellow high school classmate known for bullying the victim and for his interest in violent video games and brutal martial arts weapons. However, after evidence is disallowed and a fearful young witness begs off, prosecutors McCoy and Carmichael consider flushing the case until the enterprising McCoy tries a new gambit.
When a delusional homeless woman is found strangled, Detectives Briscoe and Green comb through the city's psych wards in search of a disruptive suspect but finally appeal to the man's agonizing parents to help arrest him. However, Assistant D.A.s McCoy and Carmichael have a major handicap to overcome in prosecuting the accused when he suddenly refuses to take his antidepressant medicine -- thereby rendering himself mentally incapable of standing trial for murder.
Detectives Briscoe and Green search for a missing baby between two young separated parents, each of whom says the other has the baby -- until police make a grim discovery in a backyard. When the tot is unearthed and determined to have expired due to chronic starvation, Deputy D.A. Carmichael is determined to prosecute the mother, the child's primary caregiver, instead of the father.
When a best-selling author is gunned down on the street along with another victim who is killed, Detectives Briscoe and Green ignore the writer's contention that the gunman was an obsessed fan and concentrate on a possible love triangle that includes an FBI agent and his wife. However, just as Assistant District Attorneys McCoy and Carmichael begin their case, new evidence suggests a revolving door of most likely suspects.
The detectives from the 27th Precinct and the Special Victims Unit probe the gunshot murders of two men but their prime suspect -- a serial killer who previously eluded Detective Briscoe years before -- confesses to only one of the slayings. The cops re-focus their investigation of the wayward socialite daughter of a wealthy, politically connected -- and threatening -- grande dame, but the missing link to D.A. McCoy's case may lie in finding a mob hitman who appears to be linked to both murders.
While Detectives Briscoe and Green search for the killer of two underaged teenage girls who were drugged, bound and raped, they discover that one victim's older sister is also missing, but if found alive, could be the key piece of evidence against their prime suspect. When the beaten young woman is recovered but is reluctant to testify against her "boyfriend," Assistant D.A. Carmichael contests her story while fellow A.D.A. McCoy tries to keep the state's rapidly dissolving case intact.
A seemingly random murder-shooting of a stockbroker takes on new dimensions when Detectives Briscoe and Green discover that the suspected killer was in turn executed by a professional hitman. As Assistant District Attorneys McCoy and Carmichael sniff around the victim's respected stockbroking firm -- and its e-mail transactions -- they catch a whiff of organized crime that could complicate or simplify their case.
When a white teenager is found murdered in Harlem, Detectives Briscoe and Green backtrack through several possible suspects, including the two most likely who bragged about killing the youth and were seen wearing his jacket that night. However, when Assistant District Attorneys McCoy and Carmichael take the case, they discover that two patrol officers are partially to blame for the tragedy -- thereby widening the political scope of their prosecution.
When a shuttle helicopter crashes killing all six people aboard, Detectives Briscoe and Green first suspect a suicidal pilot, but when they learn that a bomb blast was responsible, their probe turns towards a victim's wife who is influenced by two married, New Age financial advisers. After finding the wife's fingerprints on the bomb, the detectives and prosecutors begin to investigate her connection to the oily money gurus, who also dispense personal advice -- but only to nouveau riche millionaires like themselves.
When a demure female graduate student is found strangled and stuffed inside a car trunk, Detectives Briscoe and Green first suspect local gang members until they discover that the married victim, who also worked as a teacher's assistant, was having an affair with one of her college students. However, the detectives are even more curious about her husband -- a preppy psychologist -- when they learn that the woman first met him as one of his patients.
When a woman is found murdered with her hands severed, Detectives Briscoe and Green discover that the victim was a wealthy patron of the arts -- and their interest is especially piqued when they find that one of her subsidized beneficiaries created a painting much like the grisly crime scene. However, their attention later turns to an agitated stranger who was often publicly seen protesting against the controversial artwork during a gallery display.
When an Asian-American stripper is found strangled, Detectives Briscoe and Green discover that the victim was also operating a brothel that forced illegal Chinese immigrant women into sex slaves -- and they are further saddened to see two fellow detectives who were coerced into aiding her. As their trail narrows, they venture into cyberspace to check out an unlikely suspect -- a phantom computer hacker known as "Hotrod."
Detectives Briscoe and Green probe the strangulation of a college coed who moonlighted as a stripper, and while they believe a pair of drug-dealing skinheads committed the murder, they struggle to determine the motive of the strip club owner who paid them for the hit. However, as they work their way up the ladder of complicity, the cops learn that the slaying is keyed to an insider trading scam that forces Assistant D.A. McCoy to connect a former porn star with a businessman.
When a wealthy middle-aged woman is found drugged and comatose, Detectives Briscoe and Green suspect that her husband either tried to commit a mercy killing or murder her for her money, but the discovery of a shocking tape swerves their investigation in a new direction. Later, new evidence could implicate another close family member and informs Assistant D.A.s McCoy and Carmichael of the victim's true condition and prognosis.
The far-reaching probe into an old man's death precipitates Assistant D.A. McCoy's most crucial case when he seeks to prosecute a high-level foreign dignitary for the torture-murder of a New York student 27 years ago, and the passionate McCoy is ready to argue the unprecedented case before the U.S. Supreme Court. He is aided by Detectives Briscoe and Green, who discover that the elderly victim fought for decades to investigate the U.S. military's involvement in the slaying of his student son by the Chilean army during a 1973 coup in the South American country.
A suspicious apartment fire leaves a severely disabled boy dead of smoke inhalation. Though an antique store owner in the same building had been "victim" to several other fires in the past, Detectives Briscoe and Green are drawn to suspects closer to home as they discover the tremendous burden the young boy posed to his parents and their failed marriage during his twelve years. As more is learned about the devoted mother, even A.D.A. Jack McCoy begins to question whether his prosecutorial direction is truly in the service of justice. New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani introduces District Attorney Nora Lewin to McCoy and Carmichael.
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When a woman with no identification is found dead from a blow to the head with a pavement stone, the only clues to her past are found in the information stored on her mass-transit pass. More magnetic evidence leads Detectives Briscoe and Green to the current possessor of the dead woman's credit card--but once they have their suspect, the mental state of the attacker calls into question whether the perpetrator alone is responsible for the tragedy. New District Attorney Nora Lewin pursues media glory by encouraging ADAs Jack McCoy and Abbie Carmichael to take on the health care system responsible for releasing the emotionally disturbed convict into society.
When the star violinist of the Manhattan Symphony Orchestra is found murdered in her dressing room, Detectives Briscoe and Green don't have to look beyond the concert hall for an array of leads. The priceless violin she played is missing and the rest of the violin section is found to have been resentful of the recent Juilliard graduate's rapid ascent to stardom. Meanwhile, the brilliant and debonair conductor Carl Reger, whose wife also performs in the orchestra, points the detectives toward a stagehand who may have been rebuffed in his advances toward the victim, as his own relationship with his first chair violinist comes under scrutiny.
When a gang leader convicted of brutal crimes is stabbed to death in a prison scuffle, Detectives Briscoe and Green find that their victim had numerous enemies on both sides of the law. The investigation -- in which gang members, corrections officers, and undercover cops are all suspects -- results in an eventual indictment that leaves A.D.A. Jack McCoy with an uphill battle as he tries to convict the murderer of a vicious criminal.
The murder of a storeowner leads to a case where the suspect flees to Israel and may be protected from extradition by Israel's Law of Return.
A former Black Panther, accused of murdering a Caucasian police officer, questions Green's integrity amidst a politically charged trial.
Under pressure from the department's top brass, a 20-year-old murder case, initally investigated by Briscoe's now retired boss, is reopened involving the slaying of a teen-age girl with the spoiled son of a politically connected family as the prime suspect.
The killing of a school-hockey coach leads to a case in which the defendant claims that he committed the crime while suffering from "sports rage."
An assistant manager at a jewelers discovers four bodies at the store, leading to the prosecution of an amiable murder suspect who insists on representing himself, and winning the admiration of a female juror.
The death of a lab technician and the abduction of 17 infected monkeys lead to a trial involving the treatment of research animals.
Following "wilding incidents" in Central Park, a woman's body is found in the lake and the suspects include the deceased's wealthy husband.
The beating death of a restaurant owner leads Briscoe and Green to thrill-seeking teenagers; McCoy and Lewin are forced to decide how young is too young for the death penalty.
Briscoe and Green investigate the beating death of a gay man and the kidnapping of his adopted son, and their investigation leads McCoy and Carmichael to believe that homophobia was the motive rather than ransom.
Briscoe and Green initially investigate the fiancé of a pregnant woman found dying in the trunk of her car, but the investigation soon turns to professional athlete Cris Cody, who may have had reasons of her own to want the woman and her unborn child out of the way.
When a participant in a TV reality show is murdered, McCoy goes after the producers and network executives for deliberately fomenting hostility among the participants to boost the ratings. All too appropriately, the outcome of the case hinges on a videotape made by a hidden camera.
When a woman is found strangled to death with a large quantity of the drug Ecstasy in her handbag, Detectives Briscoe and Green have difficulty gathering sufficient evidence for an indictment of their prime suspect, drug-dealer Francis 'Taz' Partell. But when they question one of his former associates, they discover new evidence indicating that Taz is responsible for the earlier murder of a bouncer in Bronx county.
When the dead body of Karen Hall, an investigator with the State Attorney General's Office Criminal Division, is found in a Manhattan river, Detectives Briscoe and Green find that her boss, Frank Conroy, had written off her disappearance as a random kidnapping from an Albany train station. But as more is learned about Conroy's controlling relationships -- with the dead woman, with his wife and with a long-term girlfriend -- he quickly becomes a suspect.
Briscoe and Green investigate a couple murdered in their apartment, which leads them to the wife of a major in the U.S. army who is involved in anti-drug activities in Colombia, leaving McCoy with the awkward job of getting her to testify.
When an hispanic male is found dead from a severe chest trauma, Detectives Briscoe and Green discover that he and two other illegal immigrants had been in a staged automobile accident. As evidence mounts linking numerous similar car crashes with the same employer, chiropractor, insurance adjuster, and lawyers, A.D.A.s McCoy and Carmichael must determine who is ultimately responsible for the man's death, from which so many others profited.
The murder of a prep school student points to a mystery woman who may have been extorting money from the victim's wealthy father.
Briscoe and Green discover a murdered businessman may have been the target of a well-known criminal , but the investigation stumbles when the FBI acts as the suspect's alibi.
Detectives Briscoe and Green investigate when a masked schoolkid opens fire on classmates, killing four and wounding 11. They soon discover more than one student fits the profile of a youth capable of committing such violence. But finding the perpetrator becomes a race against time when an e-mail arrives threatening more murders.
Briscoe and Green have their work cut out trying to discover who attempted to murder a tough judge, but when the real culprit is found, Carmichael and McCoy have a difficult time building a case.
The detectives investigate a woman killed in what appears to be a road rage incident. However, as they retrace her last actions, they suspect she was accidentally murdered by an assassin following the wrong car. The plot thickens when the intended victim turns out to be a reporter who claims to have uncovered a plot to rig an election by a senator, who Briscoe suspects of having connections with the Mafia.
Detectives Briscoe and Green are called to the scene of a vicious dog attack in which a woman was mauled to death and as they rush to track down the ferocious animal before it strikes again, they trace the dog's ownership to a prisoner in Attica already serving two life-terms. Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy and A.D.A. Serena Southerlyn must determine who among the prisoner's few outside contacts could have aided him in his fight-dog business, and who is ultimately responsible for the dog's trained propensity for deadly violence.
When a down-and-out Vietnam veteran is murdered, Detectives Briscoe and Green find that although the decorated victim was considered a hero, he was conflicted about his involvement in the conflict. But as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy and A.D.A. Serena Southerlyn learn about other members of the dead man's fighting unit, they investigate some more successful civilians who once served with him.
The death of a parolee, who was a hit man, leads to a wealthy widow and daughter who may have hired him to kill their rich relative.
The daring daylight kidnapping of a diamond dealer which results in two murders at the scene uncovers an international dynasty of diamond sales and its links to a foreign civil war.
Investigating the murder of a woman in a rent-controlled apartment, Green and Briscoe initially turn their attention to janitor Roberto Ramos, who had been given a cash gift of $5,000 by the deceased but claimed he didn't remember her when questioned. But it isn't long before the detectives discover that she was engaged in a long-running battle with her landlord and had been blocking the potentially lucrative sale of the building.
The shooting death of a former singer's wife leads the detectives to investigate his manager and sons after his explanation of the events surrounding her death have no credibility.
When new evidence uncovers the true culprits from a case Lt. VanBuren worked 12 years ago, Briscoe and Green take a closer look at the parties involved the first time around---particularly a forensic expert with a questionable method of evidence verification.
When a building is set ablaze, a girl must be identified despite her fatal burns. Through further investigation, it turns out that an extreme environmentalist group struck the match.
When a celebrity is implicated in a nightclub murder, McCoy and Southerlyn battle the flaks who attempt to insulate their client from any involvement or interrogation.
The murder of a magazine publishing company's black CEO leads to a suspect who has a clear streak of racism and whose attorney intends on using that as a mental defect.
The death of a cleric leads the detectives to a priest who was given information by a murder suspect outside of the church but insists that he can't discuss anything about it, bringing McCoy to question whether the confessional seal should apply.
The father of a dying girl gets his revenge on an insurance executive who denied a certain leukemia treatment for his daughter. One problem arises when the father is technically on both sides of the law.
ADA Southerlyn puts her life---and her career---on the line when she is called upon to mediate a hostage situation that leads to a disciplinary hearing.
When a girl's parents frantically search for her, Briscoe and Green see that the girl's belongings were packed up in her apartment. They learn that the girl had been seeing a married man — her boss. When the boss is brought up on charges, his wife sheds some new evidence.
When a computer worm is found in the hard drive of a murdered state psychologist, McCoy seeks to prosecute the owner of the company who sold the woman's murderer the information-gathering worm.
The investigation into the death of an 11-year-old girl uncovers the possible culpability of the child's mother and a rebirthing therapist.
When a high school student is found dead in an apartment building, Briscoe and Green suspect that the murder was a result of her getting a message board shut down. As McCoy and Southerlyn investigate the case further, they realize that her best friend, who was reluctant to come forward as a witness, may be the answer to the murder.
A stock analyst's murder leads the detectives to a corporation whose stock had fallen... and plenty of suspects in the investors.
The investigation of a student's killing leads to a case involving meat contamination at a food service.
An apparent accidental fall turns out to be murder when it is discovered that the victim, who was both a trophy wife and expecting, was pushed from the balcony of her loft.
The investigation into the death of a private investigator uncovers corruption, deceit, and immigration fraud in a Youth Baseball League whose manager will go to any lengths to win.
The wife of an attorney with many disgruntled clients is killed, but the detectives believe that he was the intended target as he was willing to reveal information despite confidentiality agreements. As the investigation continues, his tumultuous love life is exposed and the prosecutors are suspicious of his desire to return to the courtroom.
When a doctor is found dead on a residential street, the detctives must probe the prescription drug racket (with its ties to the mob) and the ADA's must decipher which mob entity--father or son--is really behind the murder.
A tenement building explodes and the lone victim is Joseph Haden. The building was rent controlled and there had been a tenant strike, so the police initially suspect arson. But the landlord doesn't have insurance, ruling out their arson theory, and the medical examiner discovers that Haden's neck was broken and he was tied up before the explosion happened. Trying to figure out Haden is even more difficult. He didn't appear to have a family or a girlfriend and never got any substantial mail. He worked at the Jiffy Job service station making minimum wage, yet had $90,000 in the bank. Briscoe and Green do some more digging and find out that Haden was using an alias, and his real name was Yusuf Haddad.
When Professors Hugh and Louise Murdoch are found shot dead in their apartment, Detectives Briscoe and Green must determine if Hugh Murdoch's controversial work in stem-cell research could have motivated a religious zealot to commit the murders. But it soon becomes apparent that it was Louise Murdoch's volunteer work raising money and awareness for women's issues in the Middle East that attracted the attention of a troubled young man, Greg Landen aka Mousah Salim. A.D.A.'s McCoy and Southerlyn are left to grapple with Landen's interpretation of the Muslim religion, which may have led him to take extreme measures to exorcise his own personal demons.
When a female high school English teacher is found stabbed to death, Detectives Briscoe and Green uncover a love triangle with both a scorned 16-year-old and her faculty lover as prime suspects. Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy and A.D.A. Serena Southerlyn hope to turn the two lovers against each other in order to shake loose a confession, but find their love unbreakable.
Investigating the death of a rock band singer who had large amounts of cocaine and heroin in her system, the detectives question a former boyfriend who was a disgruntled band mate of her late husband. The prosecutors are hampered by the actions of a retired detective, who worked a case with Briscoe several years back, turned writer whose unconventional research tactics makes him a suspect as well.
When a struggling actress is found shot to death in her apartment in an apparent robbery-homicide, Detectives Briscoe and Green hope a vacation video shot by a couple from Ohio will lead them to the murderer. However, when the couple tries to make a quick buck by selling the video to a local news station, Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy and A.D.A. Serena Southerlyn attempt to side-step the constitution in order give the police access to the tape.
When a disembodied hand found in Hell's Kitchen is found to belong to a woman who reportedly died in the Sept. 11 attacks, the detectives must work to uncover three things: how, where, and most importantly when did she die?
When a local contractor is found on his living room floor shot in the head in an apparent robbery gone awry, Detectives Briscoe and Green believe the homicide to be the work of a professional and set their sights on the victim's well-kept young bride and her alleged lover as the masterminds behind this conspiracy. The case takes a strange turn when A.D.A. Southerlyn discovers the supposed hit man was residing in federal prison at the time of the murder, slightly hindering Executive A.D.A. McCoy's prosecution.
When the defense attorney of a recently acquitted cop killer is gunned down outside a Manhattan restaurant, Detectives Briscoe and Green set their sights on their fellow officers for a possible suspect -- only to discover the murder might be the work of a white supremacist. Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy must argue against an unlikely adversary who is his longtime friend and colleague of the slain attorney.
When the body of a limo driver is found on the side of the road, Detectives Briscoe and Green discover the recovering addict was the steroid supplier for regular passenger and superstar baseball player Kevin Seleeby, making the sports icon their prime suspect. Further investigation by Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy and A.D.A. Serena Southerlyn reveals the alleged motive for the murder as the enterprising chauffer was also blackmailing his ball player client.
The smoldering corpse of an Asian girl found outside the Chinese consul general's apartment leads the detectives to believe she had immolated herself to make a political statement. When forensics shows that she had been murdered beforehand, they find themselves in the middle of a religious conflict, with the consul general their prime suspect and his attorney an old friend of DA Branch.
The hit-and-run death of a popular high-school student leaves the detectives suspecting the girl's father was the real target. When evidence reveals that the death was possibly a random killing, they are able to track down their suspect to his apartment. However, things get complicated when their killer is murdered, and the person who committed the crime happens to be the victim's mother.
The murder of a bookie with a high-class clientele leads the detectives to arrest his partner. Charged with first-degree murder, his defense attorney tries to exploit the jury's sympathy for Israel in the hopes that it will get his client found innocent of a murder charge.
A drug dealer is killed and suspicion falls on a dead teenager's father. Briscoe, still mourning his daughter, is unusually sympathetic. But before the police can prove it, his priest confesses — claiming that God told him to do it.
When the witness in a jewelry store robbery-homicide fails to appear in court, McCoy suspects foul play until he discovers that the man is a fugitive in a 20-year-old murder case.
The bludgeoning of a luxury sports car dealer leads the detectives to a mentally challenged man and his girlfriend, who is extremely attractive and whose expensive tastes lead her to be equally manipulative.
The death of a stockbroker leads the detectives to his girlfriend, whose mother is a cosmetics mogul who has a longstanding friendship with DA Arthur Branch and will stop at nothing to protect her corporate image by using hormone replacement therapy withdrawal as the basis for her defense.
A media-savvy attorney defends a black teenager accused of shooting an off-duty police officer because he was angry about the lack of investigation into his brother's death. And a re-opening of that investigation aggravates some deep racial tensions.
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Briscoe and Green investigate the murder of a cab driver. The finger of suspicion points toward a celebrated author and his protege - who used to be a child prodigy.
A missing football player becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a woman whose body is discovered floating in the East River.
In a routine murder investigation, Briscoe and Green think they have got their man when the prime suspect in the case knows every detail about the death. However, when he claims he got his information via a psychic vision, the detectives have their work cut out.
The murder of an admissions director of a private school leads the detectives to investigate a pair of angry parents whose children were denied admission, but then they set their sights on the headmaster when they discover that the victim was about to go public with the denied admissions.
Briscoe and Green investigate the death of a Russian model and when the autopsy reveals a host of old injuries, they suspect long-term abuse. Further tests are made on the body and the findings suggest that medical malpractice may have been afoot.
It's a race against time as the detectives go on the hunt for a sniper whose victims are shot in broad daylight.
Briscoe and Green have their hands full investigating several homicides, including the killing of a husband by his distraught wife and the murder of a woman whose complex relationship with two brothers poses problems for the detectives. To cap it all, they then have to probe the abduction of an expectant mother.
Briscoe and Green are assigned to a case involving an eccentric comedian who may have killed his young son by dangling him out of a window during a fire. However, the investigation also uncovers allegations that the comic molested an 11-year-old boy years earlier.
The public defender of a serial killer risks his career after he refuses to give information about his client's prior victims.
The murder of a bounty hunter takes Detectives Briscoe and Green to a reporter whose success seems to be the result of affirmative action.
After Detectives Brisoce and Green find out about a car that has been stolen that has vials of the SARS virus, they head on a frantic search to find the first person that was infected.
A young actress is found stabbed in the residence of a Tony-winning Broadway composer.
A deadly fire during a rock concert leads Detectives Briscoe and Green to try and solve the origins.
The murder of a 'family man' leads the detectives on a case of stolen identity and a case of revenge from an elderly man.
A woman's body that was found in the Hudson River opens a door to a big judicial scandal.
Detectives Briscoe and Green investigate the murder of a reporter who made enemies while covering the War in Iraq.
The detectives investigate the murder of a conman who is poisoned at a restaurant, who was posing as a grief counselor at the time.
Detectives Briscoe and Green investigate the murder of the owner of a garment center business and try to track down the victim's midnight visitor.
A careless publicist strikes a homeless man and dies, although the detectives find out that this is not a hit and run.
The murder of a reformed bookie turned mob informent leads the detectives to an unlikely hit man as the suspect.
A murder and apparent kidnapping of a young girl is put on trial that challenges the laws of gay adoption and custody battles in a gay relationship.
The murder of a councilman at the City Hall sends EADA McCoy to the chamber doors of a federal court.
Detectives Briscoe and Green investigate the murder of an insolent anti-war protestor by a decorated Gulf War veteran grief-stricken over the Afghanistan combat death of his son. Claiming at trial that he was provoked by the man.
When the case of a murdered drug mule gets to court, McCoy faces an uphill battle finding witnesses that will testify in court.
After the remains of an eldery man are found, the detective's main suspect is a neighbor who has more than one skeleton in the closet.
The murder of a Holocaust survivor leads Detectives Briscoe and Green to a former Nazi soldier and a neo-Nazi record producer.
The murder of an ADA leads an investigation that uncovers a scandal that threatens the DA's office.
Greed, treachery and disrespect shape the motives for murder when two men are gunned down at an exclusive restaurant.
Detectives Briscoe and Green investigate the murder of a man who ruined his baseball team's playoff hopes and the list of suspects is long as a phone book. The detectives find out, however, that the actual killer has a very complicated history.
A Japanese couple visiting New York are shot during a robbery, the wife was killed while the husband only injured, but the Detectives' investigation leads them to find out that the crime was not random.
Briscoe and Green investigate the family members of a caviar businessman after he is found smothered in his bed.
Two women are prosecuted for murdering each other's husbands. This becomes hard to prove in court with EADA McCoy and ADA Southerlyn trying to put the pieces of this crazy puzzle together. Detective Lennie Briscoe retires from the 27th Precinct.
Detective Fontana is the new partner with Detective Green, and their first assigment is on a woman claiming that she is covered as an enemy combatant under the terms of the Geneva Convention, and murdered a former military policewoman in retaliation for torturing her brother at Abu Ghraib prison.
When a woman abandoned by her firefighter husband for his partner's widow is threatened with also losing custody of her children, she murders her romantic rival, claiming that 9/11 post-traumatic stress syndrome prompted her actions.
When a prison gang puts out a contract on a Sing Sing corrections officer and his family, assigning the job to a newly released ex-con, the terrified officer pleads preemptive self-defense after he's brought to trial for the parolee's murder. As the trial proceeds, the gang attempts to affect the outcome of the case by sending a death threat to the presiding judge, who refuses to be intimidated. Shortly after the conclusion of the trial, McCoy discovers that the defendant's fears about the power and the reach of the gang were well-placed.
McCoy goes after the C.E.O. of a pharmaceutical company who knowingly commissioned further clinical trials on a drug to extend its patent protection yielding millions of dollars of profit without disclosing that previous clinical studies had demonstrated that the drug created a high risk of suicide in its users.
After Green goes undercover to gather evidence on the gun dealers who murdered two detectives during a buy-and-bust, McCoy is able to connect the hit men to the attorney who paid them to avenge the death of his gun-running stepson at the hands of the same detectives during a similar buy-and-bust several years earlier.
When a plastic surgeon's greed and narcissism contribute to his failure to care for a patient that ultimately results in her death, Branch insists that McCoy prosecute him for criminally negligent homicide, rather than leave the matter to the civil courts, after an investigation reveals a several instances of the doctor's inattention to patient care.
The investigation into the death of a governor's wife uncovers a web of infidelity, greed, and corruption which forces McCoy to counter a defense based on a ground-breaking interpretation of spousal privilege.
The detectives are skeptical when a former street activist turned shock jock with a history of staging phony muggings to gain publicity for his causes appears to be the subject of an attempt on his life after publicly assailing a mobster, but they begin to believe his story after they discover that the married jock was involved with the mobster's mistress.
When the investigation into the contract killing of a jeweler uncovers his plan to roll over on his Russian mob connections to a federal prosecutor, as well as an unhappy wife whom he refused to divorce, McCoy must determine who financed the hit.
The prosecution of a drug trafficker responsible for a stash house massacre is hampered when McCoy discovers that the defendant claims diplomatic immunity, and has been working as an undercover operative aiding the U.S. military in Afghanistan.
When a paroled child murderer is run down, the investigation leads to a terrified social worker and an experimental prison therapy program.
The investigation into the murder of a wealthy husband leads to the uncovering of a conspiracy involving infidelity and greed and leads to one defendant attempting to evade justice by killing the other.
When a rap producer is found shot to death in his studio, detectives focus on his protege, whose demos link him and a friend to a second murder. As the investigation unfolds, Southerlyn's opinions put her sharply at odds with both McCoy and Branch.
Fontana and Green are baffled by a series of flu-related deaths until they discover that the victims were given fake vaccine. McCoy goes after the con man who distributed the vaccine for murder.
A conservative talk show host involved in a sexual harassment scandal is murdered, but the trail leads to the victim's wife and an obsessed stalker.
McCoy prosecutes a famous basketball star accused of murdering a man who was suing him because of a massive brawl between players and fans.
The investigation into a fatal traffic accident leads Fontana and Green to a slaughtered hunting party in the woods and an unknown man who may have been pursuing vigilante justice.
When a TV network executive is found murdered, Detectives Fontana and Green suspect a pair of twins who were stealing from the organization until they discover a celebrity chef with whom the married victim shared an affair. The nimble and charming chef is adroit at cultivating relationships with judges and juries alike, but prosecutor McCoy intends to reveal that the suspect's cooking show was about to be cancelled by his late lover.
Police and prosecutors go after a fanatical cult leader who encourages sex with children among her followers.
The bludgeoned corpse of a promiscuous lawyer is found in her office, and detectives treat her former lovers as suspects until DNA evidence points to a co-worker.
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Fontana and his temporary partner, Det. Nick Falco, must tread lightly when they discover links between a powerful police commissioner and the murders of an infamous porn actress and a maverick publisher.
The shooting of a Panamanian jockey sends Fontana and Falco into the colorful world of horse racing, and they learn that the animal's owner used stolen funds for the purchase.
When Fontana and Falco investigate an arson which caused the death of a firefighter, they discover a murder weapon tied to a nine year old murder and a hate crime in which the defendent attempts to have his case dismissed because he became a born again Christian after committing the murder.
After a man causes a massive train crash that results in multiple deaths, McCoy tries to prosecute him for murder despite his insanity defense. But McCoy finds himself hampered by a defense attorney whose own agenda may undercut that of his client.
A young girl is abducted during the day and the only person that can help the police find her is a former convict who must have a deal for him before he gives any information.
When a man is found dead in an abandoned high-rise office space, Detective Olivia Benson is called upon when Detectives Fontana and Green discover her number displayed on the DOA's cell phone. The trail leads them to a money-laundering ring and two cunning women -- Lorraine Dillon and April Troost -- who previously avoided conviction for fraud and extortion in case involving Benson. Later, when A.D.A. McCoy feels he pushes the persuasive Dillon too hard on the stand, it's up to A.D.A. Borgia to convince the jury of the duo's deceiving ways.
Detective Fontana and Executive ADA McCoy are hunting down a man presumed to have murdered a girl ten years earlier, but face many challenges along the way.
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Fontana and Green investigate the murder of a man shortly before he was due to take his wife off life support strikes controversy when both suspects have iron-clad alibis.
Detectives Fontanta and Green investigate the murder of an undercover reporter that was found out to be related to the story she was working on, a Latino gang, L-12. The investigation leads them to a man who reported that his car was stolen but really paid off a member of L-12 to not hurt his son, who was imprisoned on the same cell block with many of the gang members.
When a black female murder suspect with a history of child-neglect accusations suddenly dies in holding, Dr. Rodgers discovers that the young woman had unknowingly been implanted with an IUD filled with an antimalaria drug that also happens to cause sterility in women. This leads Detectives Fontana and Green to a seemingly benevolent doctor who has been secretly sterilizing young black and Hispanic women.
The bludgeoned slaying of a young, unwed mother and the subsequent kidnapping of her baby put Detectives Fontana and Green on the trail of a fleeing, forty-something woman -- who is actually a depressed wife who stole the infant while pretending to be pregnant. But while the suspect's savvy lawyers plan a "post-partum psychosis" defense
When the owner of a big-rig trucking company is shot to death, Detectives Fontana and Green learn that the victim was hauling illegal aliens and suspect a member citizen's border patrol group -- but their only witness is an undocumented Hispanic woman who risks deportation if she testifies. Meanwhile, prosecutor McCoy is incensed when the witness is physically intimidated as he tries to turn one organization member against the other in court.
Seemingly random people are being murdered by an elusive killer stalking the streets of New York and Detectives Fontana and Green follow the bloody trail to a hit list with the names of the targets - including A.D.A. Jack McCoy. McCoy soon realizes the list is a roster of witnesses called in the trial of a multiple-murderer he prosecuted five years ago. As witnesses dwindle and the convicted murder's retrial looms ever closer, Fontana and Green must race to find the killer while McCoy puts his own life on the line to see that justice is done.
When the facially scarred daughter of Lieutenant Van Buren's college friend is found dead, Van Buren directs Detectives Fontana and Green on a no-holds-barred mission to catch the serial assailant who threw acid in the victim's face months earlier. Meanwhile, A.D.A. McCoy's prosecution is complicated by Van Buren's tactical desperation, which has caused her to cut corners.
Religious sensitivities flare when a man is mysteriously killed after desecrating a treasured edition of the Hebrew Torah. As Detectives Fontana and Green dig deeper they find the dead man was paid by the cousin of a prominent synagogue member to defile the book, which might prompt a lucrative property sale. But as Assistant D.A. McCoy probes the family feud, his prosecution is hobbled by political pressure and a debate concerning whether the greater crime was done to the slain man or to the holy text.
When a Mob accountant is slain and his wife is severely wounded, Detectives Fontana and Green arrest a common street thug who is later found not guilty because of the victim's poor testimony. When the freed slayer is later killed by an ex-cop and close family friend of the victim's, A.D.A. McCoy faces a political powderkeg when the corrupt officer seeks to avoid prosecution by threatening to expose tainted evidence from dozens of previous cases that would free convicted murderers.
A journalist tormented by violent depression is found dead in his bathtub, but hand marks on his shoulders make Detectives Fontana and Green believe that foul play was involved -- especially when they uncover pills inside the victim from his ex-girlfriend's prescription. As A.D.A. McCoyS seeks second-degree murder, the girlfriend produces a videotape that shows the dead man willingly cooperated in taking his life -- until A.D.A. Borgia discovers intriguing new evidence on the tape.
Detectives Fontana and Green investigate the strangling of a promising Hispanic student at a private magnet school. The men soon learn the victim was selling test answers and writing term papers for more privileged students, including their prime suspect Greg Loomis, a trouble-prone senior who would kill just to graduate. After Loomis' arrest, A.D.A. Sam McCoy spurns any deal with his high-powered attorney Rebecca Shane but has to overcome her vigorous defense that her client himself was a victim of medication side effects.
After a teenaged runaway is found shot in the chest, Detectives Fontana and Green begin to suspect his upstate "soccer mom," who admits she killed her vicious son out of fear that he would follow his criminal father's footsteps. As McCoy and Borgia charge her with second-degree murder, the defendant's attorney claims that her client did society a favor by ending his life prematurely -- and new video evidence might sway a jury.
After a young African-American banking associate is found murdered, Detectives Fontana and Green discover that he had hundreds of thousands of dollars in his checking account The detectives suspect the victim was having an affair with his high-powered boss Sophia who killed him out of fear and rage. As the police and ADA Jack McCoy build their case, everything hinges on using either the executive's estranged husband or their shaky teenaged daughter Katie.
A private military contractor is found shot to death in his hotel room and Detectives Fontana and Green believe vengeance is the motive in a politcally charged case that questions the reason America is at war. The detectives soon narrow their focus on a fellow commando Kevin Boatman and the younger brother of a man who was murdered by Iraqi insurgents while under the victim's questionable command. But as A.D.A. Jack McCoy fights to keep a frightening video of the Iraqi execution out of court, he confronts unexpected political intrigue when more details are revealed about a recently captured terrorist.
Fontana uses questionable force to find the kidnapped daughter of a bank manager who was forced to assist in the robbery of his own financial institution in an attempt to pay off his child's ransom.
A young suspect commits suicide as Dets. Fontana and Green try to arrest him for the slaying of a diner owner. Before he died, the teen admitted that he meant to kill a medical administrator whom he blamed for the death of his sister, an HIV-positive patient at a children's hospital, which eventually ends up getting investigated for questionable medical practices.
An undercover police officer is brutally murdered by an Albanian drug dealer after her identity is revealed in a newspaper column concerning the victim's father. Detectives Fontana and Green quickly discover Eric Lund, the Chief of Staff to a liberal politician, to be responsible for tipping off the reporter. A.D.A Jack McCoy bravely prosecutes the politico who is known for dirty tricks and threats, but despite D.A. Arthur Branch's warning to watch his back, unexpected evidence suddenly turns up that could exonerate the accused.
Michael Imperioli returns as Det. Nick Falco, who finds himself being investigated by Fontana and Green after a woman is found slashed to death in his bathroom.
The latest murder victims of two home invaders are the family members of a man who once sold fake DEA badges to the killers and then began secretly cooperating with police. The case takes a harrowing turn when one of the law enforcement teams is put in the line of fire. In a legal gambit, A.D.A. McCoy must then risk his career -- and those of others, as well -- to bend the rules and use corrupt DEA Agent Almonte to lure out the sadistic psychopaths.
When a cop is murdered in a failed burglary attempt, Detectives Ed Green and Nina Cassady are led to a "stalkerazzi" photographer hot on the trail of tabloid sensation Sky Sweet, and her estranged husband "J-Train" Smolka.
Confident the burglary and subsequent murder is connected to incriminating photos of Sweet, the case goes to court and Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy and new A.D.A. Consuela "Connie" Rubirosa find themselves in the media spotlight as they argue the use of "The Shield Law" to protect celebrity journalism.
An internet posting of a slashed soccer mom provocatively dressed provokes a slew of 911 calls which leads Detectives Ed Green and Nina Cassady to the crime scene. But something is amiss; the clothes and the shoes don't fit the victim. In what appears to be an open-and-shut case, the suspect - a schizophrenic - is arraigned by A.D.As Jack McCoy and Connie Rubirosa but further investigation into a popular online social networking site leads to the real culprit.
A young girl is killed while walking with her mother when an Upper East Side brownstone explodes. Detectives Ed Green and Nina Cassady quickly determine that faulty wiring is to blame and their investigation leads to the building owner's ex-wife. But with only circumstantial evidence, it’s difficult for A.D.A.s Jack McCoy and Connie Rubirosa to prove their case.
After Eric Khabaly is seen being murdered on tape in what appears to be an American movement against Islam, Detectives Ed Green and Nina Cassady quickly learn that prior to the murder the victim had made a frantic 911 call to the Joint Terrorist Task Force and Detective Henry Paulsen, who joins in the investigation. Once the suspect, Ben Faoud is apprehended, A.D.A.s Jack McCoy and Connie Rubirosa succeed in convincing the F.B.I. that the suspect should be tried for murder. Unfortunately, a key piece of evidence surrounds a recent shipment of uranium, which McCoy and Rubirosa are forbidden to mention by the federal government. High-power defense attorney Paul Robinette's vigorous defense of young Faoud doesn't help matters.
Carl Mullaly turns up dead after a TV magazine show airs a story that portrays him as a sexual predator. Green and Cassady investigate the victim's neighbor, who is the father of an 8-year-old girl.
An affluent executive at an armored vest company is gunned down as he arrives at his daughter's $2 million sweet 16 party and Detectives Green and Cassady quickly tie the incident to a U.S. soldier who was killed in Iraq when his vest failed. In court, the defense argues the shooter was mentally incompetent but A.D.A.s McCoy and Rubirosa press on refusing to cut a deal. Meanwhile, further investigating leads the detectives to a large supply of faulty vests that weren't destroyed but resold to a charity.
Chevy Chase plays an unemployed television actor who lets loose with a drunken, bigoted rant during a DUI bust, at which time Green and Cassady discover evidence of another far more vicious crime.
A maker of sleazy videos exploiting young drunken women is investigated after one of his associates turns up dead.
Green and Cassady hunt a mass murderer Leon Vorgitch, who recently escaped from prison. The finally corner Vorgitch in a school with a room full of hostages, and before surrendering himself to police, Vorgitch shoots a number of innocent children. With Vorgitch already serving seven life sentences, District Attorney Arthur Branch urges A.D.A.s Jack McCoy and Connie Rubirosa to expedite the process and push for a guilty plea, but Vorgitch doesn't bite as an extended trial only means a delay in his transfer to a maximum security prison - and more time for him to escape. McCoy is then left with little option but to ask the judge to bypass the law and authorize a death penalty case.
An attorney is found dead while working late with his boss. When the first suspect confirms an alibi, detectives Ed Green and Nina Cassady follow up on a lead from the victims phone records. The last call made was to a high-end escort service, the escort who was last seen with the victim at the Four Seasons Hotel bar. Prints happen to match a print from the crime scene, so Lieutenant Anita Van Buren decide to bring her in. Once she is questioned, Valoso reveals some unusual information about Weaver's connection to the escort service herself.
After Michael Jones dies in his mother's hospital room with no immediate explanation, his mother Ashley accuses her former husband's adult children, Miles and Hillary Foster, who are fighting her for control of their father's substantial fortune. The cause of death confirmed a brain tumor developed by ovarian cancer present in a bone replacement for his legs. The donor of the bone who carried the cancer died in a car crash. While her remains were to go to a funeral home for cremation, her body parts instead were sold to a clinic for money. McCoy and Rubirosa struggle to prosecute the case after it becomes clear the only way they will get the evidence they need is to test another young man who received bone grafts from the same woman who had given Michael Jones his legs.
Secrets about an adopted child are uncovered in the course of an investigation into the shooting death of a soap-opera star's husband.
The shooting of university student Jason Miles at a political rally hosted by controversial speaker Judith Barlow leaves any number of suspects, but after Green and Cassady prove that two of the people they've questioned are lying about their alibis, they turn their attention to Malcom Yates, an older PhD student who creates human embryos to harvest stem cells. It is discovered that Yates has Parkinson's disease and finds Barlow's tactics as a direct threat to his job and life. Yates' attorney, Bernie Adler, is from the ACLU, during the trial Silver infuriates the jury by calling everyone racial epithets, which angers the judge.
After a gay actor is found shot to death, Detectives Ed Green and Nina Cassady arrive at the scene and discover an email that was sent to a well-known pastor. In the email, the actor admonishes him for speaking out against gays. Asst. D.A. Jack McCoy discovers a note left behind that he suspects may be a cover for the real murderer.
The death by hanging of a successful actress and loving mother leaves the detectives searching for clues to prove it is a case of murder and not the suicide it appears to be.
After publisher Serena Darby is found murdered in her apartment, suspicion turns to J.P. Lange, a former professional baseball player acquitted of his wife's murder who had written a book hypothesizing how he would have committed the murder. Green and Cassady follow the trail of evidence from Lange to Gerald Stockwell, a former ghostwriter on the book, but Stockwell tries to clear himself by offering McCoy and Rubirosa proof that one of the jurors in Lange's trial was paid off to force an acquittal.
In a series of church burnings, the Detectives Ed Green and Nina Cassady suspect arson, however this time a victim is found among the charred ruins - the victim is a teacher and basketball coach at a private parochial school. Arson becomes a homicide investigation as the detectives discover the victim turns out to have been murdered before the fire started.
Cassady and Green try to determine who killed a female rap star, and while there are multiple suspects, the reason for her demise is not the obvious one. Detectives Ed Green and Nina Cassady are determined to find out whether this was a random homicide or connected to her work in the music business.
Karl Rostov dies at the hospital after symptoms of a sever stomach flu. The FBI are under the impression that they are dealing with terrorism until the medical examiner finds Ricin in Rostov's body. The DA's office prosecutes a Russian police officer for poisoning Karl Rostov to death after he kidnapped his daughter for a prostitution ring in New York.
After a young boy is found dead on the side of the road, Detectives Ed Green and Nina Cassady are lead to a former sex offender in the neighborhood and he turns them on to the suspects car. As they continue to investigate they uncover evidence proving that the murderer was really another boy whom their suspect had held captive for five years. This forces McCoy to fight a defense attorney's claim that the boy's captivity made him a killer.
Detectives Ed Green and Nina Cassady investigate the brutal beatings of two homeless men. As the investigation deepens, they learn one of the victims was in the Army in Iraq and one of the suspects was a soldier in Iraq. McCoy discovers that his crime may be related to the deplorable conditions he was subjected to at a V.A. hospital.
The ex-wife of a prominent former senator Randall Bailey is found brutally murdered at home the night after a fundraiser she attended with her family. While investigating the murder Detectives Ed Green and Nina Cassady find an alarming history of domestic abuse involving the entire family. However, the investigation comes to an abrupt halt when the senator is caught killing his daughter. His indictment for both murders turns the courtroom into a media circus as Bailey is represented by a slick and arrogant defense attorney Clint Glover in front of a judge more interested in public relations than justice.
The return of Det. Lupo is marred by tragedy as his seriously ill brother commits suicide with a lethal injection. But a second death by the same circumstances leads Lupo to a parolee known as "Dr. Death" and his daughter, who seems to be walking in her father's footsteps. Meanwhile, a power outage is the scene of a kidnapping of an executive's wife and daughter.
When a mother and her daughter are kidnapped during a blackout, Green and Lupo have a difficult time conducting the investigation due to the loss of power around town.
A blast uncovers a scientist who is performing controversial research, which has harmed a pregnant woman.
A defense lawyer is killed while working on a lawsuit involving a pair of missing pants. As Detectives Green and Lupo investigate, they discover a connection between the case and a large retail corporation which employs an old friend and mentor of Van Buren, who threatens the case by acting too eager and begins to cross the line.
A sensitive case of a racially motivated murder is investigated by Lupo and Green when a white male teenager and a black girl are found dead. The case soon uncovers that two brothers and the father of a local teen may be involved.
A lover's quarrel seems to have been the motive which led to a grim murder-suicide of three roommates. But further investigation sways the case in the direction of a politically connected con man.
A missing real-estate scam artist is the prime suspect in a hit and run case. The detectives go undercover to lure the conman from hiding, with the help of a title agency employee. But the focus shifts to a surprising suspect after the sting goes bad.
The police seem to be responsible for the death of a peaceful protester at an immigration rally. With McCoy pushing his own liberal agenda and refusing to back down, the case becomes a political nightmare.
The detectives discover that a large cash withdrawal was made by a doctor just before being killed in his hotel room, while attending a convention. The investigation reveals that the murder victim was not the intended target, and that a physician is unknowingly in danger.
A prostitute and her partner seem to be the prime suspects when a high school girl is found murdered. The case gets sticky when both suspects claim each other was to blame for the crime. Later, Connie deals with an admirer of the jury pool.
Evidence points to the patients of a psychiatrist of troubled teen were intimately involved with the murdered doctor. One patient who had become his wife has been named the chief suspect.
Ties are made between a dog fighting ring, a rich wine dealer and the brutal murder of a woman.
A terrorist organization seems to be tied in with the violent death of an art dealer, until the victim's troubled son with ties to a fanatic religious group is investigated.
Det. Green is named a suspect in the shooting death of a gambler and is investigated by internal affairs, leading to the revelations of his past he has taken steps to keep quiet.
Lupo and Bernard suspect that a writer's suicide is connected with a cult, which means trouble for Cutter when the jurors at the trial fear for their lives.
The killer of a worker who participated in a legal aid strike is defended by Connie. Connie is pitted against Cutter due to the number of attorneys picketing.
While investigating the murder of an auto mechanic, a shocking discovery is made which involves his boss and an online affair with an underage female.
While working a murder case, the District Attorney's office uncovers a scandal involving a prostitution business and the governor of New York, which may damage Jack McCoy's future as District Attorney.
When a Wall Street stockbroker turns up dead, sound evidence is hard to come by, and DA Jack McCoy is forced to make one of the most controversial arguments of his legal career.
Rick Devon's body is found murdered in a park, and his death is automatically assumed to be drug related. Upon investigation, detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard stumble upon a key in a nearby bathroom that could potentially have been left behind by the killer. Prints on the key lead the detectives to former felon, Diego Cardenas, who has cleaned up his act and now works at a home for mentally challenged adults. After questioning Diego, the detectives discover a hidden relationship between the murder victim and another resident of the home, Pete Haynes. Rick and Pete's relationship guides the detectives to uncover a painful family secret that could expose the killer.
The detectives discover much bigger secrets when investigating the death of a 17-year-old boy.
The detectives investigate the mystery of a falling construction crane in the city and that leads them to something much more sinister.
Bernard and Lupo are sent to upstate New York to find clues after a tourist is found murdered.
A well-known memoir writer who wrote a book about his early life as a male prostitute is found dead, but as the detectives investigate they discover that the book was based on the life of another person.
E.A.D.A. Michael Cutter and A.D.A. Connie Rubirosa question a judge who seems mentally unfit to continue to uphold the law. To make matters worse, his clerk helps cover it up by sending him instant messages during the trial that makes him seem competent.
The murder of married laywers leads Detectives Lupo and Bernard to a child slave trade ring.
A plaintiff in a class-action suit against an airline is murdered and the murder may have been committed by a lawyer linked to many other murders in the past.
Harold Foley and his wife Joyce, both biologists at a local university, come home to find their son and their housekeeper murdered. The case leads to a man obsessed with a certain sorority.
A murdered truck driver has ties to the Russian mob.
A police officer who has been having financial problems takes hostages at gunpoint and then gets killed by fellow officers. He has the keys to an apartment that isn't his primary residence; detectives Lupo and Bernard search the apartment and find a dead body and valuable stolen documents that have been stolen by a man who needs them to prove that he is related to a former President of the United States.
After an Army recruitment center is bombed an unconscious woman and her dead baby who were sleeping at the place are found in the wreckage. The case gets even more complicated after a group of voluntary vigilantes interfere in the investigation and both of the prime suspects, including the baby's own mother, have equal motives for the crime.
The creator of a religious website about Rapture is killed and the leads point to a corrupt charity.
The mistress of the CEO of a failed bank is killed in a hit-and-run and the investigation leads to a kidnapping and extortion plot.
A writer is murdered after investigating an espionage case involving the Chinese government that led to the imprisonment of a man many years ago.
Detectives Lupo and Bernard investigate the murder of a television reporter who was involved in a love triangle with one of her co-workers.
The detectives investigate the vicious beating of an Hispanic illegal immigrant who may be linked to a series of other hate crimes.
Firefighter Thomas Cooper and his wife Linda are tortured and murdered in their new townhouse. The murders are thought to be linked to an old unsolved drug case, but then the detectives learn about a firefighter named Nick Spence, who had just joined Cooper's company and was being severely hazed. The investigation suffers a setback when Spence dies in a fire under suspicious circumstances.
After two scientists are found dead in a fire, Lupo and Bernard discover that they were stabbed before the fire which leads into the investigation of a mentally disturbed woman.
When numerous homeless men are found murdered, Detective Lupo and Bernard are out to find the criminal. However, their investigation hits a roadblock when they discover a copycat might be out there.
When a prominent charity executive is found dead, Detectives Lupo and Bernard are assigned to the case. During the investigation, blackmail ensues that directly impacts Jack McCoy's campaign.
Detectives Lupo and Bernard investigate the murder of a young veteran who is found dead in a parking garage. The murder is found to be connected to a law professor that used to work for the Department of Justice.
A crime scene investigator is found dead with her unfaithful fiance as the prime suspect.
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Detectives Lupo and Bernard investigate when an aspiring musician is found dead. A bag of cash leads them to multiple suspects.
The mother of ten adopted children is found dead, and the detectives find out the father, Larry Johnson, wants to be in a reality show like "Jon & Kate Plus 8". The detectives find out that a single mother of ten also was in the running for the reality series.
A doctor who performs late-term abortions is murdered in church.
An investigation into the death of a fashion company owner leads to a threatening website.
A young woman is murdered in her apartment. A security video from the lobby reveals a connection to a drug cartel.
A nasal spray that can disorient its user is found at the scene of a terrible car crash and the detectives become suspicious of the victim's boss.
After a key witness in a murder trial is found dead outside her hotel room, the detectives suspect that Marcus Woll, a former district attorney, may be involved in a series of murders of witnesses that may also implicate Connie Rubirosa.
A man defends his store from an armed robbery that may have been a scare tactic for a shakedown.
Lupo and Bernard discover that a murdered member of a progressive community activist group may have been a conservative trying to expose the group's wrongdoings. Meanwhile, Van Buren gets bad news from former detective Rey Curtis.
When a journalist is found dead in an abandoned apartment, the investigation uncovers a relationship between the victim and a daytime talk-show host, who admits to a series of workplace affairs and a blackmail threat.
When a family of four is found murdered in their home, Detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard discover that the deaths may be related to the deceased teenage daughter's troubled friend, Bonnie. As Lupo and Bernard track down Bonnie, the detectives become aware of another suspect, Justin, who suffers from post traumatic stress disorder making the case more complicated when both suspects' mental states come into question.
When detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard come upon the burning body of Cesar, a sixteen year old charter school student from a bad neighborhood, they begin to question his young mentee Moses, who was the last person to see him alive. After evidence leads the detectives to a shocking cell phone video of the crime being committed, they soon realize that the four people in the video may be in cahoots with an unexpected ally. The investigation leads the detectives to the high school principal, Mrs. Woodside, who has all of the right answers. With a shady educator, tampered alibis and jealous schoolboys all coming into play, the detectives discover that their case may be more than elementary.
After a young woman, Justine, is found brutally murdered in a hotel and her body stashed away on a food service cart, evidence leads Detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard to a young medical school student. When a crafty lawyer, Ray Backlund, becomes involved, the detectives realize that it is going to take more than superficial evidence to put the murderer behind bars. This quickly becomes a case of mind over matter.
Detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard detain a man who is tried and found guilty of killing a gay man as a hate crime. Shortly after, Emily Ryan steps in with The Innocence Collective, determined to prove his innocence and reverse the verdict. Assistant District Attorney Michael Cutter soon discovers that Emily's overeager student assistant, Lisa Klein, may have crossed the line to get a testimony in her client's favor. Before long, personal relationships are threatened as the integrity of the entire trial is called into question.
When Detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard arrive on the scene of four fallen police officers, they have to act fast to find the shooter. With a room full of witnesses, they have a description of the culprit but little else. The case becomes even more complex when the detectives discover that the police officers may have known the shooter. The investigation quickly leads them to a circuit of drug dealers, a jealous husband and a remorseful judge who are all pieces of a larger puzzle.
When Dr. Oscar Silva, an environmental scientist, is poisoned during a conference, Lupo and Bernard suspect competitors from Silva's field of study.
When the body of Brenna Lane is found burning in an alley, Detectives Lupo and Bernard go in search of her killer. With no witnesses, they must retrace the victim's final steps to get insight into her last days. They discover that just before her death, Brenna crashed an upscale political event.
When a young heiress dies of an apparent drug overdose, Lupo and Bernard begin to suspect her cousin, whose inheritance increased after her death.
A man is stabbed to death, which uncovers a decades-old medical scandal.
A reality TV crew finds a dead body locked in a dog cage.
A blog entry leads the detectives on a search for a potential school bomber, but school officials and the teachers union think procedure is more important than the threat.