Schiff’s re-election may hinge on the stabbing death of a police officer; Briscoe’s daughter is arrested for dealing drugs.

The investigation into the death of a jogger mauled by a vicious dog leads to an Attica inmate, his attorneys, and an underground dog-fighting ring.

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…

Suspects in a psychiatrist’s murder include the victim’s ex-husband, a patient suffering from multiple-personality disorder and her obstructive father.

The investigation of a schizophrenic woman’s death leads to a case involving a homeless man and his right to refuse medication.

The double murder of a wealthy man and his daughter leads the detectives to the wife and stepmother of the deceased. However, Canada’s objection to the death penalty hampers McCoy…

The investigation into multiple homicides at a clothing store leads to the arrest of a schizophrenic who presents McCoy with a formidable opponent when he decides to represent himself.

The investigation into a double murder leads to a young alcoholic whose family once lived in the victims’ house and who had admitted to his AA group that he’s had…

The death of a college student leads to a case involving an HIV-positive male who’s seeking to infect as many young women as possible. McCoy, testing right-to-privacy ethics, wants to…

After a prisoner’s murder, an investigation leads to a suspect, but the question arises if he acted on his own or on orders from within the prison.

The investigation into the murder of a model with a passion for cocaine and partying focuses on the men in her life — a nightclub owner, a basketball player, a…

A taxi driver finds that his passenger is dead, leading the detectives to a case involving an insurance scam and Holocaust victims.

The murder of an employee at a fertility clinic leads to a case involving a dead man’s first and second wives.

The death of an autistic youth in custody reveals a multitude of unusual and possibly illegal therapies being used, but also parents reluctant to pursue a prosecution.

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…

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 patient is found beaten to death in a hospital lounge — and the resulting case involves infidelity, Alzheimer’s disease and a ladies’ man.

A woman is shot while sleeping, and the investigation leads the police to a boy whose crack-addicted mother has entrusted him to a dealer’s care.

Jamie Ross returns as a defense attorney to represent a previous client who has key evidence concerning a prisoner on death row.

The investigation into how a teen got wounded leads to a case involving a young woman’s murder and a drug operation.

Taking on an apparent mafia murder, Detectives Briscoe and Curtis are stymied by a dead witness and a seemingly incoherent mob boss.

The shooting of a board member of an exclusive private school leads to a blue-collar family and a classist system.

After a woman’s body is found in a subway station, a suspect is arrested, but the resulting case concerns the lack of medication supplied him while in prison.

A down-on-his-luck ad executive becomes the prime suspect when his wife and son are killed, and his daughter wounded on a night that he claims was spent drinking.

A frustrating investigation of a purse-snatching victim who was fatally shot leads to tension between Briscoe and Green over age and racial innuendoes. Briscoe notices his partner has developed a…

After a child in a day-care center dies of a virus, Briscoe and Curtis try to find the source of the infection, leading to a case involving an extramarital affair,…

A bomb at a construction site kills a 12-year-old boy, and the suspects include the bankrupt contractor and a jealous husband.

The stabbing death of a psychologist draws Detectives Briscoe and Curtis into a heated divorce case and pits McCoy and Ross against a manipulative attorney.

When a young attorney is murdered shortly after he decides to file a sexual harassment claim against his employer, Briscoe and Curtis quickly discover that the alleged harasser and his…

The detectives investigate the murder of a young violinist whose fellow musicians resented her rapid rise to fame, in a trial that results in threats exchanged between Lewin and the…

After the detectives find a murdered postman and a woman who was left for dead in her apartment, the investigation leads to a serial killer and a surprise.

The investigation that follows the discovery of a comatose woman in her apartment leads to an unusual case involving murder and a possible frame-up, despite the prosecution having key DNA…

A subway station gas attack, similar to one that took place in a Baltimore church five years earlier, brings Baltimore detectives Tim Bayliss and Frank Pembleton to New York to…

As Briscoe and Green investigate the shooting of judge, suspicion quickly points to her husband as the person who ordered the hit, but McCoy’s case is hindered when she refuses…

The street murder of a woman who worked with underprivileged kids takes a turn towards the bizarre when the detectives uncover she had a predilection for kinky sex, and that…

Briscoe and Logan set out to identify the apparent victim in a snuff film, but find her alive and really the victim of a points-for-sex club at her prestigious high…

Paul Robinette places the system on trial when he defends a young black woman accused of kidnapping her biological baby from his white, adoptive parents.

The murder of a drug-laden teen presents the detectives with a host of suspects from her wealthy family.

Detectives discover a shocking twist involving unlikely suspects when they investigate the brutal beating of a black man dumped near the highway.

The cops, as they try to pin down the specifics of an assault on a man reluctant to talk about it, uncover the alleged rape of two women in custodial…