After a disabled boy dies of smoke inhalation during a fire, his parents and a building tenant with a history of “”accidental”” fires become suspects.

A routine investigation into a woman’s death leads Briscoe and Logan to a fertility doctor guilty of unethical practices, but who cannot apparently be touched because of confidentiality rules, and…

A jogger killed in Central Park turns out to be the second wife of a former comedy club owner, who was acquitted of killing his first wife. And convicting him…

A message overheard on an answering machine leads Briscoe and Curtis to a confessed murderer and the home of wealthy Carl Anderton, whose stubborn non-cooperation with the district attorney threatens…

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.

The victim in a 30-year-old rape and stabbing case is fearful when information received by Briscoe and Curtis creates the possibility of a new trial for the perpetrator.

The investigation into the death of a man who initially appears to be the victim of a mugging victim reveals him to be a Middle Eastern physician who performs genital…

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…

A murderer’s shooting spree in Central Park prompts Briscoe and his new partner, Detective Eddie Green, to trace the murder weapon’s origination; McCoy makes it his mission to punish the…

The death of a show horse leads to a trial involving insurance fraud, a sting operation and a wealthy woman’s disappearance.

After Briscoe and Curtis finally determine who was driving the car that killed three people, the legal prosecution stands in danger of becoming a kangaroo court when McCoy’s feelings over…

The investigation into the killing of an abortion clinic doctor leads to an activist group led by a former priest.

Briscoe and Green believe a 10-year-old is responsible for a child’s death, and McCoy wants her isolated to stop any future fatalities.

McCoy finds that his career is on the line when his former female assistant and ex lover accuses him of forging evidence that helped put an innocent man in prison.

The shooting of two people in a restaurant restroom takes some abrupt turns as they try to discover who exactly the intended victim was, and the prosecutors have to deal…

A Wall Street broker accused of murdering his mentor uses the defense of “”black rage”” in court.

The investigation into a girl’s death reveals secrets the adoptive family was desperately trying to hide.

It’s old home week for Briscoe when an apparent murder of a teenage model in New York develops ties to Baltimore and Detectives Munch and Falsone pay a visit to…

The cops have a definite clue when a bloodstain that’s not the same as the victim reveals that the killer was a blood relative, and the prosecutors stumble when their…

The investigation into a prostitute’s murder leads to a married plastic surgeon as the obvious suspect, but Kincaid has a hunch that an elaborate frame-up is in play.

McCoy uses a charge of “”larceny by extortion”” against a councilman, whose former colleague claims he demanded sex in exchange for a law-firm partnership.

The cops uncover a man with a secret second life as they try to learn who opened fire on a group of people disembarking from a party cruise, but his…

The paternity of a black baby given up for adoption by a white mother might provide a clue to her murderer but it also unearths some long buried family secrets.

A mother claiming that her baby was kidnapped while she was at confession retraces her steps and actions with Curtis, which raises legal questions later when her attorney introduces a…

Among the suspects in a lawyer’s murder are a swindler, who conned a woman out of her family fortune, and the woman’s once-wealthy son.

The murder of a bail bondsman looks fairly routine until the chance words of the chief suspect uncovers possible case-fixing between a shady lawyer and an unknown contact within the…

A hidden anti-Semitic message in a high school yearbook offers a clue to an art teacher’s murder and leads to a case that matches McCoy against “Klan lawyer” Roy Payne.

A discrepancy concerning the time of death of a drive-by shooting victim leads McCoy and Ross to initiate prosecutions against both the shooter and the doctor who harvested her organs…

The cops’ best hope of finding a kidnapped hired car driver alive is one of the armed robbers who grabbed him after a job, but the immunity deal he demands…

When the detectives solve a series of murders committed by a holdup team in ski masks, McCoy must determine whether a young woman found with them is an unwilling hostage,…

A routine investigation uncovers evidence that leads Briscoe and Logan to a long-time fugitive, a radical Vietnam War opponent on the run since a 1971 burglary that left a policeman…

A young man who claims to have helped a murdered young man change a flat tire is first the cops’ primary suspect, then the prosecutors’ chief witness.

When Lt. Van Buren is the victim of an attempted holdup by two teens, she fires her gun and kills one of them, and the detectives are faced with the…

After the cops trace an eagle tattoo on a man shot and killed while holding up an armored truck to a group of militia members, McCoy finds himself facing one…

Briscoe and Curtis investigate the death of a pretty young book editor who was reputedly having an affair with one of her authors, and find themselves focusing on the author’s…

Briscoe and Curtis try to solve a co-ed’s murder after a graphic description appears online, while McCoy finds himself up against a lawyer who is reluctant to reveal elements of…

When Briscoe and Logan suspect that a missing infant may have been murdered by her parents rather than kidnapped, they uncover a terrible family secret which hides a mentally ill…

A comedy-club owner comes under suspicion for having shot his wife, now comatose with a bullet in her head, after it’s discovered he was abusive and she was about to…

Bloody sheets and an apparently stolen credit card lead Briscoe and Curtis to a pair of college age lovers who present McCoy and Ross with a united front of denial…

The trial of Eddie Newman begins but the prosecution’s chances of conviction are hampered by a “dream team” of defense attorneys, Gorton’s personal pressures on Ross, the public questioning of…