The discovery of a young woman’s body in the river leads to an investigation of illegal sweatshops and the enslavement of young immigrants.

Dr. Olivet accuses her gynecologist of rape, but Stone finds his case in trouble when he discovers that Olivet tape-recorded the crime.

Cerreta and Stone find themselves on opposite sides of the fence when a storeowner kills two robbers and then claims self-defense as a justification.

A priest-turned-lawyer uses race and class as the basis for his defense of a young Mexican man who murdered his wealthy girlfriend after she broke up with him.

A teenager’s fatal heart attack is traced to fraud and greed on the part of the manufacturer of his pacemaker and their supplier.

When a sleazy photographer is murdered, his models appear to be the most likely suspects.

The assassination of an African-American leader leads to the arrest of a man whose ex-wife was suspected of having an affair with the victim.

The murder of a Wall Street legend begins a case involving an ailing union worker and a former governor and old friend of Schiff’s.

When a Chinese-American honors student is killed, the investigation uncovers a racist mother who’s son was competing with the victim for the same scholarship.

A politician opposes the prosecution of his son’s murderer because it might mean revealing that his late son was gay.

Cerreta and Logan investigate the accusation that a nun in charge of a shelter for teens molested a young addict.

The discovery of a dead baby leads to a case involving a slumlord who would not provide any heat and who defends her actions by blaming the rent laws.

The brutal murder of a Jewish jeweler appears to be a hate crime, but the investigation soon leads back to the man’s brother and his shady business deals.

An apparent mugging ends in the death of a wealthy woman but the case comes to hang on a silver pin that may have been in the victim’s possession.

Stone is determined to see that a teenage boy doesn’t get away with murder twice when the young man is brought to trial for the shooting death of one of…

The parents of a murdered woman contest Stone’s prosecution of her killer so that he can be extradited to their home state, where the death penalty still exists.

An obsessive fan pleads temporary insanity when he is charged with attempting to murder the soap-opera actress who is the center of his life.

Stone faces an old rival in court as he tries to link a hit man and three murders to a sleazy lawyer and a powerful man behind bars.

A hit-and-run investigation leads to the discovery of a schoolteacher carrying on an affair with one of her students. Cerreta and Logan suspect that she may have manipulated him into…

The investigation into a social-club fire which claimed 53 fatalities leads to a connection between arson, illegal immigrants and the sale of green cards.

The discovery of a frozen corpse in a dumpster leads to rival Broadway producers.

The renovation of a brownstone uncovers the remains of a boy who disappeared 31 years earlier, reviving a wrenching and long-suppressed memory in his childhood friend and neighbor.

The detectives investigate the gang rape of a college student during a fraternity Holloween party.

A couple faces trial after they deny medical help to their daughter based on their religious beliefs.

The mugging of a pregnant legal secretary leads to a case involving her lover, her boss and charges of murder when she loses the baby.

A lethal drug overdose leads the detectives to an aggressive stage mother and a pornographic movie producer.

The conviction of a homeless man for murder is threatened on appeal based on the lack of a search warrant for his “home”, which was a lean-to in Central Park.

Logan crosses the line in order to obtain a confession from the man suspected of murdering Max Greevey. Stone finds that his prosecution is placed in jeopardy because of Logan’s…

A double homicide casts suspicion on both the ex-wife and the former boyfriend of the murdered duo, with the dead man’s murdered son holding the key to the mystery.

Cragen comes under suspicion when his mentor in the department is investigated for laundering drug money.

Logan is forced to face his cultural biases when both a Cuban drug dealer and an Irish terrorist are suspected of killing a Lebanese gunrunner.

Stone and Robinette prosecute a surgeon and the wealthy father of a transplant patient for illegally obtaining a kidney.

The accidental shooting of two children by a 14-year-old hired killer leads to a drug dealer and a real estate agent.

Stone faces a flashy Texas lawyer and a hostile community as he tries to prosecute a young man accused of killing a drug dealer.

Two brothers appear to be the logical suspects in the murder of their wealthy parents.

Greevey and Logan reopen an investigation to help Stone and Robinette build a stronger case against three boys accused of gang-raping a TV reporter.

An assault on a candy storeowner leads Stone and Robinette to build a case against a powerful mafia don.

Stone tries to salvage his prosecution of the Masucci family when Beigel faces bribery charges and seems willing to turn against his brother-in-law.

Stone faces pressure from the public and from Schiff as he prepares to prosecute the person accused of bombing an abortion clinic.

Police start a citywide manhunt for a man suspected of killing a cop during a rooftop pursuit.