When the sister of a former prisoner of Abu Ghraib prisoner is accused of killing one of their brother's guards, the defense hoists up the terms of the Geneva Convention in the courtroom.
A firefighter's ex commits murder and blames it on post-traumatic stress.
The possible suspects in the murder of a prison gang member include a corrections officer who had his family threatened by the parolee.
The investigation into the deaths of college students reveals a mutual tie to a pharmaceutical testing program that may have lead to an outbreak of suicides.
Green goes undercover to bust an illegal firearms ring and avenge the lives of the two policemen who died trying to do the same job when a web site gives up undercover officers.
The investigation into the death of a novelist undergoing liposuction leads to a careless doctor's poor medical history.
McCoy challenges a man's claim that he can't testify against a shifty developer because of their marriage after the Governor's wife is murdered.
Detectives are at first hesitant to believe a dj's claim that they've been shot and almost killed after countless staged muggings for ratings. As it turns out, the DJ and a mob boss share a mistress.
A federal witness with Russian mob ties is gunned down on the sidewalk.
The prosecution of an Afghani in connection to the deaths of heroin dealers meets with resistance from the State Department.
Fontana and Green look into a hit and run that leaves a child-murderer, a past convicted suspect, for dead.
Detectives Fontana and Green suspect a woman and her boyfriend may be involved in the death of her husband, a venture-capitalist.
Fontana and Green believe that the truth behind a rap legend's murder may be found in some rap lyrics. The rap legend's protege is brought to trial, but when he pays a friend to confess, the prosecution worries that neither person can be found guilty. Arthur Branch fires Serena Southerlyn from the DA's office.
After nine people die, the detectives discover that the victims had received a fake flu vaccine.
A Right Wing talk show host is murdered and the suspects include all the people who would benefit from the wealth he left behind such as his wife and the woman who had accused him of sexual harassment.
During the investigation into a gambler's murder, the detectives discover a link to a pro-basketball player and the fingerprints to match.
Detectives on the case discover that a deadly car chase through Manhattan was spurred on by a man chasing the murderer of a handful of hunters. The district attorney's office tries to separate public opinion in favor of his actions from his reckless endangerment.
A celebrity chef is the main suspect in the murder of a network executive after an affair between the two and the potential for his show's cancellation are discovered.
A murder investigation reveals a cult that favors sexual activity between adults and minors and has led to numerous suicides.
A young female lawyer is found murdered and the judge presiding over the case disallows evidence key to the prosecution of another lawyer at the dead woman's firm. When another crime takes place, the shooting of Detective Edward Green, McCoy pressures a senior partner for assistance.
Fontana and his temporary partner Falco try to unravel the murders of a porn star and a publisher. Things get heavy when the suspect trail leads to a police commissioner.
A Panamanian jockey is murdered and the Detectives search for clues at the horse track and through the ownership of the prize horse.
After a firefighter dies in a blaze, Fontana and Falco find a charred pistol which appears to be the murder weapon in a closed case.
A man claims it wasn't his intention that anyone other than himself die when he parked his car on railroad tracks, attempting suicide, and the ensuing derailment leads to the death of eleven passengers. During the trial, the man fires his lawyer and represents himself, but the testimony of his brother, called by the prosecution, is his undoing.