Filmed on location in New York, the drama showcases the sometimes-complex process of determining guilt or innocence, while lives hang in the balance. Often inspired by the latest headlines, the plots highlight legal, ethical or personal dilemmas to which people can relate.
A college student from a poor Mexican family kills his rich co-ed fiancee after she breaks up with him. (S3 Ep3)
A teenage boy dies because of a faulty pacemaker, and detectives soon discover that he is not the only person to die from pacemakers manufactured by the same company. (S3 Ep4)
Two washed-up, handcuffed corpses are identified as Mexican immigrants, and the investigation reveals that they may have been working as slave labor in a sweatshop. (S3 Ep5)
A Greek immigrant jewelry store owner kills two robbers and claims self-defence. But did his actions actually cross into revenge and murder? (S3 Ep7)
An assassin is accused of the murder of a Colombian couple in a restaurant. While trying to make the case, Ceretta is shot by a gun dealer who the prosecution needs as a witness. (S3 Ep8)
A woman claims she killed a man outside a bar because he was going to rape her, but was it really a mob hit? Ceretta tells Logan he isn't returning to the precinct after his shooting. (S3 Ep9)
The death of a pregnant drug mule leads to the discovery of a Nigerian heroin smuggling ring that leads all the way to a diplomat who is also a Nigerian tribal chief. (S3 Ep10)
An innocent man confesses to killing his girlfriend and takes a plea. ADA Robinette suspects that his defence may have conspired with the victim's estate planner for financial reasons. (S3 Ep12)
Prosecution of an elderly Jewish man accused of killing his wife, a Holocaust survivor, becomes complicated when it emerges he may have collaborated with the Nazis during World War II. (S3 Ep13)
The D.A. tries to hold a psychiatrist criminally responsible when a client she is accused of having sexual relations with kills his girlfriend. (S3 Ep14)
Briscoe and Logan investigate the murder of a young woman hooked on crack, who once had a bright future ahead of her. Evidence points to a family member as the likely culprit. (S3 Ep15)
Briscoe and Logan get a confession from a man with a learning disability in a murder case. Further investigation reveals that he may be innocent, but he maintains that he is guilty. (S3 Ep16)
After a female naval officer is killed during a drunken party, the navy claims jurisdiction in the case. But detectives soon suspect that the guilty party is being protected. (S3 Ep17)
A university scientist is murdered, allegedly over an affair her husband was having. However, Stone later suspects that there was actually no affair. (S3 Ep18)
A computer virus creates a malfunction at a diabetes clinic, resulting in the death of two patients. Detectives find links to a hacker, whose father accused the clinic of malpractice. (S3 Ep19)
A teenage Romanian immigrant kills his father, a cruel former secret police officer, after his father kills his own brother. (S3 Ep20)
After a cop is killed while trying to make a drug arrest, the investigation reveals that some of his fellow officers may have stood by and let him die for reasons of their own. (S3 Ep21)
A young deaf woman is murdered - but was is it her scorned lover or her obsessed mentor? Detectives Briscoe and Logan scour phone transcripts, while forensics narrow the search. (S3 Ep22)