Law & Order: Season 7

Curtis, angered by the attitude of an old colleague of... More Briscoe's, looks beyond the findings of an IAB investigation and turns up evidence of police corruption that puts the DA's office into competition with an ambitious judge and Briscoe under investigation for stealing evidence from a police lockup.

The murder of a janitor in a university laboratory building... More leads back to a student employee whose participation in a drug study may have prompted the crime.

The murder of a deadbeat father whose son is dying... More of leukemia presents McCoy and Ross with a sympathetic suspect and a moral dilemma.

The murder of Richard Speigel, chief financial officer for an... More exclusive, family-owned department store goes from the sitting room to the bedroom and into the board room as suspicion shifts from co-workers to family members.

The case against Huey Tate, a young man accused of... More shooting the well-known leader of the African-American Congress comes undone when the New York authorities learn that their chief witness was once an informant for the FBI, and is still under their protection.

The sidewalk shooting of a young husband uncovers the fact... More that his wife's first husband died in a inadequately investigated accident, and that they may have been having an affair before it happened.

The detectives face a difficult struggle getting witnesses to a... More girl's apparent suicide to come forward while Ross tries to prove that a known bully is the one really responsible for her actions.

An unpromising case of murder suddenly develops new leads when... More the cops explore the possibility that the victim was mistaken for someone else. McCoy walks a thin line in the matter of ethical conduct as he tries to make a case against a lendor who uses unscrupulous methods to collect the money owed to him.

The discovery of a would-be thief refocuses a murder investigation,... More leaving the prosecutors the task of making a conspiracy case against the deceased's attorney and the pretty young widow.

The murder of an ex-cop with a penchant for blackmail... More and illicit sex brings feminist lawyer Lanie Stieglitz into court against McCoy to defend a suburban wife and mother.

A headless corpse fished out of the river sends Briscoe... More and Curtis out to Los Angeles to obtain a blood sample from their chief suspect while McCoy and Ross back in New York try to obtain a court order for the procedure.

Back in New York with their suspect, Briscoe and Curtis... More try to pin down his schedule on the night of the murder, but find instead that another man was in the area at the right time and more importantly, might have a motive for the crime. But after the issuance of a new arrest warrant, McCoy and Ross have to fly to LA to defend their warrant against attacks by the man's defense counsel, Ross's former husband Neal Gorton.

The trial of Eddie Newman begins but the prosecution's chances... More of conviction are hampered by a "dream team" of defense attorneys, Gorton's personal pressures on Ross, the public questioning of the relationship between Curtis and Lisa Lundquist, and a surprise accusation.

McCoy becomes obsessed with nailing a serial rapist recently released... More on parole and pushes the cops perilously close to harassment as he attempts to connect the man with a new rape and murder matching his previous M.O.

The cops' best hope of finding a kidnapped hired car... More driver alive is one of the armed robbers who grabbed him after a job, but the immunity deal he demands in return would effectively preclude his prosecution for the shooting death of an off-duty cop, placing McCoy in a difficult position as he seeks to placate the cops, who want the guy prosecuted, and the kidnapped man's wife, who wants every avenue of saving her husband explored.

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

Briscoe and Curtis investigate the death of a pretty young... More book editor who was reputedly having an affair with one of her authors, and find themselves focusing on the author's long time companion, who steadfastly denies there was anything wrong with their relationship.

The cops have a definite clue when a bloodstain that's... More not the same as the victim reveals that the killer was a blood relative, and the prosecutors stumble when their chief suspect claims their chief witness is her lawyer, and his knowledge of the crime represents privileged communications.

The cops uncover a man with a secret second life... More as they try to learn who opened fire on a group of people disembarking from a party cruise, but his guilt or innocence becomes almost a second thought as Schiff goes toe to toe with the governor and the States Attorney General over the decision to seek the death penalty.