Season Thirteen
Season Thirteen
American Jihad
A troubled young man motivated by his religious beliefs becomes the prime suspect in a double homicide.
REAL CASE:
The murdered Dartmouth professors; John Walker Lindh; Zacarias Moussaoui
Shangri-La
When a female high school teacher is found dead, Briscoe and Green discover a love triangle involving a student and a male teacher.
REAL CASE:
Brianna Stewart/Treva Throneberry
True Crime
A rock singer's body is found in a garbage can with large amounts of heroin and cocaine in her system.
REAL CASE:
Kurt Cobain's death
Tragedy on Rye
Detectives hope a vacation video may have information about the death of a struggling actress.
REAL CASE:
Carnegie Deli murders
The Ring
A $40,000 diamond ring is used to identify the skeletal remains of a murder victim who reportedly died in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
Hitman
Detectives suspect a young bride and her reputed lover hired a hit on her husband.
Open Season
The acquittal of an alleged cop-killer leads to the murder of a defense attorney and a suspect who may belong to a white supremacy group.
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Detectives accuse a star baseball player of killing the limousine driver who supplied him with steroids.
The Wheel
The smoldering corpse of an Asian girl found outside the Chinese consul general's apartment leads the detectives to believe she had made a political statement. When forensics shows that she had been murdered beforehand, they find themselves in the middle of a religious conflict with the consul general their prime suspect and his attorney an old friend of District Attorney Branch.
Mother's Day
Detectives suspect foul play when a teenager dies after being struck by a vehicle in front of a coffee shop.
Chosen
Detectives discover a murder victim was the muscle end of a well-organized, two-man gambling operation, drawing suspicion to his partner; prosecutors contend with a creative defense attorney's inventive strategy.
Under God
A vigilante priest kills a notorious drug dealer in the name of God; Briscoe is reminded of his daughter's death at the hands of a trafficker.
Absentia
Two seemingly unrelated murders, stolen jewels and a case of mistaken identity lead to a defendant being tried for a crime without being present at the trial.
Star Crossed
After a luxury car salesman is found bludgeoned to death in Harlem, detectives search for his last customer, tracing the suspect through a robbery spree.
B*tch
A cosmetics tycoon is involved in controversial stock transactions, scandalous affairs and hormone-replacement therapy.
REAL CASE:
Martha Stewart
Suicide Box
A media-savvy attorney defends a black teenager who is accused of shooting an off-duty police officer.
Genius
Detectives investigate a taxicab driver's death and discover his last fare was a gifted writer with a violent streak.
Maritime
When a woman's body is found floating in the East River, detectives retrace the victim's steps and learn she recently attended a professional football star's birthday party.
REAL CASE:
Bison Dele
Seer
Evidence points to the boy next door when a female executive is murdered after a Soho gathering, but he claims his knowledge of the crime came from a psychic vision.
Kid Pro Quo
Investigators identify multiple suspects in the murder of the admissions director at an ultra-elite private school, including its headmaster.
REAL CASE:
Sanford Weill/Jack Grubman
House Calls
The detectives believe a Russian model is an abuse victim when she is found dead in a clothing boutique with a number of old and recent injuries; a tox screen reveals a possible narcotic involvement.
REAL CASE:
Winona Ryder
Sheltered
A sniper shoots four people at random in Manhattan in broad daylight and causes a citywide panic; Jack and Serena uncover a shocking truth behind the shootings.
REAL CASE:
Washington D.C. snipers John Mohammed and Lee Malvo
Couples
Detectives probe a string of domestic murders, including the case of a distraught wife who allegedly ran over her cheating husband and the slaying of a woman with a murky relationship to two brothers
REAL CASES:
Laci Peterson, Clara Harris, gay/lesbian marriages and health benefits
Smoke
Detectives try to uncover a comic's dark secret after the entertainer's infant son is dropped to his death from a high-rise window; prosecutors follow a money trail trying to nail the celebrity and his accomplices in a conspiracy.
REAL CASE:
Michael Jackson
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