Christopher Patrick Mullen

Detectives Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Curtis (Benjamin Bratt) are thrown into a search for a disturbed killer when a murdered mailman and a severely tortured woman, hanging on for her life, are found. They arrest a serial killer who confesses to the crimes and is eager to make a deal to avoid the death penalty, but Assistant District Attorneys McCoy (Sam Waterston) and Carmichael (Angie Harmon) find themselves in a moral dilemma when they discover that the wrong killer is in custody. S. Epatha Merkerson and Steven Hill also star.

When a Hispanic male is found dead from a severe chest trauma, Detectives Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) discover that he and two other illegal immigrants had been in a staged automobile accident. As evidence mounts linking numerous similar car crashes with the same employer - Bill Reed (Doc Dougherty) , chiropractor - Dr. Jerome Raleigh (Matthew Sussman), insurance adjuster, and lawyers, A.D.A.s McCoy (Sam Waterston) and Carmichael (Angie Harmon) must determine who is ultimately responsible for the man's death, from which so many others profited.