Episode
Law & Order: Right to Counsel
Overview
After Stone accepts a plea bargain from the much younger and poorer lover of a wealthy older woman found murdered in her apartment, he begins to have doubts that he has sent the right man to prison, especially as he learns more about the attorney who handled the woman's estate.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 1993-01-13
- Runtime
- 47 min
Episode context
Right to Counsel is Episode 12 in Season 3 of Law & Order. It aired on 1993-01-13. The runtime is 47 min.
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