Episode
Law & Order: Causa Mortis
Overview
McCoy's new second chair, ADA Jamie Ross, is determined to prosecute as harshly as possible a carjacker who took the life of a teacher as she pleaded for her life on an audio tape discovered at the crime scene.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 1996-09-18
- Runtime
- 47 min
Episode context
Causa Mortis is Episode 1 in Season 7 of Law & Order. It aired on 1996-09-18. The runtime is 47 min.
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