"Law & Order" Conspiracy (1992)

Director:

Edwin Sherin

Writers:

Rene Balcer (writer) &
Michael S. Chernuchin (writer) ...

TV Series:

"Law & Order" (1990)

Original Air Date:

30 September 1992 (Season 3, Episode 2)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery | Drama

Plot:

A white Jew faces trial for the shooting death of a prominent African American leader, but was the assassination actually an inside job? |

Plot Keywords:

Attorney | Detective | Police | District Attorney | Evidence

Cast

Paul Sorvino	...	Sergeant Phil Cerreta
Chris Noth	...	Detective Mike Logan
Dann Florek	...	Captain Donald Cragen
Michael Moriarty	...	Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone
Richard Brooks	...	A.D.A. Paul Robinette
Steven Hill	...	D.A. Adam Schiff
Joe Morton	...	Roland Books
Gloria Foster	...	Satima Tate
Cynthia Martells	...	Sandra Koblin
Michael Jace	...	Otis Cooke (as Michael Jayce)
Jeff Gendelman	...	Mitchell Koblin
Eric Bogosian	...	Gary Lowenthal
Ben Hammer	...	Judge Herman Mooney
Victor Truro	...	Judge Spivack
David S. Howard	...	Mr. Koblin

Company:

Wolf Films

Trivia:

In this episode, Phil Cerreta (Paul Sorvino) and Mike Logan (Chris Noth) investigate the assassination of the leader of the African-American Congress. In "Law & Order: Entrapment (#7.9)" (1997), Lennie Brisco (Jerry Orbach) and Ray Curtis (Benjamin Bratt) investigate the attempted murder of the new AAC leader, and Lennie notes that Logan investigated the former leader's murder. Joe Morton portrayed Roland Books in the first episode, Ron C. Jones portrays him in the second, while other actors reprise their roles.

Quotes:

A.D.A. Paul Robinette: Life is hard, Otis, it's even harder when you're stupid.