This episode appears to be based on Joel Steinberg's release from prison in 2004 by revisiting the events of the episode Indifference (1990), (which was based on the arrest and trial of Steinberg) and focuses on the murder trial of Dr. Jacob Lowenstein and his wife Carla Lowenstein. Both David Groh and Marcia Jean Kurtz reprise their roles from 14 years earlier while Dann Florek makes a guest appearance as Captain Donald Cragen, who was a regular cast member of Law & Order (1990) at the time of that episode.
This was the noteworthy first appearance of Noah Dize's as 'Concerned/Blurry Audience Member in Blue Shirt', a role that soon took on a life of its own.
Tracy Thorne is a dead ringer for Linda Hamilton's voice & body transformation for Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).