Should you watch Law & Order?
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Law & Order
Series · 1990
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
The sides of Law & Order
- Detectives working a New York murder
- Prosecutors taking it to trial
- Cases inspired by the headlines
Law & Order is good for you if…
- you like a new case solved in every episode.
- you like sharp interrogations and courtroom arguments.
- you like following a crime from the street to the verdict.
Law & Order is bad for you if…
- you won't commit to twenty-six seasons.
- you want to follow the characters' private lives more than the case.
About: justice · the law · guilt
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