A tenement building explodes and the lone victim is Joseph Haden. The building was rent controlled and there had been a tenant strike, so the police initially suspect arson. But the landlord doesn't have insurance, ruling out their arson theory, and the medical examiner discovers that Haden's neck was broken and he was tied up before the explosion happened. Trying to figure out Haden is even more difficult. He didn't appear to have a family or a girlfriend and never got any substantial mail. He worked at the Jiffy Job service station making minimum wage, yet had $90,000 in the bank. Briscoe and Green do some more digging and find out that Haden was using an alias, and his real name was Yusuf Haddad.
Season 12 Episode 24 of Law & Order resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
s12e01 - Who Let the Dogs Out?
s12e02 - Armed Forces
s12e03 - For Love or Money
s12e04 - Soldier of Fortune
s12e05 - Possession
s12e06 - Formerly Famous
s12e07 - Myth of Fingerprints
s12e08 - The Fire This Time
s12e09 - 3 Dawg Night
s12e10 - Prejudice
s12e11 - The Collar
s12e12 - Undercovered
s12e13 - DR 1-102
s12e14 - Missing
s12e15 - Access Nation
s12e16 - Born Again
s12e17 - Girl Most Likely
s12e18 - Equal Rights
s12e19 - Slaughter
s12e20 - Dazzled
s12e21 - Foul Play
s12e22 - Attorney Client
s12e23 - Oxymoron
s12e24 - Patriot
This realistic yet fictional drama looks at crime and justice from a dual perspective. In the first half-hour, Detectives Joe Fontana and Edward Green investigate crimes and apprehend suspects under the supervision of their precinct lieutenant, Anita Van Buren. The focus shifts in the second half-hour to the criminal courts as Executive Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy and Assistant District Attorney Borgia work within a complicated justice system to prosecute the accused under the guidance of District Attorney Arthur Branch.
Some cases may be simple, but most are multi-faceted. The investigations are challenging, prosecutions are complicated, and decisions about legal procedures and plea-bargaining are vexing. In the arduous and complex process of determining guilt and innocence, lives often hang in the balance.