Keith Randolph Smith

A 6-year-old boy is brought to the emergency room from a midnight church service because he has stopped breathing. His foster father is there and devastated. It's unclear what happened, but the medical examiner points out a ring mark on his skin, so they think he may have been crushed. Sam (Cress Williams) and Lori-Ann Dufoy (Malinda Williams) are his foster parents. They said their son, Jamie, had all kinds of problems, including ADHD and epilepsy, making him extremely difficult to control. At first, Fin (Ice-T) and Munch (Richard Belzer) think the priest at the church might have killed him, especially when they realize it was his ring that made the imprint, but M.E. Warner (Tamara Tunie) says he was already dead when he got to the church.

Detectives Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Curtis (Benjamin Bratt) are called to the scene when a new mother takes a leap off her balcony. The case becomes complicated when the baby is nowhere to be found -- and the evidence seems to show that the victim was pushed. When McCoy (Sam Waterston) and Ross (Carey Lowell) dig deeper, they discover a husband with a dark secret and an ex-wife with a serious problem. S. Epatha Merkerson and Steven Hill also star.

An assistant district attorney slays a hired killer in his home after receiving death threats.