Law & Order: Trial by Jury
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| Also known as | Law & Order: TBJ Trial by Jury |
| Genre | Legal drama |
| Created by | Dick Wolf |
| Starring |
Bebe Neuwirth Amy Carlson Kirk Acevedo Fred Dalton Thompson Jerry Orbach Scott Cohen |
| Narrated by |
Steven Zirnkilton (opening only) |
| Opening theme | Theme of Law & Order: Trial by Jury |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) |
Walon Green Peter Jankowski Dick Wolf |
| Running time | 42 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Wolf Films NBC Universal Television Studio |
| Release | |
| Original network |
NBC (2005) Court TV (2006) |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | March 3, 2005 – January 21, 2006 |
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| Related shows | Law & Order franchise |
Law & Order: Trial by Jury is an American television drama about criminal trials set in New York City. It was the fourth series in Wolf's successful Law & Order franchise. The show's almost exclusive focus was on the criminal trial of the accused, showing both the prosecution's and defense's preparation for trial, as well as the trial itself. The series premiered on Thursday, March 3, 2005, and ended on January 21, 2006. Its regular time slot was Fridays 10/9 p.m. ET on NBC. The last episode aired on Court TV months after the series' cancellation.
In the criminal justice system, all defendants are innocent until proven guilty, either by confession, plea bargain, or trial by jury. This is one of those trials.
Trial by Jury focuses on criminal legal procedures and preparation that are rarely depicted on other Law & Order series, such as jury selection, deliberations in the jury room, as well as jury research and mock trials prepared by the defense to use psychological studies and socioeconomic status profiling to their advantage. The episodes usually start with a witness or victim's personal account of a crime. This is a departure from the other Law & Order series, which usually begin by depicting either the actual crime or its discovery/reporting by civilians. The show progresses on from that point, showing how both sides develop their strategies for winning the case. In addition, a few episodes show jury deliberations. The show develops the judges as characters, showing scenes of them conferring with each other and reusing the same judges in multiple episodes.
The series follows Bureau Chief Tracey Kibre (Bebe Neuwirth), an Executive A.D.A. assigned to Manhattan's homicide division. Kibre's team, including Detective Lennie Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and A.D.A. Kelly Gaffney (Amy Carlson), follows up on leads and interview witnesses, as well as participating in trials, during which both sides examine witnesses and give arguments. Similarly, the defense's preparation varies from episode to episode, running the gamut from testing arguments in front of jury focus groups to deal-making between co-defendants. Several pretrial meetings are held where some procedural issue is argued and ruled on.
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