Title: True stories of Law & order : the real crimes behind the best episodes of the hit TV show /
Authors: Dwyer, Kevin.; Fiorillo, Juré.
Publisher: Berkley Boulevard,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Law & order (Television program); Crime United States Case studies; Criminal investigation United States Case studies; Trials United States Case studies.; Crime on television.
Abstract: Part of the reason millions of fans tune in to Law & Order is the gritty realism of its storytelling. The monumentally popular show has included many episodes inspired by actual cases ripped from the headlines. Here are the fascinating and shocking facts behind 25 of the hit show's most popular episodes--and, just as in the television drama, the actual crime is just the beginning, as you follow these cases from the initial stages of the investigation through the trial and up to the often controversial verdicts.--From publisher description.
Contents: LAW & ORDER: An eccentric cross dresser is accused of murdering three people, one of whom was his wife. TRUE STORY: Acquitted of murdering a neighbor, transvestite billionaire Robert Durst remains a suspect in his wife's disappearance -- LAW & ORDER: The wife of a war veteran hires a hit man to kill her husband. TRUE STORY: Weeks after returning from combat duty in the Gulf War, Anthony Riggs was killed in a life insurance scheme hatched by his wife and brother in law -- LAW & ORDER: A well meaning but misguided priest comes to he aid of a poor college student accused of murdering his wealthy girlfriend. TRUE STORY: Bonnie GarIand, a student at Yale University, was murdered in her Scarsdale home by fellow student and exboyfriend Richard Herrin; the Catholic church spoke out in Herrin's defense --^