The D.A. - Season 1

Even though the father of a little girl has admitted to drowning his daughter, it's up to Ryan to show that it was pre-meditated murder.

Whether or not a suspect's confession is admissible is what will make or break a case of homicide.

A law enforcement officer comes under scrutiny because of the number and type of deals he makes with the criminals he arrests.

A student radical is arrested and charged with conspiracy to violate the law governing the control of a deadly weapon.

A trial's outcome hinges on the testimony of a woman against a drug pusher. But her own substance induced emotional instability may undo the D.A.'s case.

It's 1971, racial tensions are still very high and causing an extreme bottleneck in the court system.

Deputy D.A. Paul Ryan and the District Attorney's Office is finding out just how difficult it is to get a conviction in a case of alleged child molestation.

Things start to go south for Ryan's case when the District Attorney's main witness shows signs of a coming nervous breakdown.

Illegal offshore oil dumping has become a major environmental problem and the D.A.'s office starts working night and day to catch the violators.

A woman is raped by a hooded assailant. Ryan's case depends on if she can positively identify him without having ever seen his face.

Just when Ryan declares a case ready to close, another person comes forward and confesses to the same crime, throwing the whole first case out the window.

A man and woman have brought a case against another man, charging him with robbery. But Ryan is finding out that there is more to this than meets the eye as a strange relationship between the three unfolds.

Ryan has to walk carefully but can't shrink back in the prosecution of a public official accused of corruption and extortion.

There is no statue of limitations when it comes to a murder case, and Ryan now faces having to prosecute a murder that happened twenty years ago.

A heartless furniture salesman who takes advantage of the poor and needy becomes Ryan's next target for prosecution.