| # | Title | Original Airdate | Plot Inspiration(s) |
|---|
| 278 | "American Jihad" | 2 October 2002 | Based on the John Walker Lindh case. |
| 279 | "Shangri-La" | 9 October 2002 | Based on the Treva Throneberry case. |
| 280 | "True Crime" | 16 October 2002 | Based on the Kurt Cobain case. |
| 281 | "Tragedy on Rye" | 30 October 2002 | Inspired by the . |
| 282 | "The Ring" | 6 November 2002 | |
| 283 | "Hitman" | 13 November 2002 | |
| 284 | "Open Season" | 20 November 2002 | Based on the Lynne Stewart/Omar Abdel-Rahman case. |
| 285 | "Asterisk" | 27 November 2002 | Inspired by the steroids scandal in Major League Baseball and the Jayson Williams case. |
| 286 | "The Wheel" | 11 December 2002 | |
| 287 | "Mother's Day" | 8 January 2003 | |
| 288 | "Chosen" | 15 January 2003 | |
| 289 | "Under God" | 5 February 2003 | |
| 290 | "Absentia" | 12 February 2003 | Based on the Ira Einhorn case. |
| 291 | "Star Crossed" | 19 February 2003 | |
| 292 | "Bitch" | 26 February 2003 | Inspired by the Martha Stewart insider trading scandal. |
| 293 | "Suicide Box" | 26 March 2003 | |
| 294 | "Genius" | 2 April 2003 | Inspired by Jack Abbott/Gary Gilmore and their relationship with author Norman Mailer. |
| 295 | "Maritime" | 17 April 2003 | Based on the Bison Dele case. |
| 296 | "Seer" | 23 April 2003 | |
| 297 | "Kid Pro Quo" | 30 April 2003 | Based on the Sanford Weill case. |
| 298 | "House Calls" | 7 May 2003 | Inspired by the Winona Ryder shoplifting case. |
| 299 | "Sheltered" | 14 May 2003 | Based on the John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo case. |
| 300 | "Couples" | 21 May 2003 | Based on the Scott Peterson case and the Clara Harris case. |
| 301 | "Smoke" | 21 May 2003 | Inspired by the Michael Jackson child molestation scandal and the incident of when he dangled his kid on a balcony. |