"Law & Order, the longest running crime series and the second longest running drama series in the history of American broadcast television, has entered its 18th season in the beginning of January, 2008. The show has won 1997 Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama series. Each hour long episode starts with a prologue-
“In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate, yet equally important, groups: the police, who investigate crime, and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories"