Blood Libel

"Blood Libel"
←	L&O, Episode 6.09	→
Production number: K0109 First aired: 3 January 1996
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Teleplay By I.C. Rapoport Story By I.C. Rapoport & René Balcer Directed By Constantine Makris

Plot

A hidden antisemitic message in a yearbook offers a clue to a Jewish teacher's murder.

Cast

Main cast

• Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe
• Benjamin Bratt as Detective Rey Curtis
• S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
• Sam Waterston as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
• Jill Hennessy as A.D.A. Claire Kincaid
• Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff

Recurring cast

• Jeanne Ruskin as Defense Attorney Alice Marsdale

Guest cast

• Chris Cooper as Defense Attorney Roy Payne
• Jack Vinson as Matt Hastings
• Lee Wilkof as Dr. Alvin Sabloff
• Mark Zeisler as Richard Kovax
• Zach Grenier as Mr. Aronson
• Santiago Douglas as Eddie Camarillo
• Mike Mearian as Judge Horace Busey
• Liz Larsen as Lana Halstead
• Claire Beckman as Diane Farrow
• Joanne Camp as Mrs. Hastings
• Skye Bassett as Mattie Braverman
• Leslie Hibbard as Loren Nadel
• Michael Heintzman as Naves
• Rick Zieff as Forensic Technician Rosen
• Ron Lee Savin as Dooley
• Tracie Jade as Tracy Ettinger
• Devin Doherty as Rick Niels
• Justin McCarthy as Randy Ashton
• David Edward Jones as Mr. Hastings
• Cortez Nance Jr. as Mr. Carson
• Joel Rooks as Mr. Baron
• Santo Fazio as Johnny Cobb
• Jim Siatkowski as Board of Education Lawyer
• Edward D. Murphy as CSU Technician Bailey
• Larry Gregory as First Uniform Policeman
• Richard Mawe as Jury Foreperson
• Dalit Berkowitz as Sarah Aronson (uncredited)

References

• Leonardo da Vinci
• Ernest Hemingway
• Adolf Hitler
• Israel
• Bill Kunstler
• Las Vegas, Nevada
• Jonathan Pollard
• Ezra Pound
• Vassar College
• Vernonia ruling
• Richard Wagner
• Vanna White

Background information and notes

Episode scene cards

1	2	3
Apartment of Mr. & Mrs. Aronson 86 W 72nd Street Thursday, November 10	Architectural Maneuvers 521 W 56th Street Monday, November 14	Forensics Lab One Police Plaza Friday, November 18

4	5	6
Supreme Court Motion Hearing Tuesday, December 6	St. Justin's Hospital 557 E 21st Street Thursday, December 8	Supreme Court Motion Hearing Monday, December 19

7	8	9
Supreme Court Trial Part 74 Wednesday, January 25	Supreme Court Trial Part 74 Tuesday, January 31	Supreme Court Trial Part 74 Thursday, February 2

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