On a morning talk show, a Black entertainer who was recently released from prison states that he is innocent, that he did not rape anyone, and that he is going to spend his life correcting this travesty of justice.

However, the man is soon found with five bullets in him. Cosgrove is disgusted by this man, but Bernard tells him every victim deserves respect.

Bernard and Cosgrove talk to King's wife, who didn't turn on the security cameras because she's from North Carolina and isn't used to even needing to lock her front door.

Later, at the station, Dixon doesn't take kindly to Bernard mentioning that this is the first time he can remember anyone caring that a Black man was shot. She wants him and Cosgrove to focus on the case.

Bernard and Cosgrove talk to a man who King fired, who says everyone threatened King, including a gangbanger. The detectives head out. Cosgrove almost gets into it with a Black kid. Bernard pulls him off. Cosgrove tells Bernard he's blunt and speaks his mind. However, he agrees with Bernard that cameras help hold cops accountable.

An informant (?) that Bernard knows comes along and agrees to be interviewed. He tells the detectives that everyone was trying to beat King up in jail and that the gang agreed to protect him for 100k/month. After he got out, King refused to continue paying. Shabaz threw him into a wall and got chased off by a bodyguard. At the time of King's death, he was in a bar talking to his bodyguard to try to resolve this. King offered him 50k but he told him to go to hell. He seems shocked and disappointed that King is dead.

The cops get proof Shabaz's alibi checks out. Dixon looks at security footage of an argument King had with a woman. She recognizes the woman as Jamie Ross, a prosecutor she knows.

Jamie tells the cops that she prosecuted the original case. She thought it was only one woman but then more women came forward. After a civil lawsuit, she tried to get him for the other womens' rapes, but his confession was tossed out because what he said in civil court was supposed to be immune from prosecution. Cosgrove borderline accuses her of killing King herself and she kicks the cops out of her office.

Dixon is not happy to hear this. Cosgrove has no remorse for what he said, but Dixon says Ross is solid and not involved.

The cops' investigation leads them to suspect King's wife. She left the restaurant she was using as her alibi an hour before the murder. Security footage shows her two blocks from the brownstone 20 minutes before the slaying occurred. But when questioned again, Mrs. King admits she didn't want to go home and face her husband, so she went to a local bar and did some drinking. Also, she saw someone in a green hoodie hanging around.

This story sounds fake, but it checks out. The cops start looking for the woman in the green hoodie. They manage to find a cigarette butt that the suspect dropped the night of the murder and use it to ID her as Nicole Bell, nee Atkins--the first woman King raped.

The cops get a search warrant for Nicole's home and find the green hoodie in the washing machine. There is no gunshot residue on the hoodie, but it's still evidence. Also, two uniforms find the gun in a dumpster.

Nicole is brought in for questioning. She is assured she is not under arrest and that the cops just want to help. If she confesses, she'll get to go home. She stupidly listens to them and admits she couldn't stand the fact that King had no remorse and was now free to rape again. She shot him and dumped the gun, then went home and took a shower before bed. She's shocked when she is arrested following her confession.

At arraignment, the ADAs have to push past protesters who think that Nicole should not be arrested because she killed her rapist. Nolan asks for a low bail amount but the judge says this is a murder case and sets bail at a million dollars, causing an uproar among the protesters in the gallery.

Nolan and Maroun talk after the arraignment. The defense wants the confession thrown out and is claiming coercion. Nolan wonders if there's any truth to it. Maroun doesn't think so. She watched the interrogation. She thought Cosgrove did a great job of making his lies seem like the truth.

Nolan goes to McCoy. McCoy says cops are allowed to lie to suspects. Nolan argues this is more than just a lie. Cosgrove practically promised immunity. On cross the defense will tear him apart and make the cops the bad guys. McCoy says cops are under attack and some people want to defund them, but they are supposed to be the DAs' partners. Don't castrate them. Nolan insists he can win without the confession so McCoy agrees to let him throw it out.

On the witness stand, the defense attorney cross-examines Cosgrove and tries to argue that there is no proof her client is the murderer. Cosgrove says that Nicole confessed to him. The defense objects and the judge calls the attorneys into chambers.

The defense attorney wants a mistrial. The confession was supposed to be out. Nolan says that Cosgrove made a mistake. The judge doesn't believe that. Nolan takes responsibility for not reminding Cosgrove not to mention the confession but says the testimony wasn't prejudicial. The judge agrees and refuses to grant a mistrial.

Nolan confronts Cosgrove, who tells him to go to hell. He's angry because Nolan cares more about his ideals than about getting murderers off the street and says that he had the right to lie to suspects.

Maroun comes to see Nolan. She has news: Nicole is claiming self-defense and Mrs. King is supporting her!

On the stand, Mrs. King claims that she saw Henry go after Nicole the night of the murder and that Nicole shot him in self-defense. Nolan points out that Mrs. King was in a bar at the time, but she claims the bar manager is mistaken and that she left earlier than he thinks. She refuses to change her story. Nolan accuses her of lying to absolve herself of the guilt of having stood by her husband when he was accused of raping 40 women. She insists she is not lying now. Nolan keeps pressing but is told by the judge to stop badgering the witness.

Nicole takes the stand next. She tells the story of being raped twice by Henry. She took a gun to this last meeting just in case. He had said he wanted to apologize, but poured her a glass of wine and she was afraid he put something in it. She was scared of him and ran away but he ran after her. She shot him so that the women he victimized could move on.

Maroun tells Nolan that she found out that Nicole met with Jamie Ross the day of the murder. Nolan finds Ross at a nearby restaurant, but she won't tell him anything. He subpoenas her, but on the stand she pleads the fifth about seeing Nicole or knowing Nicole was going to kill King.

Later, Nolan is upset that the jury seems to be buying this preposterous self-defense argument. Maroun tells him that like it or not, the jury WANTS to acquit, as they are sympathetic to Nicole's plight. McCoy agrees and tells Nolan he should not have thrown out the confession -- being the hero is only okay if he wins. McCoy leaves and Nolan tells Maroun that McCoy is right. The jury sees him as yet another man victimizing Nicole. He asks Maroun to do the closing.

Maroun delivers a powerful closing about how as a woman, she also sympathizes with Nicole, and that it was legal for Nicole to fantasize about shooting her rapist, but not for her to actually do it. If she acted with intent, she must be convicted. Maroun's closing does the trick and Nicole is found guilty, enraging a bunch of protesters who demand her release. Maroun tells Nolan that she doesn't feel good about this verdict and that she hopes he will ask for the lightest possible sentence.