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''Conviction'' (2006) is a short-lived ''Series/LawAndOrder'' spinoff starring Creator/StephanieMarch as Alex Cabot, formerly of ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'', now the bureau chief of the District Attorney's office. Like ''Series/LawAndOrderTrialByJury'', it focused on the LawProcedural side of the story, although it spent more time exploring the characters' personal drama than other ''Law & Order'' series.

The series was canceled after only 13 episodes. Two of the actors went on to become regulars in other ''Law & Order'' series: Creator/MilenaGovich as Det. Nina Cassady in ''Series/LawAndOrder'''s 17th season and Creator/JulianneNicholson as Megan Wheeler on ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent''.

Not to be confused with the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conviction_%282004_TV_series%29 2004 British crime drama]] ''Conviction'' or [[Series/{{Conviction 2016}} the 2016 ABC series]] of the same name.

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!!This series features examples of:
* ButtMonkey: Potter.
* DrivenToSuicide: A rape victim whose rapist [[PleaBargain plea bargains]] his way out of jail time.
* EverybodyHasLotsOfSex: You can count on one hand the main characters in this show who aren't shown banging someone's gavel.
* FakingTheDead: In one episode, Peluso is prosecuting a man who faked his death so that his wife and son would get his life insurance money, because he believed that they would be better off without him.
* FriendsWithBenefits: Steele and Rossi have this kind of thing going on for most of the series, despite various complications like Steele's somewhat obvious feelings for Cabot, and [[spoiler:an aggressive defendant who reveals their relationship in the newspaper in an attempt to sabotage the case against her.]]
* HostageSituation: A defendant takes over a courtroom in the finale and holds attorneys and bystanders alike hostage until his demands are met.
* LastMinuteHookup: Finn and Peluso.
* LawProcedural: Most of the show focuses on prosecutors... well, prosecuting.
* NaughtyByNight: One episode's rape victim, who has difficulty testifying because it requires her to own up to her very active sex life with her father in the courtroom. He doesn't take it at all well, and [[spoiler:ends up murdering her near the end of the trial.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Peluso's father left his family for another woman when Peluso was young.
* PleaBargain: Jessica reluctantly makes one with a rapist chiropractor in exchange for his testimony in a large-scale medical fraud trial. The victim isn't pleased.
* ProfessionalsDoItOnDesks: [[spoiler:Steele and Cabot.]]
* RomanceAndSexualitySeparation: ADA Brian Peluso loves [[spoiler:ADA Christina Finn, as he admits in the final episode]], but goes out of his way to be a man-whore with every other female that catches his eye.
* TrueCompanions: The district attorneys sometimes disagree about things or have sex with each other, but at the end of almost every episode they're shown at a bar together, and in the finale they toast their friendship.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Steele and Cabot.
* TheUnreveal: It's never explained how Cabot was able to leave Witness Protection. ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' clarifies that [[spoiler:the man who shot her in 2003 has since been extradited to Northern Ireland.]]
* WillTheyOrWontThey: To a degree, Finn and Peluso. They seem to have a habit of sort-of asking each other out either without one of them noticing or without ''either'' or them noticing. This is later resolved in the series finale, when Peluso reveals to Finn that he's in love with her and it's implied by the ending that the two will start a relationship.
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