Complete Monster: Sheriff Payden runs a Protection Racket through his police department. While investigating a murder done by two of his men, he kills an officer for complaining about finding cocaine instead of money. He then decides to arrest Officer Jack Justice and eventually kill him for "trying to escape." After Justice actually escapes, Payden gets him to come back by kidnapping a woman and threatening to have his men gang-rape her. After Agents Cobb and Lobo come to investigate the situation, and the mayor mentions the case, Payden threatens to poison his dog. After he is captured and left to be arrested, he tries to shoot Justice In the Back.
Moral Event Horizon: Sheriff Payden shooting Boyd in the face for complaining.
Robert Chambers in "The Preppie Murder", due to the prosecution being unable to prove a case of murder, had his charge wind up as manslaughter and was sentenced to 15 years and a later update of the episode spoke of his release. In 2008, he plead guilty to drug possession (something that he had dealt with before and after his original conviction) and was sentenced to 19 years in prison, meaning he got more time for drugs than manslaughter.
In "The Wife Who Knew Too Much", one of the two jurors who held out for Fred Tokars receiving the death penalty stated her reasoning for this was his two sons, who already lost their mother to murder (that he hired someone to kill her) and believing that it would be too much to lose him as well. In the years since the murder, the boys disowned him as their father.
Most Wonderful Sound: Many fans have stated how much of a calming effect Bill Kurtis' voice has.
