The original law and order was on from 1990 to 2010, went off the air for 11 years, then came back in 2021. The creator has said quite explicitly in several interviews, it's a pro cop, pro prosecutor show. It's basically just like Heather McDonald's city journal talking points. That has been set for decades. And so he created law and order to basically be propaganda.
Five days before the midterm elections, the long-running NBC staple removed all subtlety and character work and explicitly lobbied against bail reform in a ham-fisted, boring slog of an episode. With guest Juwan J. Holmes.