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Sam Waterston Exits 'Law & Order' After Almost 30 Years: How Jack McCoy Was Written Off the Show

Waterston first joined the crime procedural in 1995 during season 5.

It was an emotional evening on Thursday night for Law & Order fans as Sam Waterston's District Attorney Jack McCoy made his exit from the hit crime procedural after nearly three decades. The season 23 episode, titled "Last Dance," featured the district attorney's office investigating the murder of a woman in Central Park. "During my time as district attorney, I’ve tried to uphold that sacred oath in the pursuit of justice, and now, members of the jury, it’s your turn to act fairly and ethically without bias or favor and to find the defendant Scott Kelton guilty of murder."

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