How about these:
Stiff- A woman is comatose after being given spiked insulin. The last-ditch attempt to wake her fails. The woman's daughter, who is responsible for the crime, whispers tearfully "I'm so sorry, Mom."
DNR- A women is left mortally wounded by an assassin hired by her husband, who was jealous of her burgeoning career as a judge. She is in strong denial over him trying to kill her and severely depressed over being left a paraplegic who cannot care for herself. At the trial to determine if she was competent to make a decision on her life, she suffers a breakdown on the stand.
Endurance- A mother has been put on trial for murdering her son, who suffered from severe physical and mental health problems which had obviously taken their toll on her. Upon his cross-examination, McCoy inadvertently prompts the mother to break down on the stand and admit that she had watched him have what she thought was a fatal seizure, unable to bear saving him only to force him to endure the pain and suffering he was forced to live through, and actually attempted to kill herself with her son's pills so that they would both die together before coming to her senses. The woman's tearful breakdown as she insists that she couldn't bear to see her son suffer any more is so affecting that even the hard-assed, seen-it-all-before McCoy looks shaken by it. And notably, it marks one of the few times he deliberately enables a technically guilty party to receive a lighter sentence.
Savages- We see McCoy prosecuting embezzler Paul Sandig for killing a police officer, which is a capital offense. Eventually, with his guilt beyond doubt, Sandig finally breaks down, expressing remorse and tearfully begging for his life. The guy may have been guilty of murder, but it's still pitiful to see.
Mayhem- A very socially awkward but endearing man is on trial for a string of brutal murders - he's unable to provide an alibi but both the detectives and prosecutors feel he didn't do it. Eventually, his mother reveals his alibi - he's actually gay, and was seeing his lover when the murders took place, however he didn't tell the police because he didn't want his mother to find out. However, his mother already knew, but had never told him because she didn't want to embarrass him. The obviously relieved detectives go to the prison where he's remanded to get him released - only to find out he was just killed by another prisoner.
Under the Influence- McCoy is trying a banker named Bernard Dressler for killing several people while driving drunk. McCoy is going further than usual in his pursuit of justice. Everyone is telling him to back off, because Jack lost his lover to a drunk driver. Then Dressler breaks down and begs for forgiveness, and Jack realizes what he's doing. A defendant in tears and Jack pausing over a sheet of paper shouldn't be that evocative
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