
Lives hang in the balance as detectives and prosecutors pursue justice in New York City. In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place -- and keep the worst offenders off the streets.

The police break up a dog-fighting ring and discover a woman's finger inside one of the dead animals; detectives plot to trick an ambitious reporter.

Traffic police pull over a drunken, bloodstained celebrity (Chevy Chase), whose racism becomes apparent after his arrest.

A dry-cleaning mix-up leads to a murdered attorney and a trail of corporate corruption and greed.

When a teenage boy and a young girl are found dead near a neighborhood playground, Detectives Cyrus Lupo and Ed Green have trouble getting witnesses to talk after they realize the boy was targeted, and the girl was killed accidentally.