
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.

When Lt. Van Buren's college friend's daughter is found dead, she leads a no-holds-barred mission to catch the serial assailant who attacked her in the past.

McCoy and Borgia target the unlikely hero who pursued a mass murderer through the streets of Manhattan in a deadly car chase that left one dead and one injured.

A celebrity chef comes under suspicion in the murder of a TV network executive when Fontana and Green learn that the two were having an affair and the chef's cooking show was about to be canceled.

While investigating a woman's murder, Fontana and Green uncover a cult that encourages sexual relations with children, and Borgia determines to put away its mesmerizing leader (Deborah Hedwall).