
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.

Jack McCoy learns that his old colleague, ADA Daniel Tenofsky, has been murdered, and detectives discover he was living and working under a false identity.

Detectives investigate a slain Hollywood producer's involvement with a mob movie to find a motive for his murder.

When detectives investigate a series of seemingly random murders, they find a hit list that includes Jack McCoy; he realizes the people on the list are jurors from trial of a multiple murderer he prosecuted years ago.

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.