
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.
A software engineer's murder sends Riley and Walker into the rapidly-evolving world of AI; as Baxter pursues justice in a groundbreaking case, he's confronted with a technology advancing faster than the laws designed to govern it.
Detectives link the owner of a trucking company to the smuggling of illegal aliens and suspect a citizen border-patrol member of his killing.
Tabloid photography may have played a role in a fatal burglary attempt; ADAs Jack McCoy and Consuela Rubirosa argue the use of shield laws to protect celebrity journalism.
An Internet photo of a murdered woman provokes a slew of 911 calls.