
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 rock singer's body is found in a garbage can with large amounts of heroin and cocaine in her system.

Detectives hope vacation video shot by a couple will help lead them to the murderer of an actress found shot to death in her apartment, but matters get complicated when the tourists decide to make a quick buck by selling the tape to a TV station.

A diamond ring identifies the skeletal remains of a murder victim who was believed killed in the World Trade Center collapse.

Detectives suspect a young bride and her reputed lover (guest stars Gretchen Egolf and Bobby Cannavale) hired a hit on her husband.