
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 murder of a jeweler leads detectives to an illegal prostitution ring; Jack McCoy's job is threatened.

The beating death of a stockbroker causes a battle of epic proportions between the victim's family and the faction responsible for his death.

When a high-school girl is found dead, information leads detectives to a drug-addicted prostitute with an affluent past; when the case goes to trial, Connie Rubirosa seems to have an unrelenting admirer in the jury pool.

Cutter is determined to expose misconduct when he realizes an old friend working in the system is obstructing justice in the murder of an environmentalist.