
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.

Detectives uncover an extensive list of suspects after a gunman storms City Hall, killing a councilman and a water inspector.

Detectives investigate the strangling of a peace activist who had a very confrontational approach.

An unemployed executive deposits $400,000 in his savings account before being gunned down in his upscale brownstone.

When New York's most infamous baseball fan is stabbed to death in a bar, detectives suspect the killer is probably a sports aficionado.