Disillusioned from representing the guilty, Spencer Tallbridge signs on as an assistant prosecutor looking for justice in the legal system, and in an office renowned for capital case convictions.
There, his early idealism and country wisdom, garnered at his father's knee, collide with unforseen realities of life and death for those facing the ultimate penalty.
With a clandestine effort and marshaling all his skills with the examination of evidence, he sets out to assuage the grief and unfoun.