![Charles S. Dutton](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w92/ajXBoMz8xGgDDcn8xpRi8LmXKKa.jpg)
in 1957 an African-American criminal lawyer (Courtney B. Vance) defends his nephew, who faces the death penalty for murdering a white boy. Charles S. Dutton, Kadeem Hardison, Garland Whitt and Lonette McKee costar in this drama of racial and social tensions.