In the summer of 1962, the Southern Alabama town of Alistair draws national attention when a young White doctor is accused of brutally killing the unborn child of a Black sixteen-year-old girl. The girl's father, a prominent local prosecutor, pledges to zealously pursue justice. The extraordinary trial that follows takes a myriad of unexpected twists and turns, becoming more a Shakespearean tragedy than a standard judicial proceeding. As each new...