Shortly after Jack Willerton's head and torso are found hanging in his barn, his fifteen year daughter, Rachel, is arrested and charged with his murder. Judge Reinhold appoints Peter Fisher, who has just recently passed his bar exams, to represent Rachel. Peter quickly realizes he is in over his head and wants no part of it. He contacts, Jessica Patterson, the best lawyer in Iron Mountain, and asks her to take over. Jessica, aware that this case could...