Scott Finn is a Boston lawyer who's started his own
practice, leaving the comforts of a well-established law
firm behind. Even though he was moving up in the chain, he
wasn't happy there. Scott rents the top floor of an old
building, sharing his office space with retired-detective-
turned-private-investigator Tom Kozlowski. He has one staff
member -- a young law student intern.
Scott ends up representing Vicente Salazar by default -- or
rather because of the death of Salazar's appointed
attorney, Mark Dobson, a young lawyer from the firm where
Scott used to work.
Scott didn't want to help Dobson, but he found himself in
front of a well-known judge from his past, asking for a new
DNA test to prove Salazar's innocence. Regretting his
decision to get involved with a convicted felon who raped
and shot a cop, leaving her for dead, Scott tells Dobson if
he can find evidence to prove Salazar is innocent, he might
reconsider, not that he thought he'd have any luck after 15
years. Dobson investigates, gets close to the truth and is
brutally murdered. Scott feels guilty for putting the young
man in harm's way.
Still believing the timing is not right, Scott misses the
deadline to file a motion to withdraw himself as Salazar's
lawyer, so he must forge ahead with the case. Justice is in
Scott's blood and the more information he learns about the
case, the more he believes Salazar is innocent. Scott aims
for the truth, and becomes a pest to one of the most
dangerous Latin American gangs in Boston and to the man who
called the shots 15 years before when the police officer
was shot -- the man who still runs the show in Boston.
Scott now bears the burden of proof, and proof is what he
discovers as he digs into police files, evidence, and
witness accounts. The gang leader orders a hit on Scott.
Unsuccessful at killing him, his intern is targeted and
badly beaten. Scott's partner, Tom Kozlowkski, is in love
with the intern. Once hesitant to betray his police force
past, Tom takes one look at his lover in the hospital and
he's ready to do some damage. All bets are off as Scott and
Tom forge ahead with a plan to attack the gang, set the
legal system straight and find justice for all the victims
in this case. When evidence shows up that rocks Scott
morally, he still has the responsibility to represent his
client to the best of his ability. The question is whether
Salazar is really innocent or guilty of the brutal attack
on the female officer.
INNONCENCE is an interesting view into the legal system and
the process involved to show guilt or innocence with the
use of DNA. Hosp's characters are well-developed, the plot
moves smoothly and the entertainment is worth your time.
With life as a pawn in a prestigious Boston law firm behind
him, Scott Finn has set course through the more colorful
back alleys and bedrooms of the legal world as a solo
practitioner who dabbles in civil litigation, divorce law,
and criminal defense. But his new environment and his nose
for justice and fair play land him a case that could end up
taking his life.
A policewoman is left for dead in an alley, but survives
and points the finger at an El Salvadoran immigrant with
ties to one of South America's most dangerous and notorious
gangs. There's just one problem: the evidence suggests the
wrong man's been fingered.
Finn, along with the maverick detective and stubborn ally
Tom Kozlowski, must now navigate through this explosive
case to save an innocent man's life and to learn why
decorated officers might be willing to risk their careers
and even their lives by lying about the crime. But with
time running out, it is Finn and Kozlowski whose lives
hang in the balance as they search for the thin line
between guilt and innocence.
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