Nate Abbitt, a successful prosecutor in rural Virginia in the 1960s, tries to drink his way out of a mid-life crisis. When he finally hits bottom, he's lost his wife, his career, and his self-respect. He sobers up and takes the only work he can get:defending the criminals he's spent his life putting behind bars.
A Virginia attorney seeking professional and personal redemption takes on the appeal of a death row defendant, in a case that could cost everything for a man who thought he had nothing left to lose.
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