Ray Liotta stars as Ford Cole in this drama about a District Attorney aiming for the top. With his eyes on the prize however, his ambitions are thrown into chaos when his Deputy Nora Timmer (Jolene Blalock), faces a murder charge, claiming self-defense. Into the mix steps Luther Pinks (LL Cool J), who knows a very different Nora Timmer from the one in City Hall. As his career begins to unravel, and with time running out, Cole must sort fact from fiction if he is to have a future.