In California, Cate McCall is an alcoholic lawyer who was on probation and rehab. She had an argument with a judge who made her take a breathalyzer test and put her on probation in a small office. Cate is also fighting to recover custody of her daughter who lives with her father, who is moving to Seattle. Cate is assigned to defend Lacey Stubbs, who has appealing against her wrongful conviction of murdering another woman on the basis of a since there was a trial error. Further, Lacey also tells that she was raped by a guard in the prison. Cate, who has never lost a case, investigates the case with her friend Bridges and they find evidence that might prove that Lacey is innocent and that her case had been fabricated. But is she really innocent? 一段触及心灵的台词。凯特．麦卡洛的审判。这个世界不存在正义，有的只有良心。司法？公正？严明？。疗伤之路。除了美女毫无看点。 凯特（凯特·贝金赛尔 Kate Beckinsale 饰）是一名成功的女律师，在事业中节节攀升，却在家庭和婚姻关系里输得一败涂地。离婚后，丈夫获得了女儿的抚养权，父女两人生活在西雅图，凯特无法忍受骨肉分离的苦楚，决定不惜一切代价，也要夺回女儿的抚养权。 凯特接下了一宗十分苦手的案件，一个名叫莱西（安娜·安妮斯莫娃 Anna Anissimova 饰）的女人被指控谋杀，可莱西对自己的罪行拒不承认，更说出了自己在监狱中惨遭强奸的遭遇。赢得这个案子对于凯特来说十分重要，经历了种种波折困苦，凯特终于替莱西争取到了无罪的判决，然而，很快，凯特就发现，莱西其实是一个满嘴谎言的卑劣女人，在自己的未来和真相之间，凯特无法做出选择。
