The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken a nd remo r seless young men. The mostly white town of Clanton in Fo r d County, Mississippi, reacts with shock a nd ho r ro r at the inhuman crime. Until her black father acquires an assault rifle a nd takes justice into his own outraged ha nds.

Fo r ten days, as burning crosses a nd the crack of sniper fire spread through the The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken a nd remo r seless young men. The mostly white town of Clanton in Fo r d County, Mississippi, reacts with shock a nd ho r ro r at the inhuman crime. Until her black father acquires an assault rifle a nd takes justice into his own outraged ha nds.

Fo r ten days, as burning crosses a nd the crack of sniper fire spread through the streets of Clanton, the nation sits spellbound as young defense atto r ney Jake Brigance struggles to save his client’s life–a nd then his own.