No matter the cost, No matter the danger. They will find the truth.
A judge commits suicide, and his secretary is found murdered. A homeless deaf-mute man, Carl Anderson is arrested for her murder. Public defender Kathleen is assigned by the court as his lawyer. She sets to find the real killer, and gets help from the congressional advisor, Eddie Sanger who is called to be on the jury panel. Together they discover a dangerous circle of corruption in high places.
本片描述的是由女書記員兇殺案而引出的一系列官場上的是非之事。一個精明得七情六欲盡寫在臉上的陪審員，他一方面為了本身的政治游說工作不惜和徐娘半老的女議員上床，另一方面則主動熱心地幫忙辯護(hù)律師搜集證據(jù)查案。由于按法律規(guī)定，辯護(hù)律師是不得跟陪審員來往的，而事情的發(fā)展卻逼得兩人之間的關(guān)系越陷越深。
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