Desperate with fear, noted author J. B. Colefield squeezes the trigger on a 30.06 deer rifle and blows a young black man's brains all over the inside of his car. The sensational murder trial which follows peels the skin off a small southern town, revealing a community oozing with hate, sexual secrets and political squalor. In an atmosphere charged with racial tension and violence, the burden falls to an unlikely few, who must find the courage, of justice.
