Description

The life span of a five-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless teenagers. The largely white town of Clanton in Ford County, Mississippi, responds with shock and horror at the inhuman crime. Until her black father acquires an assault rifle and takes justice into his own outraged hands.For five days, as burning crosses and the crack of sniper fire spread through the streets of Clanton, the country sits spellbound as young defense attorney Jake Brigance struggles to truly save his client’s life–and subsequently his own.