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Matthew McConaughey, a young, attractive and highly-skilled attorney is
faced with the toughest case of his life, one that on many occassions may
also threaten it. In the southern Mississippi town of Canton, the K.K.K. is
active and the tension is high when the black majority is angered at the
raping and slaying of a black man's 10-year-old daughter. Against Jake's
advice, the distraught father takes revenge, gunning down the two criminals
in the local courthouse. Racial hatred hightens with the suspense and
conflict
threatens to break out regardless of the verdict. Jake must decide, along with
his new, eager assisstant whether he and his family can run the risk of
defending the man.