Miami criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck accepts accused terrorist and murderer Jamal as a client in spite of warnings from his girlfriend, undercover FBI agent Andie Henning, to stay away from the case, and as he tries to find some defense for Jamal, Jack is joined by blinded police sergeant Vince Paulo, and his best friend Chuck Mays, father of a woman Jamal allegedly killed, in a search for the truth.