Overview
A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a child.
Cast
- Sean Connery as Paul Armstrong
- Laurence Fishburne as Sheriff Tanny Brown
- Blair Underwood as Bobby Earl Ferguson
- Kate Capshaw as Laurie Armstrong
- Ruby Dee as Evangeline Ferguson
- Scarlett Johansson as Kate Armstrong
- Ed Harris as Blair Sullivan
- Christopher Murray as Detective T.J. Wilcox
- Daniel J. Travanti as Warden
- Ned Beatty as McNair