One man risks everything to battle the ineffectual court structure, struggling to protect his family, as well as the ideals of his law practice, from the violence of the streets and the injustice of the system. Carter (Roger Guenveur Smith, K STREET, SUMMER OF SAM) works as a public defendant, but gets into trouble when he refuses to accept a plea bargain for his client. Under pressure from his socialite wife, Sharice (Monica Calhoun, BEAUTY SHOP, THE PLAYER'S CLUB) to move back to the suburbs from whence she came, Carter instead quits his job and sets up an office of his own. Located squarely in the inner city, Carter's firm, staffed by a committed group of activists, dedicates itself to protecting the rights of the disenfranchised in a judicial system motivated by the pursuit of efficiency rather than justice. Meanwhile, Sharice struggles both financially and emotionally with raising their two children in the ghetto, and ultimately must choose whether to stand by her husband or return to the sterile haven of the suburbs. This prescient drama addresses a multitude of issues in a realistic, heartfelt way, providing an accurate portrayal of the problems currently plaguing law enforcement in America.