旧金山女强人律师克莱尔•库比克（阿什莉•贾德 Ashley Judd 饰）的丈夫汤姆•库比克（詹姆斯•卡维泽 James Caviezel 饰）突然被FBI抓走，送往洛杉矶附近的军事法庭秘密受审，罪名则是在服役时于萨尔瓦多杀害9名平民。震惊的克莱尔不顾一切丢下工作来到洛杉矶，雇佣了当地军事法庭律师查尔斯•格瑞姆斯（摩根•弗里曼 Morgan Freeman 饰），共同与军方指派的年轻辩护律师中尉恩布里（亚当•斯科特 Adam Scott 饰）一起为汤姆辩护。三人的调查取证遭到军方层层阻隔，甚至克莱尔的人身安全也遭严重威胁。坚信丈夫无罪的克莱尔与格瑞姆斯竭尽全力，却发现案件背后真相的复杂度远远超过了众人的想象……High powered lawyer Claire Kubik finds her world turned upside down when her husband, who she thought was Tom Kubik, is arrested and is revealed to be Ron Chapman. Chapman is on trial for a murder of Latin American villagers while he was in the Marines. Claire soon learns that to navigate the military justice system, she'll need help from the somewhat unconventional Charlie Grimes; meanwhile, Claire's sister, Jackie, is falling in love with wet-behind-the-ears Lieutenant Embry assigned as the official defense lawyer. And most of the eyewitnesses have rather too conveniently died.