The shooting of a newspaper carrier in rural Mississippi lands 20-year-old Marlon Howell on death row. Convicted on the word of two co-defendants and the identification of an eyewitness with a checkered past, Marlon maintains his innocence.

A man is found dead in his home. His 19-year-old son names his hospitalized mother, Michelle Byrom, as the mastermind of the murder. A team of lawyers unearths a history of violence, and a confession that points to an alternate suspect.