A public defender represents a deaf-mute homeless Vietnam veteran accused of murder. A member of the jury convinced of the defendant's innocence breaks the rules to assist her in proving her case, leading the pair to uncover corruption in high places. Courtroom drama, starring Cher, Dennis Quaid and Liam Neeson.

When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson, a homeless veteran who's deaf and mute. But when public defender Kathleen Riley is assigned to his case, she begins to believe that Anderson may actually be innocent. Juror Eddie Sanger, a Washington lobbyist, agrees, and together the pair begins their own investigation of events.