A high Court Judge becomes disillusioned when he repeatedly has to free rapists and murderers because of legal technicalities, so he joins a society of judges which re-tries and sentences criminals beyond the reach of the law. Thriller, starring Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Yaphet Kotto and Sharon Gless.

As violence escalates in Los Angeles and heinous murders are committed, Steven Hardin, a young judge of the California Supreme Court, must struggle with his tortured conscience and growing despair as he watches helplessly as the ruthless criminals brought before his court go free because clever lawyers find obscure loopholes in the law.