The ex-wife of a prominent former senator Randall Bailey is found brutally murdered at home the night after a fundraiser she attended with her family. While investigating the murder Detectives Ed Green and Nina Cassady find an alarming history of domestic abuse involving the entire family. However, the investigation comes to an abrupt halt when the senator is caught killing his daughter. His indictment for both murders turns the courtroom into a media circus as Bailey is represented by a slick and arrogant defense attorney Clint Glover in front of a judge more interested in public relations than justice.