Disbarred lawyer Lawson Russell (Cuba Gooding Jr.) buys himself trouble when he passes off another man's true-life crime book as his own. As the tome climbs the best-seller list, Lawson gets arrested for the killings that are recounted in the book. He then must convince judge and jury that he is innocent, even though he has destroyed all evidence to the contrary. Eric Stoltz and Tom Berenger co-star in this legal thriller.