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影片剧情：
英文简短剧情：
　　Matthew McConaughey, a young, attractive and highly-skilled attorney is faced with the toughest case of his life, one that on many occassions may also threaten it. In the southern Mississippi town of Canton, the K.K.K. is active and the tension is high when the black majority is angered at the raping and slaying of a black man's 10-year-old daughter. Against Jake's advice, the distraught father takes revenge, gunning down the two criminals in the local courthouse. Racial hatred hightens with the suspense and conflict threatens to break out regardless of the verdict. Jake must decide, along with his new, eager assisstant whether he and his family can run the risk of defending the man.

中文剧情：
　　密西西比州的黑人卡尔.李.黑利年仅十岁的女儿被两名白人青年强奸造成重伤。当他了解到强暴犯最多也就是被判十年监禁时，流露出要自己惩罚罪犯的想法。他的律师杰克本该把这事报告警方，但他没有这样做。法院提审罪犯时，卡尔开枪将两人击毙。此事立刻成为轰动全国的案子。审讯中，检察官鲁弗斯引导陪审团注意两名白人青年被杀的事实，而律师杰克则详细叙述小女孩被强奸、殴打的惨状以及今后再不能生育的恶果。陪审团的成员流了泪......影片改编自约翰.格沙姆的同名小说，根据他的作品改编的电影都很卖座。