Baltimore, Maryland. Sylvia sees a girl being attacked from her lover Terry's bedroom window. The assailant flees and his victim is saved. But that same night another girl is found murdered.
Após anos de investigação, o Promotor Assistente Distrital Martin Ferguson conseguiu construir um caso sólido contra um gangster fugidio cujo tenente-chefe está prestes a testemunhar…
A tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an innocent family, have clammed up in fear of reprisals.