When Assistant District Attorney Steve Tauzer is found brutally stabbed to death in his garage, a former colleague and friend becomes a chief suspect.

In Sugar Land, Texas, two members of the Whitaker family are shot dead by a masked intruder; two members survive the ambush; police believe the family interrupted a burglary, until they uncover a conspiracy involving one of the family members.

Because of false testimonies, two people are imprisoned for murders they didn't commit; Gloria Killian is convicted of masterminding a robbery-homicide, while Clarence Elkins receives life for rape and murder.