The Sentence: A Murderer, Lawyer, Judge Conundrum

Standing trial for the murder of his wife and assumed lover, a sullen and uncooperative David Elliot is found guilty and sentenced to two life terms of imprisonment. His attorney, Sakib Patel, has never won a case in his life and this just adds another notch to his lack-luster career. But Patel rises to the occasion by mounting a legal gambit to free his client on a wacko idea that only he believes in. Despite the low regard each has for the other, a victory by Patel would change his career, Elliot's life and maybe the life of the one witness responsible for Elliot's conviction.