 After a brutal nighttime attack on a woman alone in her surburban home, police investigators zero in on teenager Eric Sutter (Nick Stahl). When the victim identifies Sutter as her attacker, the legal system closes in on the boy as friends, neighbors and the media turn against him. Only through the dogged determination of his mother (Marilu Henner), and her loyal boyfriend (Matt McCoy) does Eric and the victim have a chance for justice to be served.