 A recovering alcoholic, womanizing reporter (Clint Eastwood), who can t stay out of trouble with his bosses (mostly because he is sleeping with their wives), inherits a human interest story about a prisoner (Isaiah Washington), who is sentenced to die at midnight for the murder of a pregnant woman who owed him $96. However, the reporter immediately figures out that the key witness lied about what he saw and believes the prisoner is innocent. He then sets out to prove his belief in the final 12 hours of the prisoner s life. James Woods appears as Eastwood s Editor-in-Chief and the only man who still believes in his talents. Denis Leary is Eastwood s direct editor, who wants him fired for his direct belligerence and teh fact that he slept with Leary s wife.