Mlada mamica samohranilka Annie Laird kot porotnica sodeluje v sodnem procesu proti nekemu mafijcu. Povsem nepričakovano se znajde v življenjski nevarnosti, sebe in svojega sina pa lahko reši le tako, da ostale porotnike prepriča, da mafijec ni kriv. To mora storiti po ukazu skrivnostnega neznanca v podobi Aleca Baldwina. Annie in njen sin v težkih trenutkih spoznata, da se na policijo ne moreta zanesti in da se bosta morala z mafijo spopasti popolnoma sama.
When Annie Laird is selected as a juror in a big Mafia trial, she is forced by someone known as "The Teacher" to persuade the other jurors to vote "not guilty". He threatens to kill her son if she doesn't commit. When the trial is over, he can't let her go...