米契是一名律師，在和朋友聚會完開車回家的途中，不慎撞倒一名路人。路人雖然沒死，米契也沒有肇事逃逸，但隔天卻傳出這場車禍意外，竟演變成一起弔詭的謀殺案。

隨後，警方逮捕了一位名叫柯林頓嫌疑犯，懷疑路人的死與他有關，最後卻因證據不足當庭釋放。不過機警的米契恍然領悟，柯林頓才是真正的兇手之後，雙方開始上演了一場諜對諜的心理戰...。

Up-and-coming District Attorney, Mitch Brockton is involved in a fatal hit-and-run, but Clinton Davis, is found with the body and charged with murder. Believing that Davis is innocent, Brockton is compelled to throw the trial. Soon after, Brocton's perfect life begins to unravel as he realizes that the man he set free is hiding a secret that will destroy him.