When firefighters in suburban Indianapolis are called to a house fire, what they find inside shocks the entire community, a respected minister and his wife have been murdered with an ax. An exhaustive investigation leads authorities to a teenage church member and his accomplice. Prosecutors Carole Johnson and Gary Chavers make a deal with the accomplice to testify against his friend, but when the case goes to the jury, confusion over a point of law puts the killer’s possible murder conviction in jeopardy.