Amidst the bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City, the O.J. Simpson murder trial, and the Million Man March, a rookie DC lawyer is appointed to represent an indigent black man charged with breaking into a school. Liam McNaughton is the ultimate slacker lawyer - he dreams of quixotic Supreme Court challenges and CNN interviews, but he's never tried a case. His client's Unlawful Entry charge is only a misdemeanor, but the man has eight years of back-up time hanging over his head for the crime of feticide. And when the trial begins with the seating of an all-white jury, Liam finally...