杀戮证书

约翰（JamesFarentino饰）一家参加女儿的校庆，回家路上，女儿遭遇因酒后驾车的汤姆（唐·默里饰）引发的车祸而身亡。沉浸在悲恸之中的父母，法院的判案似乎并不能带给他们安慰。在法庭上，为保护其当事人免于牢狱之灾并保留其驾驶执照，肇事者请来的律师采用了多种手段，而受害人的父母雇的律师难以战胜他。法官准备宣判之时，被迫倾向于辩护人，肇事者似乎将逃离恢恢法网的惩罚。A grieving family whose daughter was killed in a car crash with a drunken driver is outraged and frustrated as they encounter the inevitable bureaucratic delays in bringing the case to trial. Once in the courtroom, they are horror-stricken as the young, hard-pressed district attorney seems unable to overcome the technicalities and maneuverings that the driver's attorney uses to keep his client out of jail and still on the streets as a legal driver. When the judge is forced to rule time and again in favor of the defense, it appears that the driver might escape punishment altogether.