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Synopsis: In California, Cate McCall is an alcoholic lawyer who was on probation and rehab. She had an argument with a judge who made her take a breathalyzer test and put her on probation in a small office. Cate is also fighting to recover custody of her daughter who lives with her father, who is moving to Seattle. Cate is assigned to defend Lacey Stubbs, who has appealing against her wrongful conviction of murdering another woman on the basis of a since there was a trial error. Further, Lacey also tells that she was raped by a guard in the prison. Cate, who has never lost a case, investigates the case with her friend Bridges and they find evidence that might prove that Lacey is innocent and that her case had been fabricated. But is she really innocent?
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Karen Moncrieff
Production: Vertical Entertainment
 
IMDB:
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NOT RATED
Year:
2013
89 min
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so I can get off probation.

I'm completely f***ing sober

except a cigarette here and there.

Are you seeing Augie?

I'd be seeing a lot more of her

if I had any kind of help.

- This case I'm working on...

- Spend time with your kid, Cate.

We need to make you present

in her life again.

I'm having a really

tough week this week.

Gotta lot of stuff

going on, trying to...

You know.

Figure out...

I have a really hard

time surrendering.

I've been...

Pretending to give

up control, but...

I still want what I want, I still

want certain outcomes, you know?

So I start bargaining.

And then I start

making deals with God.

"If You do this for me..."

"I will have another month sober".

And then I start feeling guilty

about how I'm working my program.

Or how I'm not working my program.

So how's Augie and

what has she done?

She accused me of being perfect.

It's nice to know I can

still fool somebody.

Hey, are you okay?

I got a text from Wilson George.

Maybe I should just call

him, consult my list.

The idea isn't to

endangered yourself.

Why don't you just

change your number?

I like my number.

Wilson George may

have been cleared.

But he is still dangerous.

Had you been treated

for alcohol addiction?

Or depression prior to

your state clear haven?

No.

Do you want to tell me about it?

Do I want to?

I was working in the DA's office.

This was...

12 years ago.

It was 12.

And I was assigned this...

It was a rape murder

of a 6 years old girl.

And I've seen some...

Horrible awful things,

but this one was just...

Beyond.

I made it my mission

to put this guy away.

And so when I got the conviction,

I felt great and then...

When the jury sends him to die...

I felt like I did something right.

For a long time, I didn't

really think about it.

Except that I was glad that he

wasn't out there hurting anybody.

And so, I was deep

into another case.

I'd left the Prosecutors

Office a few years before.

And I got a call, they had

tested semen samples.

Taken from the girl's sock.

And, I guess...

Technology had advanced to...

Where they were able to

determine based on the new...

DNA evidence that...

That it wasn't actually Wilson

George and he was innocent.

I felt like...

Everything that I knew...

Everything that I...

Felt good about was...

Was wrong. False.

They got Dorrie's testimony,

they got Rusty's testimony.

And they got the victim's

pretty stricken mother...

Standing up there saying her daughter's

last word was "Lacey did it".

But it's a lie.

My lawyer said he spoke to some

medical examiner guy that said...

There's no way Jen

could've said I did it.

Because her throat

was sliced through.

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Karen Moncrieff

Karen Moncrieff (born December 20, 1963 in Sacramento, California), is an American actress, director and screenwriter. Her directorial debut was Blue Car.Her directing credits are in both television and features and she acted in the soap operas Passions, Days of Our Lives and Santa Barbara. In 1985, she was crowned Miss Illinois and competed in the Miss America 1986 pageant. Karen graduated from Rochester Adams High School in 1982, the same high school Madonna attended. more…

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