Presents the true story of Joe Clark, a high school principal who received national acclaim after turning the failing Eastside High in Paterson, New Jersey, into a symbol of achievement though his program of tough love education.
New Jersey defense attorney Andy Carpenter reluctantly accepts a case involving journalist Daniel Cummings, who is being used as a mouthpiece for a serial killer, but things get worse when Daniel is found near the latest corpse and Andy begins to get death threats.