High crimes

The successful lawyer Claire Kubik lives with her beloved husband Tom Kubik in Marin, California, and they are trying to have a baby. Near Christmas, two burglars invade their house and flee, and they call the police. During Christmas shopping, the FBI arrests Tom, and Claire learns that they find in the fingerprints of their house that he is indeed Sgt. Ron Chapman, accused of murdering nine civilians in 1988 in a village in El Salvador, including children and women. Claire goes to the military base and Tom tells her that he was in the village, but did not kill the villagers. Indeed, the killer is Maj. James Hernandez under the command of the famous Brig. Gen. Bill Marks, and he is the scapegoat of the operation. The rookie First Lieutenant Terrence Embry is assigned to defend Tom, but Claire decides to be also his defense lawyer. However, she is not aware of the procedures in a military court and decides to hire the former alcoholic military attorney Charles W. Grimes to assist them. They team up and soon they learn that there is a huge conspiracy behind the operation in El Salvador covered up by the military until Grimes finds the truth.