À l\'apogée d\'une carrière florissante, un juge voit sa vie basculer le jour où son fils adolescent est reconnu coupable d\'un délit de fuite. Un accident dont la victime faisait partie de la pègre.

New Orleans judge Michael Desiato is forced to confront his own deepest convictions when his son is involved in a hit and run that embroils an organized crime family.