After tweleve years behind bars for a brutal double murder, Cindy Liggett (Stone) is prepared to die. But what she's not prepared for is the relationship she develops with the man assigned to save her life, attorney Rick Hayes (Rob Morrow). In a frantic race against time to obtain a stay of execution, Rick shows Cindy something she never knew - that someone cares about her life and that maybe there's a reason to fight her death sentence.