A man finds out from a would be killer that his wife has paid $10,000 to have him killed. But is this mysterious man telling the truth? When both the killer and the wife turn up dead, everyone is a suspect, and the investigation takes an unexpected turn

奥麦莉是一名高级海军军官，同时也是一名带着两个孩子的单身母亲，她和高级将领同时也是战斗英雄的尼尔森建立了恋爱关系，但不久她发现尼尔森已经结婚了，并很快断绝了他们之间的关系，就在奥麦莉试图重新开始自己生活时，一天夜晚，她被一个持枪入侵者从睡梦中惊醒，经过搏斗，她开枪打死了那个人。法庭判定她是误杀，但罪犯却是尼尔森，军方怕丑闻泄露影响不好，所以准备以谋杀罪名成立判奥麦莉入狱。被指派给她的辩护律师将通过军事法庭程序为她辩护使她重获自由。