The documentary centers around the Brenton Butler case, in which a fifteen-year-old African-American boy was wrongfully accused of murder in Jacksonville, Florida.

[2] In Jacksonville, Florida, on the morning of Sunday, May 7, 2000, a tourist Mary Stephens was murdered outside of a Ramada Inn by an unknown African-American young man.

On that same morning, fifteen-year-old Brenton Butler was stopped and questioned by police as he was walking past the crime scene, which was not far from his house.

Although Butler was shorter and younger than the description of the shooter that was initially provided by the husband of the victim, who had been standing next to his wife when she was shot.

Beginning with the primary witness, Steven's husband and moving towards the confession; the film showcases how the public defender's office rebukes the prosecution's narrative.