Overview

The real-life account of an illiterate, deaf-and-mute, black youth who was accused of murdering a prostitute, and the relationship that developed between him and his court-appointed attorney, who also was deaf, and the events leading up to his precedent-setting trial.

Top Cast

LeVar Burton

Donald Lang

Paul Sorvino

Lowell Myers

Brian Dennehy

Ragoti

Rose Gregorio

Jean Markin

Gregg Henry

Assistant D.A. Smith

Steven Williams

Julius Lang

Helen Martin

Mrs. Harrod

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Jonathan Pilurs

Det. Romain