After eight months on the run, disgraced personal-injuryattorney Richard Merritt faces trial for the brutal murder ofhis 77-year-old mother, Shirley. The prosecution paintsRichard as a narcissistic manipulator who murdered his motherand disappeared, but the defense claims Shirley was murderedin an act of revenge by Richard's previous fraud victims. Willjurors believe Merritt's story, or will he spend the rest ofhis life in prison?