12 meest hoiavad enda käes ühe inimese saatust. Kohtuprotsess on läbi - vabaduse ja vangistuse vahel seisab nende otsus. Ruum on palav, mitte kõik ei taha seal olla ja pealegi ei tundu mingit kahtlust olema, et kohtualune, 18-aastane Puerto Rico päritolu poiss oma isa tappis. Kaheteistkümnest vandekohtunikust kahtleb vaid üks neist noormehe süüs. Kuna otsus peab olema ühene, algab vandekohtunike ruumis pingeline arutelu, kus oma osa on ka eelarvamustel ja ükskõiksusel.
When author Rosalind Leigh is assigned to write a book about the life of Olive Martin, a woman sentenced to life in prison for killing her mother and sister, she develops a relationship with Olive and is soon convinced of her innocence. With the help of restaurant owner and former policeman Hal Hawksley, she sets out to prove it and undo what she sees as a miscarriage of justice.
Madison “Madi” Cowart, a struggling reporter for a Florida newspaper, receives a letter from a death row inmate who claims to be innocent. As the investigation unfolds, not only does the case against the inmate prove to be shaky, but other horrors are lurking in the background.
Youssef loves his son Islam very much and raises him to learn the teachings of the Islamic religion without exaggeration or racism and leaves his wife Maryam the freedom to pray and veil until she is convinced.
