Journalist Jim Kemp (Nicholas Hoult) finds himself called up for jury duty just as his heavily pregnant wife Allison (Zoey Deutch) is due. He tries to use this as a reason to be passed over but ends up assigned to a high profile murder case.Local politically ambitious ADA Killebrew (Toni Collette) is urging for a speedy conviction of a known ne'er-do-well, partly to promote her "tough on crime" election credentials, and most of the other jurors are of like mind.
Kemp on the other hand quickly becomes convinced the accused is innocent.