1981年,18岁的少女爱丽森(Alexandra Paul 饰)与朋友昆汀(John Ralston 饰)、K.C.(Rob Stewart 饰)纵情饮酒。驾车归来途中,K.C.的捣乱使汽车失控撞死了一名少年,三人逃离现场。随后昆汀和K.C.通过伪证撇清了干系,被诬陷的爱丽森因此锒铛入狱,服刑25年。 出狱后,爱丽森回到家乡参加祖母的葬礼。她想借此机会洗刷罪名,却发现局势对自己完全不利。昆汀的哥哥现为当地的行政长官,当年作伪证的同学成了医院的领导,而K.C.则正参加竞选。爱丽森回来的不合时宜,很多人希望她保持沉默,无论以何种方式……Allison returns from Paris to her hometown Gilroy for the funeral of her grandmother after an absence of twenty-five years. On 10 July 1981, while driving her car on the road with her friends Quentin and K.C. that are drinking beer supplied by Quentin's brother Ray, the wasted K.C. takes the wheel from Alison and steps on the accelerator, hitting and killing the boy Patrick Jason Connelly. However, they leave the crime scene; call their mate Jeremy to give an alibi and commit perjury in the trial, telling that they were playing football and Allison was driving alone. She is convicted and spends three years in prison, destroying her life. Now that her grandmother is gone, Allison wants to prove her innocence and clear her name, but Ray is the local Sheriff; Jeremy is the director of the hospital; and K.C. is running the elections for senator. Quentin becomes the hope of Allison to get a confession and achieve her objective, but K.C., his wife Ellie and Jeremy decide to silence Allison.