马库斯是一名才华横溢却酗酒、滥交且不服从上级的刑法教授。他在乌普萨拉大学创建了一个由四名法学院学生组成的班,专门处理已经被判刑的案件,帮助被定罪者争取无罪判决和自由。Markus Haglund (Mikael Persbrandt) is a criminal law professor fond of liquors, promiscuous relationships and disobeying superiors. At Uppsala University near Stockholm, he establishes a class of 4 law students, Anna Sjöstedt (Helena af Sandeberg), Fia Jönsson (Sofia Ledarp), Belal Al-Mukhtar (Francisco Sobrado) and Roger Andersson (Leonard Terfelt), called Oskyldigt dömd (Innocently Convicted), dealing with cases where persons are already sentenced and imprisoned, assisting the convicted in fight for their innocence and freedom.