Clyde Shelton's family is brutally murdered. The ones responsible are caught. However because of improper procedure the D.A. Nick Rice only has circumstantial evidence. So he decides to get one of them to testify against the other. When Shelton learns of this he is not happy. Ten years later the one who was convicted is being executed but something goes wrong; his execution goes awry and he suffers. They learn that someone tampered with the machine. And the other one is found dead killed in a gruesome manner. Rice suspects Shelton so he has him picked up. At first Shelton agrees to a plea agreement with Rice but changes his mind. It appears that Shelton is not done it appears he blames the whole system and is declaring war on it going after everyone involved with his family's case. So Rice has to stop him but Shelton is way ahead of him.