The Defenders: Taking the First 1998

Directed by Andy Wolk | Starring: Beau Bridges, Martha Plimpton, Jeremy London, Jordan Bridges

A racist provokes four teens into beating a Latino youth to death after one of his fiery speeches on a college campus. The Prestons are first called upon to defend one of the youths who gives testimony against the other three. Then, in a turnaround, the family of the murdered boy hires the Prestons to try to get a conviction against the racist.