The Defenders: Taking the First

Drama, TV Movie

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Andy Wolk

Status Released

Release Date 1998-10-25

Storyline

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.