The Defenders: Taking the First(1998)

movie - first aired/released 1998-10-25 - audience 5.8

Directed by Andy Wolk

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.