Deliberate Intent

The true story of a violent triple homicide that stunned a community in Maryland. After reading a book called HIT MAN, an amateur sets out to kill in ways described by the book's author. Family attorney Howard Siegel (Ron Rifkin) and law scholar Rod Smolla (Timothy Hutton) go about proving that the killings were incited by the book and try their best to bring its author, as well as the killer, to justice. An intriguing, complex courtroom drama about First Ammendment rights that is certain to provoke discussion.