CINDY HAYES NO LONGER BELIEVES IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM THE WAY SHE USED TO. SHE HAS LEFT HER JOB AS CHIEF PROSECUTOR OF THE SEX CRIMES UNIT IN THE D.A. OFFICE TO BECOME DIRECTOR OF THE BOULDER COUNTY RAPE CRISI CENTER. SHE HAS NOT BEEN LONG IN HER NEW POSITION WHEN SHE FINDS HERSELF AGREEING TO DEFEND A DEATH ROW MURDERER, WHO HAS ALSO BEEN CONVICTED OF RAPM