'Til the Fat Lady Sings

In April 1960, a murder is reported to Notashota County Sheriff, Jim Boswell. The dead man, Delbert Dean, has been shot in the forehead with a close-range shotgun and the body is in the middle of a large field he was plowing. There is no evidence of any kind at the scene and the only suspect is Deans', badly beaten, wife Elsa who Boswell knows in his gut didn't shoot him. When Boswell returns to the crime scene alone he uncovers evidence left by the real killer but when confronted the new suspect has the best alibi Boswell has ever come across. Later, evidence going back thirty years comes to light that could clear Elsa but implicate half the county and, if it is presented, would tear the county off the map and destroy countless lives. Boswell delays, hoping for a break and the case goes to trial with a jury made up of only people who are strong for conviction and Boswell knows an innocent woman is headed for the electric chair and there is nothing what-so-ever he can do about it.