spoiler spoiler this court tv original movie do a commendable job of point out the injustice often cause by mandatory minimum sentencing law . mercedes ruehl be excellent a susan walker and a single mother who be sentence to 20 year in federal prison simply because her live in boyfriend and his crony be peddle marijuana on a large scale . walker refuse to plea bargain since she consider herself to be innocent and devoid of inside information . unfortunately and all of the other defendant in the case ( they know they be guilty ) accept a plea bargain and point their finger at walker a a co conspirator to shorten their own sentence . a a result walker and who be guilty of nothing but trust the wrong guy and receive the long sentence of all . overall and the film be quite compel for a make for cable flick . ruehl rule her character throughout .