The story of a young man accused of Rape. The case causes the boy and girl to examine their minds as to whether or not a rape occurred in the legal sense and in the moral sense. The state becomes so relentless in their quest to convict the boy that they forget that their job is also to protect the innocent. The ethnic and religious backgrounds of the two people is difficult to keep out of the case as they are both caught up in the whirlwind that is created whenever the crime of Rape is charged.