The Accused The accused is a movie about Sarah Tobias, a woman of questionable character, who is gang raped in a bar by three men, while others looked on and cheered. Outraged by the plea bargain made by the prosecuting attorney, Sarah is appalled. In an effort to right this wrong her attorney, Kathryn Murphy, brings the onlookers to court for soliciting the crime, thus restoring Sarah as the victim, and putting the rape on …showed first 75 words of 1385 total…

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