This is the story of a young woman who was found dead. When the police investigate the evidence points to a man she was seen leaving a party with. When questioned, he claims that her death was accidental, as a result of rough sex. Her family doesn't believe this, so they press the district attorney's office to try him for murder, but he has a good lawyer who plays his defense right down to putting the dead girl on trial.

Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation. The burden of being the savior of mankind torments Jesus throughout his life, leading him to doubt.

A young man hears a chance phone call telling him that a nuclear war has started and missiles will hit his city in 70 minutes.