[Machine Translation] A murder case in a workers' town ( Yokohama ). A young lawyer who defended a man convicted by false confession in an appeals court, believes in the innocence of the accused, and fiercely fights for his life. The story is about the efforts of the defense attorney and the defendant who appealed for false accusation against the judge who neglected to discover the truth in his haste to hear the case. This nonfiction novel painstakingly depicts a real-life case and asks readers how the case will be judged under the jury system. A unique work by a Naoki Prize-winning author.