The murder rate in Chicago from 1965 to 1995 reached 827 murders in 1995. In July 1995, Chicago experienced a 100-year heatwave with 739 deaths, mostly elderly, due to a lack of air conditioners and the fear of leaving their homes. Crime wreaked havoc throughout Chicago in the nineties and gave rise to D'Quandree Jones, who rose through the ranks to form a frightful group of gangbangers who specialized in drugs, burglary, and murder. Jones was always one step ahead of the law until he was on trial for the murder of Attorney General Alphonse Ferguson. He bragged he was not going to rot in jail. Could his slick attorney, Clarence Huffington, get him off the hook again? Could Charlotte Steele, forewoman for the Ferguson trial, cement a verdict of guilty?