Sally and Ray McNeil meet and fall in love via a shared interest in bodybuilding. But their seemingly happy marriage masks a life of violence and abuse.

After Ray's death, lurid details of the McNeils' volatile marriage emerge and Sally's claims of self-defense meet new scrutiny.

Sally's trial attracts a media frenzy when it begins on Valentine's Day, 1996. Later, following Sally's testimony, the jury renders a verdict.