Detective Sergeant Malcolm Ainslie (Berenger), a Catholic priest turned distinguished homicide investigator for the Miami police,has been summoned to hear the confession of Elroy Doil. The convicted serial killer-who Ainslie himself was esponsible for catching,is scheduled to be executed the following morning. Suspected of the string of murders but convicted on only one count, Doil wants　to come clean and reveal everything he knows. Ainslie can't refusethe crimes, committed four years before, still sear his memory.