"Forgotten justice" is the story of Mark Jones, a man wrongfully convicted of murder at the age of 14. After ten years in prison, mark is released and begins his quest for justice. Enrolling in a criminal justice 101 course, mark finds a kindred spirit in one of his classmates, Kate, a young cocktail waitress on her own path to becoming a lawyer. When Mark is arrested for the theft of legal documents, Kate enlists the help of their instructor Sarah hirsch-stafford and her lawyer husband, Peyton Stafford. Peyton wants to use this case to uncover facts about Mark`s conviction but the man who prosecuted Mark for murder, District Attorney D.J. Stafford, Peyton`s father, will stop at nothing to prevent the truth from coming to light.