Witness for the Prosecution

Papst Johannes Paul II. will eine typische amerikanische Kleinstadt besuchen. Seine Wahl fällt auf Rome. Bei der großen Parade fällt ein Schuss. Ein Mann bricht tödlich getroffen zusammen. Der einzige Mensch, der den Vorfall beobachtet hat, ist der Papst.

Rome is in a flutter when Mayor Bey announces that the Pope himself is coming to visit the town. It's a day of celebration as His Holiness arrives, but the walk down main street ends in chaos when someone in the crowd opens fire, killing a man. The resulting investigation reveals the death was suicide, according to the dead man's gay lover... until the Pope announces he saw the whole thing and that it was, in fact, murder. The court case that follows threatens to end Judge Bone and Wambaugh's tempestuous friendship for good.